Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings

This is a report I am writing as part of my work experience portfolio showing how individuals care needs are successfully met. This will be done by talking about equality, diversity and anti-discrimination.

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:

2.4 Describe ways to ensure that own interactions with individuals respect their beliefs, culture, values and preferences

People can be discriminated by things such as age, sex/gender, race, culture/religion, sexual orientation, Disability, Gender reassignment, Marriage and civil partnership, Pregnancy and maternity. Equality and diversity are essential in the health and social care setting. Good equality and diversity practices make sure that the services provided to people are fair and accessible to everyone. This ensures that people are all treated equally and that they get the dignity and respect they deserve. Equality is making sure everyone has the same equal opportunity’s regarding of their abilities or disabilities.

Ai Using the table below, explain in your own words what each term means. Give one

In this report I will be explaining how equality, diversity and rights are promoted in a health and social care settings. This report will be based in a residential care home. I will explain the principles of the care value base within the care settings. There are many different procedures that are taken place within the care home to provide good care for the residents.

Many strategies are used within the work place to protect vulnerable people. Health and social care settings have to always promote equality and diversity and to respect service users rights. One way in which this is done is by always putting the patient/service user at the heart of the service provision. This means that the patients' individual needs will be met and achieved for example; a personal eating plan to a specific individual. Putting the service user at the centre of the provision generally makes a happier and healthier patient in all areas

This act was created to protect individual from discrimination in UK and protecting the right of children and young people to fair

For instance, my working place ensure that service users have right to quality care by following the standard care procedure and as well engaged experience staff.

As a care worker we need to ensure that we do not refuse to give the residents the treatment or care they need no matter what we think of them or who they are, the residents are relying on you and so are their families so we need to make sure they get the correct treatment and care they need. In our care home we want to ensure that all the residents receive the same amount of care and they all receive the treatment they need so they are in less pain as possible and helping them get better. For example, denying a resident lifesaving treatment because they are at an older age and may not have long left, this would be wrong because we want to ensure that the residents in the care home get the treatment they need no

Equal Pay The Equality Act 2010, which encompasses the Equal Act 1970, made it unlawful to pay men and women differently if they were employed in :

It is important for human resource professionals to understand employment laws that affect its organization. Also, these laws set by the workforce can lead to legal challenges that will impact organizations. One of the greatest legal challenges impacting organizations effectiveness and productivity is discrimination. Discrimination is defined as the mistreatment of a protected class different from their peers. An employee can be discriminated based on their age, religion, race, gender, and/or sexual preference. For example, same-sex marriages were not lawful until 2015 based on the ruling for Obergefell vs. Hodges case. It is important for organizations to ensure that their policies and practices align and will not cause discriminate. Beth

The ability to provide admirable health care on a non-judgemental and anti-discriminatory basis is a principle that has been heavily established in nursing practise and healthcare in general. It is therefore constantly being reinforced by the NMC code of 2015 which proposes that nurses and midwives have the responsibility to “act with honesty and integrity at all times, treating people fairly and without discrimination”. Additionally, the NHS Constitution (DoH 2015) states that staffs are obliged to “make sure nobody is excluded, discriminated against”. These regulations are not only applied to or for the benefits of the patients, as it also states that NHS employees have the rights to be “treated fairly, equally and free from discrimination”.

Although it is commonly acknowledged that cultural identity is multifaceted, there is little guidance for appraising the cumulative influences of power, privilege, and oppression across social work settings. Contemporary models for multicultural competence in practice and education are often contradictory, producing a lack of uniformity in practical applications of theory. Focus on a single dimension of diversity for the sake of brevity, and to conceptualize skills that are easily transferrable to practice, is incongruent with the appreciation for complexity that presumably underlies current paradigms. The field of social work is committed to social justice and diversity. Systems of inequity are deeply embedded and difficult to uproot without