INFORMATION BOOKLET V Patel
P4 Explain how national initiatives promote anti discriminatory practices.

Legislation is set by the government to regulate how care services are run nationally. Each service has a different charter or set of responsibilities that enable it to understand its roles and responsibilities. The client’s rights are also set in law. This way the client knows his/her rights and can complain if services are not up to standard.
General Social Care Council
The council has codes of practice that are written in law to help those in need of care understand the way that social care workers need to perform their tasks. These are rules that regulate conduct and training for the care worker. The same rules educate the clients to know what to expect from the care worker. This way the client has a right to complain about services if needed. The GSCC has rules that apply to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Rules and guidelines are set out and organised as follows:
Legislation The law of the governing country set by convention
Conventions These are usually legal standards drawn up by governing bodies that set out principles and rights in the HSC setting. These are international in nature and are binding to countries. For example UNICEF is the worldwide body that governs conventions on the rights of a child. (Ref Unicef.org.uk)
Charters These are documents defining the formal organisation of a formal body, for example The United Nations has a charter. (Ref Dictionary.com)
Codes of Practice A written set of rules which explain how people working in a particular profession behave. For example the General Social Care Council has a set of codes of practice. (Ref www.scei.org.uk)
Regulatory bodies All social care is regulated by the Care Quality Commission. This is an independent body that encompasses all types of health and social care work.