Deprivation of Liberty Training

All of our training can now be booked as a face-to-face course (subject to COVID-19 safety measures) and virtually over the Zoom platform.

Do you work with young people who may lack capacity to make decisions about where they reside?  Perhaps you manage a care home, nursing home or provide accommodation at a school.  If so, then you need to know about Deprivation of Liberty in relation to Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

A person’s care arrangements amount to a deprivation of liberty if:

• The person lacks the mental capacity to consent to the arrangements.
• The arrangements amount to continuous supervision and control and they are not free to leave and reside elsewhere whenever they wish.
• The arrangements are known to (or should be known by) the state.  This could include Local Authorities, G.P.s, Clinical Commissioning Groups and Public Bodies.

If this applies to anyone you support, there are certain actions that need to be taken to ensure they are now unlawfully deprived of their liberty.

As a qualified trainer and Expert Witness, Gary can provide high quality training to Local Authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups, care homes and residential schools.  He also practices as a Best Interests Assessor under the Mental Capacity Act and has a good working knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty.

Depending upon your requirements, we can provide this training at any level (managers or practitioners) over a half day or full day training.  We don’t provide open courses which enables us to design a bespoke training package to your exact requirements at a venue that suits you. If you prefer, we can adapt this course to be delivered virtually over a live Zoom session.  We charge a fixed fee, so it doesn’t matter whether you have 5 or 20 people that require training.