...Assignment Title: Cultural Diversity Context The unit aims to introduce you to a range of beliefs held by individuals within our society. It will help you to understand and value the ways in which we are different. You will learn what is meant by cultural diversity and about the beliefs of individuals from a wide range of different religious and secular backgrounds. The unit covers the factors that influence the equality of opportunity within our society which will help you to promote the equality of opportunity for service users in health and social care environments if you move to a career in this area of work. Task Overview You are a Learning Disabilities Nurse at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham and as an additional responsibility you are responsible for the promotion of Equality and Diversity on the ward in which you work. This involves updating displays and leading staff training exercises related to equality, diversity and non-discriminatory practice. Date of issue: Date of submission: Learning outcomes On completion of this unit, you should: 1. Know diversity of individuals in society. 2. Understand beliefs and practices in different religious or secular groups. 3. Understand factors that influence the equality of opportunity for individuals in society. 4. Know the role of legislation, codes of practice and charters in promoting diversity. Refer to the assignment task sheet and the criteria...
Words: 1396 - Pages: 6
...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...
Words: 1664 - Pages: 7
...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...
Words: 1664 - Pages: 7
...the legislation and code of practice or charter promotes diversity in the setting you have chosen. Describe how the legislation and code of practice or charter promotes diversity in the setting you have chosen. Asses how affective the legislation and code of practice or charter are in promoting diversity with the setting you have chosen. The legislation I have selected is the Equality Act 2010 and the code of practice I looked into was for social workers. The Equality Act 2010 protects nine characteristics which are age, race, sex, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity. All nine characteristics promote diversity The legislation equality act 2010 is supported everywhere, especially in a health or social care setting such as hospitals, care homes and health centres. The protected characteristics help promote diversity as these characteristics are for everyone. The quality act 2010 helps every person’s needs. The code of practice for social workers makes sure that workers are aware of what is expected of them and that service users recognise the standards that are expected from the care workers. As a social care worker, it’s significant to protect the rights and support the interests of the service users and carers. Those people who use services can work out the minimum amount of choice and control- even if they are receiving their individual care and treatments, this will develop relationships...
Words: 398 - Pages: 2
...QCF Unit 303 Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings. Level 2 and 3 Certificate in Induction into Adult Social Care in Northern Ireland Outcome 1 Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion 1. explain what is meant by diversity, equality, inclusion, discrimination 2. describe the potential effects of discrimination 3. explain the importance of inclusive practice in promoting equality and supporting diversity. Outcome 2 Understand how to work in an inclusive way 1. describe key legislation and codes of practice relating to diversity, equality, inclusion and discrimination in adult social care settings 2. explain the possible consequences of not actively complying with legislation and codes of practice relating to diversity, equality, inclusion and discrimination in adult social care settings 3. describe how own beliefs, culture, values and preferences may affect working practice 4. describe ways to ensure that own interactions with individuals respect their beliefs, culture, values and preferences 5. compare inclusive practice with practice which excludes an individual. Outcome 3 Understand how to raise awareness of diversity, equality and inclusion 1. describe how to challenge discrimination in a way that promotes change 2. explain how to raise awareness of diversity, equality and inclusion 3. explain how to support others to promote diversity, equality and inclusion. GLH – 12 hours 09/11/13 Page...
Words: 2573 - Pages: 11
...Equality means to ensure that everybody is treated fairly, equally and as an individual specific to their own needs. University of Edinburgh defines equality as “Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are not treated differently or less favourably, on the basis of their specific protected characteristic, including areas of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation and age”. The Equality Act 2010 provides protection against discrimination for people who possess one or more of the nine specific protected characteristics. These are age, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, gender reassignment and sexual orientation. Diversity means appreciating...
Words: 1327 - Pages: 6
...Unit 2 - Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care. In this this report I am going to be talking about equality, diversity and rights in health and social care settings. Equality Oxford dictionary definition “The state of being equal, especially in status, rights or opportunities.” - 2014, Anonymous. Equality is treating everybody the same despite the differences that they may have. It’s about giving everybody the same chances or choices and treating everybody equally as if there are no differences involved. Why is equality important in society? Equality is very important in society this is because if there was no equality, our society would be segregated into different groups. For example there could be a segregation based on gender and that women shouldn’t be allowed to work and they should stay at home whilst men work and earn the income for the household. Another reason why equality is important to society is if equality wasn’t legalised and the law didn’t protect people then hate crime and violence would increase and nothing would be done about it. For example if people were judged on their race or religion then this would cause a lot of conflict between different races and religions and this could escalate and become a bigger problem this could also lead to segregation. Also why equality is important in society is because everybody should feel that they are treated as an individual. This means that people want to be treated individually rather...
Words: 4373 - Pages: 18
...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 ...
Words: 847 - Pages: 4
...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...
Words: 971 - Pages: 4
...The NMC code of conduct is an initiative that was set out so that all members of staff knew what their expectancies were within the health service. The Code contains the professional standards that registered nurses and midwives are expected to uphold throughout their career. UK nurses and midwives must always act in line with the Code, whether they are providing direct care to individuals, groups or communities or bringing their professional knowledge to light on nursing and midwifery practice in other roles, like education, leadership or research. While the values and principles set out in the Code can be interpreted in a range of different practice settings, they are not negotiable or discretionary. Within many of the sections, the codes of practice, link in well within equality and diversity within health and social care. Section 1, 1.1 working in person centred ways and using this as the basis for social care and support, this is positive as it is focusing on how health and social care workers should do to ensure that the service user is being provided the right support for their situation. Section 2, 2.1 being honest and trustworthy, this is a major positive in equality and diversity as it means care staff are able to make every individual trust them and not just try and earn the trust of certain people discriminating against others by not caring whether or not their patient trusts them or not. Being honest with your service users is vital and a very positive attribute...
Words: 1165 - Pages: 5
...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...
Words: 1285 - Pages: 6
...Equality- being equal, especially in rights, status or opportunities. All individuals should be treated equally and there are laws in place to ensure that this happens. In accordance with the law, organisations have quality policies to ensure that everyone is treated equally. Diversity- The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. It is the exploration of these differences in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment. It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual. Individual Rights- The freedoms to act, work, and behave without retribution bestowed upon members of an organization through legal, regulatory and societal standards. References: Health and social care, level 3, book 1 http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~asuomca/diversityinit/definition.html http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/individual-rights.html Benefits of diversity: The arts- they provide a valuable of bringing diversity to a wider audience. Films that have been made in other countries can demonstrate culture from around the world, that can be easy to understand and can...
Words: 2611 - Pages: 11
...Diversity Diversity highlights the importance of understanding that each individual is unique, and recognising our individual differences and accepting each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich variety of diversity within each individual. People working in Health and social care professions need to be familiar with the fact that people who use the services provided will come from diverse backgrounds and will bring a wide range of behavior and beliefs, it is essential that the this is respected. Also the people working within the health and social care team will need to form a bond whereby they respect each member and value each person as an individual without this the team will fall apart which will cause difficulty for the people using their service. Diversity enables people to learn about different backgrounds however some people do not except the diversity within certain individuals and this is regarded as discrimination. In Britain there are laws that help bring together the many diverse groups in our country and we are obliged to follow these regulations especially those in the health and social sector. Helping people should not depend on their background because we all need care and support, those who may be in a vulnerable mental state will need acceptance to a higher degree. The benefits of diversity fit very well in the health and social care sector. For instants the arts aspect of diversity allows individuals to gain knowledge...
Words: 879 - Pages: 4
...the impact of legislation and policy initiatives on the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion in own area of responsibility Any legislation or initiative which promotes good quality care is a positive aspect into promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. The NHS and community Care Act 1990, which has been modified in The health and social care act 2012, provides a service where any adult aged 18 or over who is eligible for and requires services from the local authority has the right to a full assessment which looks at their needs and services offered should be tailored to their needs. This legislation allows citizens to access services their entitled to but also promotes good practice of a person centred approach, allowing them to have a voice in their care. Although some of the services come with a fee,...
Words: 654 - Pages: 3
...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 confidentiality can be broken. The codes of...
Words: 4206 - Pages: 17
