Guidance

Best interests assessor: training providers

List of organisations approved to provide training for people carrying out the role of best interests assessors (BIAs).

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 24 June 2016

Documents

Mental Capacity Act 2005 training courses

http://www.scie.org.uk/mca-directory/trainingcourses.asp

Details

BIAs play an important role in the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, which are part of the mental capacity act.

Organisations approved to provide BIA training can be found on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website, listed under the Department of Health section: ‘Best Interest Assessor training ‒ approved providers’

For organisations that want to run BIA training courses but do not appear on the list of providers please contact: SCP.QualityWorkforce@dh.gsi.gov.uk

Published 24 June 2016