Who will benefit?

• Service users
• Carers
• In patient staff
• All band 2 – 7
• Medical Teams
• Advocates / PALS staff
• Administration staff

Length of Course

• Tailor made to meet individual organisational needs
• Course is of modular design
• Foundation and Guiding Principles Modules (details see below) are for all
• Modules 1 - 4 are for those who require greater knowledge

Return on investment

• Service users and carers will be aware of their rights and roles within the act
• Health / Social Care Staff will be competent and confident to work with the act
• Advocates will be competent and confident to support, advise and work with the act
• Clarity of role definition
• Having an informed workforce able to deliver safe and appropriate services to their client population / service users / carers

Sample of content

• Foundation Module
• Overview of the 9 key changes
• Guiding Principles Module
• 5 guiding principles
• Module 1 ´Coming into Compulsion´
• Step 1 the ´pathway´ through compulsion
• Key change 1 – Single definition of Mental disorder
• Key change 2 – Criteria for the use of compulsion
• Key change 3 – Age appropriate services
• Module 2 Making Decisions
• Step 2 in the ´pathway´
• Key change 4 – Broadening the professional groups
• Key change 5 – Nearest relative
• Key change 6 – Advocacy services
• Key change 7 – Electro-convulsive therapy
• Module 3 Supervised Community Treatment
• Step 3 in the ´pathway´
• Key change 8 – Supervised community treatment
• Detailed ´pathway´ to track the stages of how it works in practice
• Module 4 Ending Compulsion
• Step 4 in the ´pathway´
• Key change 9 – Mental Health Review Tribunals