Adult Social Care Law

Aims to: Provide you with information so that you can:

  • Practise and provide services within the legal framework
  • Consider the experience of the service user and family

Information provided will include:

  • Human Rights Act 1998
  • Mental Health Act 1983 (Amended 2007)
  • Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • The Care Act 2014
  • Recent case law and influence on policy and practice

Facilitators: Emeritus Professor John Williams, Aberystwyth University

Target: Managers of provider services. Qualified and/or experienced workers in assessment teams to refresh & update - all disciplines, new workers needing an understanding.