Posted: May 3rd, 2016

Mental Health Law – Community Treatment Orders

The portfolio may consist of a study of an issue of relevance to your role/ or to your Trust/ organisation generally.

All of the following must be included within your portfolio:

An introduction to the topic chosen and an explanation as to why it has been chosen
A summary of the legal framework relevant to the topic you have chosen, including an explanation of the applicable legal principles.
A consideration of the application of the current Code of Practice to the topic chosen
A consideration of the application of Trust (or other relevant) policy(ies) to the topic chosen
An analysis of the applicable legal principles, Code and policy issues, considered in 2, 3 and 4 above. As indicated in the assessment criteria below, you will be assessed on your ability to analyse the application within practice/ policy(ies) of relevant legal principles/ provisions.
A reflection on the impact in practice of the applicable legal principles, Code and policy issues, considered in 2, 3 and 4 above.
A bibliography

You should include within the portfolio any relevant documentation, attached as appendices, such as copy policies, which will not count within the word limit.

Important Note- the information that you use for your portfolio must be information that is already within the public domain, and is information that any member of the public could access. For example Trust policies that are published on the Trust’s website (or would be disclosed if a Freedom Of Information Request were made), CQC reports or documentation published by the Department of Health or Ministry of Justice, or published Inquiry reports. You should not refer to any individual cases, even where anonymised, unless the case is already in the public domain (e.g a transcript of the case has been made available). If you are in any doubt as to what information may be included then this must be discussed with the Programme Leader in advance.