Executive Functioning (Full Day) (03/02/2027)

Improve MCA and Safeguarding practice when working with individuals who have problems with their executive function including conducting and recording capacity assessments.

Aim of Full day

This course will enable frontline practitioners to develop a deeper understanding of executive functioning abilities and to consider how an individual with executive dysfunction can present that brings complexity and challenge especially regarding mental capacity and assessments. This training will look at client groups such as acquired brain injury, substance misuse, autism and self- neglect and how these conditions can have symptoms of executive dysfunction. The day will include how to record evidenced based assessments after considering relevant case law and safeguarding cases.

Target Audience - Practitioners working with young people and adults.

At the end of the full day session delegates will be able to:

1. Define Executive function and how it can affect individuals including their decision making ability with reference to presentations and conditions that impact on skills needed to make decisions
2. Review MCA and define what is mental incapacity and explain Decisional v Executive Capacity
3. Describe practice considerations that can be applied when working with an individual who appears to have problems with their executive functions to support safeguarding practice.
4. Apply the principles and processes of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the SS&W Act 2014 to your assessment
5. Demonstrate respect for the person's rights, wishes and best interests throughout the assessment to ensure protection and empowerment has been considered appropriately
6. Support to write a comprehensive and coherent assessment report to show appropriate evidence and reasoning to support your assessment and conclusions
7. Analyse case law and single unified safeguarding reviews that have identified difficulties with executive functioning.