Time: 9.30am to 5.00pm

Key Learning Points

• Explain the background and current overview of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Evaluate the Supreme Court Judgement in P v Cheshire West and Chester and P & Q v Surrey County Council 
• Apply the ‘Acid Test’ to best practice in line with current case law
• Identify the difference between the restriction, and the deprivation, of liberty
• Define how the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard provisions link with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Core Principle of the least restriction
• Carry out the DoLS process of referral, assessment, review and challenge
• Correctly identify the process of application to the Court of Protection for non-Mental Capacity Act Schedule A1 cases
• Illustrate the role of the Court and other professionals involved within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Please book your places via email practice.development@powys.gov.uk