P1 Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care Level 3 a Level

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.

Whilst currently on work placement at the community centre I have been asked to write a report as part as my portfolio. The care centre in which I am currently at provides a variety of services. The centre provides a variety of services and promotes equality, diversity whilst also promoting anti-discriminatory behaviour.

Key legislations and codes of practice relating to diversity, equality, inclusion and discrimination in adult social care settings are:

UNIT 412: EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SETTING

Unit 4222-303 Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings

A – Diversity: So not that all people are the same and that different people have different experiences, skills, knowledge, race, age, gender, sexual orientation. Working in a nursery with children from civilian parents and Army parents I am fortunate to get to witness more than one culture, race or children from different backgrounds. Seeing the children on a daily basis makes me see how diverse the community is around us.

Part 1(P1): Explains concepts of equality, diversity and rights in relation to health and social care.

The way we interact with our colleagues and others in society is regulated by law. The Equality Act 2010 brings together all previous acts relating to equality and discrimination. The Act applies to all services provided to the public. The Act protects all individuals and groups from discrimination. Early years settings must be aware of these laws and have a policy in place regarding equality of opportunities and for supporting

It is important to remember that no two human beings are the same, we are all individuals with their own unique set of characteristics, personalities, interests, life experiences and abilities. People who will need care often grouped together because of the needs they have in common.

Discrimination has the potential to affect individuals in wide-ranging ways. In health and social care, the effects of discrimination can be catastrophic and even end in the death of a service user. Anyone planning a career in health and social care should be aware of the potential negative effects caused by discrimination. We will explore them here.

The Equality Act 2010 is an updated law aimed at an attempt to stop discrimination and to help try encourage equality throughout society. The care environment should benefit from this improved equality act by ensuring certain groups of people within the healthcare who receive a worse service compared to the rest of the community receive equal opportunities. Under the Equality Act 2010, individuals are formally protected against the harm of discrimination on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, and sex and sexual orientation.

Discrimination can effect children in many different ways and sometimes you can find yourself judging someone without knowing anything about that certain person.

I use language that is age-appropriate and use the service users preferred method of communication, for example I support a person who is deaf and so we communicate using British Sign Language, when out in the community someone may ask him a question so I ask the individual, using BSL and speech and then reply to the person using BSL and speech.

The patient has the right to end its own life if they now that the doctors can’t do anything else for them and that their disease is incurable.

In society, the role of the government is to provide adequate care to all its people and insure that they are protected socially, politically, economically, and even physically. Regardless of the system of polity in place, the sole purpose of the government is to serve the governed. To protect the rights of people all around the globe, the Declaration of Human Rights (D.H.R.) was created by the United Nations. The document cites three basic rights that all people are entitled to.These include Article 7 which states that every human has the right to “equality before the law,” Article 5 which condemns “torture and [degrading] treatments of people,”