Regional delegates Conference 2014

1. Regional delegates Conference 2014 Equality Act and Mental Capacity Act

2. Equality Act 2010 • Making equality real • Government leaflet • Government Equalities Office www.turn-around.org.uk

3. Equality • This means everyone having the same chances to do what they can. Some people may need extra help to get the same chances. www.turn-around.org.uk

4. Equality Act or the Act • This law is meant to make sure all people are treated fairly. www.turn-around.org.uk

5. public bodies • Such as - government departments, schools, hospitals and councils. www.turn-around.org.uk

6. Two duties for public bodies • All public bodies must think about treating people from different groups fairly and equally. www.turn-around.org.uk

7. Equality Duty • This tells public bodies they must think about how they can make sure they support equality. In their services, through their jobs, and through the money they spend. www.turn-around.org.uk

8. Public bodies They need to think about how they treat • people of different races, • disabled people • men and women • People of different ages – younger and older people. • Lesbian, gay and bisexual people. • People who have changed their sex or soon will have. www.turn-around.org.uk

9. Positive action • Employers and service providers have to think about equality. It might mean providing services in a different way or giving people information or training. www.turn-around.org.uk

10. Diverse or diversity • This is a mix of different kinds of people. For example, men and women, young and old people, people of different races, disabled and non-disabled people. www.turn-around.org.uk

11. Protecting people from dual discrimination • Dual discrimination is when someone is treated worse than other people because of a combination of two things. www.turn-around.org.uk

12. Carers • The Act protects people who are looking after someone, like carers, from being treated unfairly. • Carers look after people who can’t look after themselves. www.turn-around.org.uk

13. More information • Email: enquiries@geo.gsi.gov.uk • Website: www.equalities.gov.uk www.turn-around.org.uk

14. Mental capacity act 2005 • Information from Government leaflet • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and you www.turn-around.org.uk

15. Mental Capacity Act • Mental capacity means being able to make your own decisions www.turn-around.org.uk

16. Mental Capacity Act • The Mental Capacity Act 2005 should help people to make their own decisions. www.turn-around.org.uk

17. The Act tells people: • What to do to help someone make their own decisions about something www.turn-around.org.uk

18. How they should help Work out if you can make your own decisions about something. www.turn-around.org.uk

19. How they should help • The Mental Capacity Act tells people how to help you to make decisions for yourself, if you can. www.turn-around.org.uk

20. How they should help • Start off by thinking you can make your own own decisions. www.turn-around.org.uk

21. How they should help • Give you all the support they can to help you make decisions. www.turn-around.org.uk

22. How they should help • You should not be stopped from making a decision just because someone else thinks it is wrong or bad. www.turn-around.org.uk

23. How they should help • Anytime they do something for you, it must be in your best interests www.turn-around.org.uk

24. How they should help • They must limit your freedom and rights as little as possible www.turn-around.org.uk

25. Deprivation of Liberty • Means stopping someone from doing the things they want all the time in a hospital or care home www.turn-around.org.uk

26. Deprivation of Liberty • Rules about giving people the special protection they need in a hospital or care home www.turn-around.org.uk

27. the managing authority • The people who are caring for or treating you are called the managing authority. • If they think they need to deprive you of your liberty, they must make sure they are not breaking the law www.turn-around.org.uk

28. Safeguards • The managing authority must write to something called the supervisory body (your local council or health trust) to tell them that they think you need “Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards” www.turn-around.org.uk

29. Assessors • The supervisory body must decide if you need Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. They will do this by arranging at least 2 people to check how you are being treated or cared for. These people are called assessors. www.turn-around.org.uk

30. Safeguards • Should be for as short a time as possible and never for longer than a year. www.turn-around.org.uk

31. representative • The supervisory body will make sure you get a representative who does not work with you. They visit you and check you are looked after in a way that means you are safe. Your representative could be a member of your family or a friend www.turn-around.org.uk

32. review • If you or anyone else is unhappy about you being deprived of your liberty, they can ask for a review. A review is a check to make sure that you are being treated in the right way www.turn-around.org.uk

33. Get the booklet • http://www.cuh.org.uk/cms/sites/default/files/publications/deprivation_of_liberty_safeguards_and_you-easy_read.pdf www.turn-around.org.uk