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Best Interest Decision Making - Open Course - Teams
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6 hours
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Best Interest Decision-Making
Best interest decisions are an essential part of lawful, person-centred care when a person lacks capacity to make a specific decision for themselves.
This practical workshop is designed for care staff, senior carers, team leaders, managers, and others involved in supporting people who may lack capacity for particular decisions. The session explores how to move from a mental capacity assessment into a clear, lawful and well-documented best interest decision-making process.
The focus is not simply on completing paperwork, but on understanding how best interest decisions should protect the person’s rights, wishes, feelings, dignity and wellbeing, while avoiding unnecessary restriction.
What the course will cover
The link between mental capacity assessments and best interest decisions
The five key principles of the Mental Capacity Act
When a best interest decision is needed
Who should be involved in the decision-making process
Consulting with family, advocates, professionals and relevant others
Considering the person’s past and present wishes, feelings, values and beliefs
Avoiding decisions based on convenience, risk avoidance or organisational routine
Least restrictive options and promoting choice wherever possible
Recording the decision and the reasoning clearly
Recognising when decisions need escalation, review or wider professional involvement
Aim
To help delegates understand how to make, contribute to and record lawful, person-centred best interest decisions when a person lacks capacity for a specific decision.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, delegates will be able to:
Explain when a best interest decision is required.
Describe the connection between capacity assessment and best interest decision-making.
Identify who should be consulted as part of the decision-making process.
Recognise the importance of the person’s wishes, feelings, beliefs and values.
Explain the need to consider less restrictive options.
Understand how to balance safety, rights, dignity and independence.
Recognise when a best interest decision should be escalated or reviewed.
Identify what should be recorded to evidence lawful and person-centred decision-making.
Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for:
Care Staff
Senior Carers
Team Leaders
Deputy Managers
Registered Managers
Care Coordinators
Support Workers
Staff involved in care planning, decision-making, risk assessment or MCA documentation
Delivery style
This is a practical, discussion-based workshop using real-world care scenarios, reflective questions and case study exercises. Delegates will be encouraged to apply best interest decision-making principles to everyday care situations, including personal care, medication, nutrition, safety, family involvement, risk and care planning.
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