Law Society mental health accreditation scheme - guidance documents
This page contains links to what is believed to be every version of the guidance documents dated from December 2011 to December 2018 inclusive (plus an old document from May 2002). The creation dates are taken from the PDF files. The download dates relate to when a version was downloaded from the Law Society website. At any time only one version was available for download. Publication dates can be assumed to lie somewhere between the creation date (or, if later, the download date for a previous version) and the download date inclusive. See Law Society mental health accreditation scheme.
Guidance documents
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Review Tribunal Panel: Procedures' (dated 9 May 2002) — Dated: 9 May 2002.
- MH panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation Scheme: Guidance' (dated December 2011) — Dated: December 2011. Metadata: created 7/3/12. Downloaded: 12/3/12. Filename: mental-health-scheme-guidance.pdf
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation Scheme: Scheme Guidance and Policies' (dated 28/2/14) — Dated: 28/2/14. Metadata: created 21/3/14: Downloaded: 20/4/14. Filename: Mental health guidance notes March 2014.pdf
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Scheme: Guidance Notes and Policies' (dated 6/5/14) — Dated: 6/5/14. Metadata: created 3/6/14. Downloaded: 19/8/14. Filename: mental-health-scheme-guidance.pdf
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Scheme: Guidance Notes and Policies' (dated 26/9/14) — Dated: 26/9/14. Metadata: created 7/10/14. Downloaded: 15/10/14. Filename: mental-health-scheme-guidance.pdf
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Scheme: Guidance Notes and Policies' (dated 24/7/15) — Dated: July 2015. Metadata: created 24/7/15. Downloaded: 4/10/15. Filename: mental-health-accreditation-scheme-guidance-july-2015.pdf
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 29/9/15) — Dated: 29/9/15. Metadata: created 8/10/15. Downloaded: 21/2/16. Filename: mental-health-scheme-guidance.pdf
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 10/8/16) — Dated: 10/8/16. Metadata: created 10/8/16. Downloaded: 23/8/16 to 27/7/17 inclusive. Filename: mental-health-scheme-guidance.pdf
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 12/12/16) — Dated: 12/12/16. Metadata: created 12/12/16, modified 9/5/17. Downloaded: 7/10/17.
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated October 2017) — Dated: October 2017. Metadata: created 25/10/17. Downloaded 25/10/17 to 14/4/18 inclusive. Filename: mental-health-scheme-guidance.pdf
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 5/12/18) — This document contains updated guidance on the professional development requirements for panel membership. Dated: December 2018. Metadata: created 5/12/18. Downloaded 7/12/18. Filename: mental-health-accreditation-guidance-december-2018.pdf
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 5/12/18, created 1/3/19) — The minor changes from the 5/12/18 version are under the heading "Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (EDBS)".
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 30/9/20) — The main changes from the 1/3/19 version are: (a) log in 10 minutes before, instead of arriving in person one hour before; (b) keep the case study secret; (c) the interview will be recorded.
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 27/1/21) — The main changes since the 30/9/20 version are under the "Initial accreditation", "The interview" and "Information to be provided following the interview" headings, for instance: (a) all interviews during the coronavirus pandemic are held via Microsoft Teams; (b) the case study will be read out, and notes may be taken; (c) reference materials can be used for the case study but not for the practice and professional conduct part; and (d) the interview will now be recorded for "quality assurance purposes only" rather than also for assessor training and appeal purposes as before.
- Panel guidance. Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 4/3/21) — The main change since the 27/1/21 version is that the interview now takes 1 hour 15 minutes as it incorporates the multiple-choice questionnaire (for which 15 minutes is allowed rather than 10 as before).
Changes
You can find out the changes between versions by comparing the PDF files, for example using an online tool like DiffNow.
See also
- Jane Sweetman, 'Mental Health Accreditation: changes to the re-accreditation process' (email from Law Society, 19/10/17) — This email describes changes to the re-accreditation process: (1) from 1/3/18 re-accreditation applicants may, and from 1/6/18 must, adhere to the following new requirements: (a) provide details of two (rather than four) case reports, and (b) "undertake one case study, which will be either a s2, s3 or restricted case, plus questions to draw out not only your legal knowledge, but also an understanding of how you would approach and represent such a client"; (2) from the next renewal date, applicants must undertake six tribunals per accreditation year (with discretion applied, for example, for those taking a career break or undertaking high profile work). The changes are subject to reasonable adjustments for applicants with a disability. The changes in this email never made their way into any of the official guidance documents.§
INFORMATION
What links here:
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation Scheme: Guidance' (dated December 2011)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation Scheme: Scheme Guidance and Policies' (dated 28/2/14)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Scheme: Guidance Notes and Policies' (dated 6/5/14)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Scheme: Guidance Notes and Policies' (dated 26/9/14)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Scheme: Guidance Notes and Policies' (dated 24/7/15)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 29/9/15)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 10/8/16)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 12/12/16)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated October 2017)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Review Tribunal Panel: Procedures' (dated 9 May 2002)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 5/12/18)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 5/12/18, created 1/3/19)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 30/9/20)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 27/1/21)
- Law Society, 'Mental Health Accreditation: Application and re-accreditation application forms guidance notes and policies' (dated 4/3/21)
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