Full Name
Andy Butler
Job Title
Principal Social Worker (Adults)
Company
Surrey County Council
Speaker Bio
Andy has the policy lead for the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) within Surrey County Council and responsibility for authorising DOLS requests. He has responsibility for Guardianship applications under the Mental Health Act in Surrey and also Deputyship Applications under the Mental Capacity Act.
Andy was the instructing manager for Surrey County Council in the 2014 Supreme Court case P & Q (by their litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) (Appellants) v Surrey County Council (Respondent) and Cheshire West. He is a member of the combined Ministry of Justice and COP Court User Group and a member of the ad hoc COP Rules Committee, respectively reviewing the process for court applications and the Court of Protection Rules, following the Supreme Court judgement.
Andy is a member of the National Mental Capacity Forum, Leadership Group, chaired by Baroness Finlay, representing the National Principal Social Worker Network for Adults. He has represented the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) on a number of national policy reference groups. He worked with the Department of Health on developing The Care Act guidance and is a member of the National Policy Advisory Group for NHS Continuing Healthcare. He is currently working with The Ministry of Justice as a member of a working group reviewing and revising the MCA Code of Practice and is working with The Department of Health and Social Care regarding the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) and with Social Work England regarding the development of the training standards for the new role of Approved Mental Capacity Professional under LPS.
Andy is an experienced group facilitator, trainer, and lecturer on a wide range of health and social care related issues. He is married with four children and one grandchild. He has been regularly sitting as a Presiding Judge in magistrate’s courts in Hampshire for over 30 years and in 2019 was appointed as a Court of Protection Visitor by the Lord Chancellor.
Andy was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Social Worker Awards in 2017.
Andy was the instructing manager for Surrey County Council in the 2014 Supreme Court case P & Q (by their litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) (Appellants) v Surrey County Council (Respondent) and Cheshire West. He is a member of the combined Ministry of Justice and COP Court User Group and a member of the ad hoc COP Rules Committee, respectively reviewing the process for court applications and the Court of Protection Rules, following the Supreme Court judgement.
Andy is a member of the National Mental Capacity Forum, Leadership Group, chaired by Baroness Finlay, representing the National Principal Social Worker Network for Adults. He has represented the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) on a number of national policy reference groups. He worked with the Department of Health on developing The Care Act guidance and is a member of the National Policy Advisory Group for NHS Continuing Healthcare. He is currently working with The Ministry of Justice as a member of a working group reviewing and revising the MCA Code of Practice and is working with The Department of Health and Social Care regarding the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) and with Social Work England regarding the development of the training standards for the new role of Approved Mental Capacity Professional under LPS.
Andy is an experienced group facilitator, trainer, and lecturer on a wide range of health and social care related issues. He is married with four children and one grandchild. He has been regularly sitting as a Presiding Judge in magistrate’s courts in Hampshire for over 30 years and in 2019 was appointed as a Court of Protection Visitor by the Lord Chancellor.
Andy was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Social Worker Awards in 2017.
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