Best Interest Assessor

The course aims to equip you with the skills required to assess the capacity of people with a learning disability and those in later life. As well as an understanding of the assessment processes involved in being a BIA. This will include the ability to identify whether an individual is being deprived of their liberty as defined by the European Court of Human Rights.

This short course provides the opportunity for health and social care professionals to become Best Interest Assessors (BIA) under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (Mental Capacity Act 2005).

This course may assist you to meet the specialist skills and post registration development requirements stipulated by your employer/professional regulator.

Possess a degree or an equivalent qualification. If you not possess a degree but have relevant experience, you may be required to undertake preparatory work to demonstrate your ability to study at postgraduate level.
Be a health or social care practitioner.
Have at least two years' post-registration experience.
Have relevant experience within a health or social care setting.