Deprivation of Liberty Form

Use the Deprivation of Liberty Form to assess the extent of confinement of a young person, and determine appropriate deprivation of liberty safeguards (DOLs).

Deprivation of Liberty Form



General Information

1. Young Person’s Name:


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2. PER Number:


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3. Legal Status:


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4. Age/DOB:


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Deprivation Of Liberty

1. Is there a potential Deprivation of Liberty?


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2. Is the person confined? (The confinement questions below will help you make that decision).


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3. Is the young person able to give consent to the confinement?


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4. Who can give consent? (NB – a) this maybe themselves, their parents or carers, otherwise this maybe the Trust.


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5. is the state responsible for the confinement? (This means that a public authority is either directly involved in the care arrangements or ought to know of the deprivation of liberty? Examples will be a child who is resident in a residential unit or foster carers home and they are confined or a social worker visits a child’s home and sees evidence of confinement.


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Confinement Questions

1. How much greater is the intensity of the supervision, support and restrictions?


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2. Can the person go out of the establishment without the carer’s permission?


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3. Can they spend nights away?


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4. To what extent is the person able to control their own finances?


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5. Can the person choose what to wear and buy their own clothes?


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6. To what extent do the rules and sanctions differ from non-disabled age appropriate settings?


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7. Are their regular private times, where the person has no direct carer supervision?


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8. What is the carer to person ratio and how different is this to what would usually be expected of someone of that age who is not disabled?


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9. Is physical intervention used?


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10. How structured is the person’s routine compared with someone of the same age and relative maturity who is not disabled?


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11. To what extent is contact with the outside world restricted?


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