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Learning Disability offers training events, courses and consultancy services to anyone involved in the care or support of people with learning disabilities. Our courses are designed to bring competence to the practice setting and to benefit the service user.
We have a range of courses to meet the needs of those with little if any previous knowledge to those who are more advanced. In this section are examples of some of the courses offered. If the course you require is not listed then please email us your requirements. We can provide testimonials from a number of services about the quality of our courses.
Social and Psychiatric Supervisors Training
In-house training
A Learning / Study Day
Managing Conditionally Discharged Patients & Social Supervision "Best Practice for Social Supervisors”
“The Ministry of Justice should consider giving guidance as to what competences and experience are required for any Supervising Psychiatrists or Social Supervisors. Trusts & Local Authorities have a responsibility to ensure that all their employees who might have to take responsibility for a section 37/41 MHA patient have sufficient and appropriate skills to do so. Therefore they should devise and implement training, CPD & induction programmes aimed at effective management of restricted patients.” (Peter Bryan Inquiry Report (Sep. 2009))
This training day provides an opportunity for social supervisors, whether new to the role or old hands to re-examine their role, their practice and legal responsibilities. The day provides an opportunity to explore and put into practice the social and medical supervisor’s guidance notes, including pre-discharge/post discharge, supervision, recall and absolute discharge. The course includes an opportunity to re-visit Part III of the MHA 1983, the implications of MAPPA and the DCVA 2004. There are opportunities to explore current practice through case studies, offering the opportunity to improve on practice, thereby promoting safe practice through interdisciplinary and multi-professional working.
Two recent inquiry reports highlight the inadequate training offered to social supervisors and particularly inexperienced supervisors taking on a role of supervisor.
The Peter Bryan Report 2009 highlights the concerns about inexperienced medical and social supervisors taking on their respective supervisory roles. This course is designed to explore the findings of the inquiries, analyse these and incorporate these into best working practice.
Feedback from course participant
“The course on social supervisors was a 'breath of fresh air'. For the first time in my social work career someone was giving me clear direction as to my legal responsibilities as a social supervisor and the practicalities of how to best implement this. The trainer’s focus was practitioner based and suddenly, all that had been unclear to me made sense! The very next day I was able to attend an inpatient review on a patient who is subject to Section 37/41 and confidently assert my roles and responsibilities as the potential social supervisor following his discharge from hospital.”
(South Wales Jan 2010)
Suggestions are provided for a structured approach to decision making, and how “reasons” can be laid out to avoid legal challenge. The day includes some practical exercises, handouts, and examples of good and bad practice.
For details of costs and available dates please contact us.
