...These come under the sector of anti-discriminatory practices where they overcome discrimination if it takes place. There are three main national initiatives which cover anti discriminatory practice they are; Conventions, legislation and regulations. Code of Practice and charters as well as, the organisational policies and procedures. These initiatives are very important to society and towards health and social care sector as it ensures that each individual is treated equally and that there is no inequality created between individuals no matter what race, colour, gender, age, culture, disabilities, social class, cognitive ability or health status they may be. What is a national initiative? These come under the sector of anti-discriminatory practices where they overcome discrimination if it takes place. There are three main national initiatives which cover anti discriminatory practice they are; Conventions, legislation and regulations. Code of Practice and charters as well as, the organisational policies and procedures. These initiatives are very important to society and towards health and social care sector as it ensures that each individual is treated equally and that there is no inequality created between individuals no matter what race, colour, gender, age, culture, disabilities, social class, cognitive ability or health status they may be. Since the 1st October 2006, in any workplace such as a health and social care setting like hospitals, care homes or hospices (there are...
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...HOLTE VISUAL and PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE Centre 20131 BTEC -- BTEC Level 3 National: Health & Social Care | | | |Unit 2: |Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care | | | | |Learner Name: | | |Issue Date: |Completion Date: | |6TH September 2012 |18TH October 2012 | |Checklist: | |Task: | |Task 1: P1 | |Task 2: P2 | |Task 3: P3 ...
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...Equality, Diversity and Rights Promotion of Anti-discriminatory practice. The promotion of ant- discriminatory practice within health and social care believe that everyone have a duty and responsibility to counter discrimination. They believe in people’s right to respect in relation to their age, disability, ethnicity, gender, health, religious beliefs and sexuality. (http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/healthandsocialcare/fostering/anti-discriminatorypractice.aspx , 2015) There are three main national initiatives which cover anti discriminatory practices they are; conventions, legislations and regulations. Each of these initiatives stem from a set of legislations, regulations and a code of conduct and each of them are very important to society as they ensure that each individual is treated equally. (https://prezi.com/3e79exus9rkj/copy-of-national-initiatives-and-anti-discriminatory-practice/ , 2014) The national initiatives that are in place have influenced individuals in the health care profession to decrease the amount of discrimination that takes place, so as a member of staff that works in the health care profession you must follow the policies and procedures that have been set to ensure a standard of care is met for each individual. Legislations A legislation is a law which has been created by a governing body in order to regulate or declare a term of events. (http://www.londoneventstoolkit.co.uk/legislation/what-is-legislation/ , no date) In the UK parliament is responsible...
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...P4 Sex discrimination act 1975: this applies to men and women to promote anti discriminatory practice by making sure that both genders should be treated equally in employment, education and not the same. Without this act men and women may be deprived of certain jobs and choices. Mental capacity act 2005: this act helps to protect people who are unable to makes decision, example of this is people with dementia, learning difficulties and mental problem. This act ensures that that people with mental capacity get treated fairly and in their best interest. It promotes anti discriminatory practice making sure that someone with the disability to learn can get the same choices as any other person would. Disability discrimination act 2005 this act helps to stop discrimination which is aimed at the disabled example of this is when a disabled person is unable to go to a certain place or school because there isn't access for a disabled person example there's not lift or ramp in the building. This act makes it illegal to do things like that without a justified reason. Disability is not only physical, there other type of disability such as mental disability which is under the disability act but only if the mental illness affect the person's everyday life. This helps to promote anti discriminatory practice by making sure that all public sectors review their plans, procedure and practice so it can also be in favour of the disabled. Nursing and residential care home regulation...
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...torture and inhuman or degrading treatment -Right to liberty and security -Freedom from slavery and forced labour -Right to a fair trial -No punishment without law -Respect for your private and family life, home and correspondence -Freedom of thought, belief and religion -Freedom of expression -Freedom of assembly and association -Right to marry and start a family -Protection from discrimination in respect of these rights and freedoms -Right to peaceful enjoyment of your property -Right to education -Right to participate in free elections This act promotes anti discriminatory practice in a way that it gives everyone the rights they deserve which can’t be taken away from anyone, therefore everyone is equal in what they can do. Data protection act- The data protection act defines UK laws on processing data on identifiable living people. It covers any data which can identify a person such as address, name, Humber, email, information is to be used fairly and lawfully. It is only used for limited specific purposes and in a way that is relevant, adequate and excessive. This promotes anti discriminatory practice as it helps protect confidentiality. Although there are times when confidentiality needs to be broken and this is the only time confidentiality is not covered by the Data Protection Act 1998 is when the individual is harming themselves, hiding abusive or potentially abusive situations or if the information threatens the life of an individual these are the only 3 times...
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...influence of a recent national policy initiative promoting anti discriminatory practice Every Child Matters (2003) The national policy initiative that I’m going to assess is Every Child Matters (2003). The important point of this national initiative is extending in services to improve children’s life and help them with life problems. This policy focuses the needs for services, including schools and social workers and health professionals to work more closely to protect and support the need and rights of all children. Eight years old Victoria Climbie died from Hypothermia after months of abuse at the hands of her foster- carer and great aunt and her partner Carl John Manning. Victoria visited health and social care settings many times during her being abused and she was complete discharged whit no members of staff questioning her marks on her arms and legs and how she broke her leg. Also due to her race she had dark skin colour and therefor bruising was not as apparent. The poor 8 year old went through complete torture and abuse for many years of her life and the health and social care services failed her so many times. Following Victoria’s death, the Home Office and the Department of Health invited Lord Laming who is very well known to work with social services and child protection came to a deduction that there had been to many deaths of young children who have suffered abuse and been neglected by the health and social care services. The Act Every Child Matters Policy (2003)...
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...The abuse the patients suffered at Winterbourne view was inhuman. However, this could have been prevented if the carers at the hospital were aware of the several anti-discriminatory acts put in place to help stop abuse, such as the abuse shown at Winterbourne View. The Human Rights Act is one of the main laws protecting your human rights in the UK. It contains a list of 16 rights, also known as ‘articles’ which belong to all people in the UK, and it outlines several ways that these rights should be protected. These rights are drawn from the European Convention on Human Rights, which were developed by the UK and others in aftermath of World War II. Only public authorities or bodies exercising public functions have legal duties under the Human Rights Act. This includes: • The police • NHS organizations and staff • Local authorities and their egoless • NHS private nursing and care home arranged for out of public funds • Prison staff • Courts and tribunals, including mental health tribunals • Government departments and their employees This includes Winterbourne View and the patients and staff. The Human Rights Act protects you from • Torture (mental, physical) • Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment However, the patients at Winterbourne view were not protected by the Human Rights Act because they were tortured both mentally and physically by their “carers”. Also the treatment they received was inhuman and degrading and the so called punishment they received...
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...For this piece of coursework I will be describing how anti-discriminatory practice is promoted in health and social care settings. I will also be discussing the difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice There are many ways in which to promote anti-discriminatory practice that are effective and have minimal chance of failure, the first way is staff training. This can be effective as it gives the workers an insight in how this practice is shown and ways to identify it, it informs them of how to prevent it and stop it from happening again. Training gives them a clear structure to follow to deal with this practice and how to avoid breaking the law. Training also puts the worker in the client’s shoes and shows them the effects of discrimination in hope to deter them from doing it again. Another way health organizations promote anti-discriminatory practice is by making sure they are welcoming for everyone; they do this by commutating to people in their preferred way whether it be Arabic to sign language. If they are unable to provide this service they should find someone who can, i.e. a translator. They should also take in to consideration the different beliefs and values the service users may have, this would be beneficial as it makes the user feel valued and respected, and they are made to feel s if they are at the heart of service. For example a client who is Muslim, letting them practice their religion as it is a religious requirement to pray...
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...Unit 2 – Equality, Diversity and Rights within Health and Social Care P4 For this task, I am going to explain how two national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice. Sex discrimination act 1975 This act applies for both men and women. It promotes that both men and women should be treated equally. For example, in transport, education, jobs etc. It promotes anti-discriminatory practice by making sure those men and women are treated equally, if this act applies didn’t exist, men and women may be deprived of certain choices. This act includes any discrimination against homosexual marriages or civil partnerships, any discrimination against pregnant women and maternity leave, also about equal pay for both men and women. Disability discrimination act 2005 This act applies to anyone that has some sort of disability. This act is in place to protect disabled people against discrimination both in employment and when using a service or facility. For example, anyone with a disability should have the same opportunities in work or learning places such as school, colleges or universities. In other places such as shops and banks, and to also make sure that they are treated fairly when they go somewhere to eat or drink, such as restaurants or pubs. Public transport services have to make sure trains; buses, etc. are accessible and have the right facilities for anyone with a disability. “The government has implemented the legislation in three phases. Phase 1 in 1996 made it...
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...Assess the influence of a recent national policy initiative promoting anti-discriminatory practice (M2) In this assignment, I am going to assess the influences of a recent national policy which promotes anti-discriminatory practice. There are several national policies and legislations in place to make sure that individual’s are not discriminated against due to their circumstances. One of these is the Age Discrimination Act 2006. Age discrimination, or ‘ageism’, is defined by personnel today as “any prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of age”. When we talk of age discrimination in a work place, this is generally where someone has missed out on the opportunity to get a job on the grounds of their age, whether they are thought of as too old or too young. The Age Discrimination Act 2006 requires that all employment practices are based on skills and competences, rather than the age of the person. Not only does this policy have rules regarding getting employed, it has rules that must be followed when the employee is working. So, if an individual feels that they are being treated differently because of their age, they are able to make a complaint against that staff member/colleague and/or sue them. A strength of the Age Discrimination act is that when employers are looking for new staff members, they will employ staff based on how suited they are to the job. Sometimes, when employers don’t think that someone of an older age will be the best for the job, this can be a mistake...
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...18.03.13 P5 : Describe how anti-discriminatory pratice is prompted in the health and social care settings Introduction This report is going to describe 5 different pratices that promotes anti- discriminatory pratices in health and social care settings . These pratices includes : 1. Ethical principles 2. putting individuals at the heart of service provision 3. supporting individuals to express their needs and preferences 4. mental health support – coping strategies 5. empowering individuals (1 ) ethical principles In the health and social care setting sector their are four keys ethical principles that needs to be taken into account these principles includes : 1. Justice 1. Autonomy 2. Benefericences 3. Non- maleficences Justice: In the health and social care settings there are different kind of people using the services.people from different cultures , religion , age , background , sex and belivies etc. Despite different views and belives eveyone must be treated with dignity and respected , everyone need to be treated fairly on matter their age or background. Autonomy: Autonomy can be described as the freedom to choose and to live with dignity, privacy and independence. According to the health and Social Care Act 2008 Regulations states that it is the rights of people using health care services to make their own choices and decision to have these respected by service providers. Autonomy covers all choices, including...
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...Assignment: Learner information OCR Level 3 Health and Social Care Unit 2: Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care Assessor: Important Dates | |Assessment Criteria |Issue Date |Formative Assessment |Summative Assessment | |Task 1 |P1, M1 and D1 | | | | |Task 2 |P2 and P3 | | | | |Task 3 |P4, M2, D2 | | | | |Task 4 |P5 and M3 | | | | CANDIDATE NAME: General Information for Learners Q Do I have to pass this assignment? A Yes. You must pass this assignment to achieve the full qualification. Q What help will I get? A Your tutor will help you when completing the OCR assignment and will make sure that you know what resources/facilities you need and are allowed to use. Q What if I don’t understand something? A It is your responsibility to read the assignment carefully and make sure you understand what you...
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...Assignment: Learner information OCR Level 3 Health and Social Care Unit 2: Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care Assessor: Important Dates | |Assessment Criteria |Issue Date |Formative Assessment |Summative Assessment | |Task 1 |P1, M1 and D1 | | | | |Task 2 |P2 and P3 | | | | |Task 3 |P4, M2, D2 | | | | |Task 4 |P5 and M3 | | | | CANDIDATE NAME: General Information for Learners Q Do I have to pass this assignment? A Yes. You must pass this assignment to achieve the full qualification. Q What help will I get? A Your tutor will help you when completing the OCR assignment and will make sure that you know what resources/facilities you need and are allowed to use. Q What if I don’t understand something? A It is your responsibility to read the assignment carefully and make sure you understand what you...
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...UNIT 2: EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND RIGHTS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE This unit investigates how equality, diversity and rights are central to the effective operation of health and social care services. The unit explores discriminatory practice and its potential effects on patients/service users; the promotion of anti discriminatory practice by, for example, legislation and codes of practice, and the application of this to the health or social care workplace. The knowledge and skills gained from this unit will underpin many of the other units in the qualification and it is essential in preparing you for your period of vocational experience. Summary of Learning Outcomes: To achieve this unit you must demonstrate that you: 1. Understand concepts of equality, diversity and rights in relation to health and social care 2. Understand discriminatory practice in health and social care 3. Understand how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care 4. Understand how anti-discriminatory practice is promoted in health and social care settings Unit 2: Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care This assignment represents ALL the assessment criteria for the Unit TASK 1 (relevant criteria P1, P2 ) For this task, you need to produce a leaflet for a family from Poland who intend to live in Britain to explain the benefits of living in a culturally diverse society (P1). For P2. In your leaflet, you need to explain...
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...Introduction It is significant that health care practitioners set an effective role in understanding diversity between people in society. A good health care practitioner should be able to accommodate and provide equality, diversity and rights these terms will deliver anti-discrimination in place. This will allow everyone to communicate effectively. In this assignment I will briefly talk about how equality, diversity and rights are essential for the effective distribution of health and social care services. I will also be identifying the inefficiency of discriminatory practice upon society and how it could be overcome by promoting anti-discriminatory practice. Equality The term equality is about making sure that people get equal opportunities and not being discriminated against their race, ethnicity, gender, sex, religion, social, class, age, disability or anything else. It is important that this is promoted in a health and social care setting as it allows a good service which people will be happy to fulfil their potential. For example if a GP doctor who is British was being racist to one particular patient which had a different race to them, the patient may feel that they are discriminated against and find that they are not treated medically the right. It could be that their neighbour has the same doctor and they might be happily treated because of their ethnicity. Therefore it is particularly important that equality is focused on equal access to everyone. There are types...
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