UNIT 2 P5 M3 D2

* A discussion of the difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings (M3)

Another factor that would give a service user a positive experience in a social care service would be anti-discriminatory practice. Anti-discriminatory practice is complementary to the practice of equal opportunities. Therefore the service user would be having a positive experience as they will not be treated differently due to age, race, or gender etc. But will be given more advice or help if needed, depending on their ability.

By supporting an individual’s diversity by recognising their differences and valuing them and their individuality, by supporting a individuals equality, treating a person equally, by including them in all group activities and encouraging individuals to express their views and opinions, by not treating anyone differently due to their background, ethnicity, culture, race, age, sexual orientation, personality, disability, religion, beliefs and gender and overall promoting good practice can prevent/stop the likelihood of abuse.

The residents within our home would have experienced some kind of discrimination in their life time. For example the residents will be discriminated against their mental illness by outside agencies if they tried to get a job. By implementing the home policy against discrimination and promoting and raising awareness with in the home and outside, this includes all the internal and external staff that help the home and help daemon straight the great effect it has on the

1 Anti-Discriminatory Practice in Counselling identifies the ease with which individuals can be disadvantaged merely on the basis of their gender, race, culture, age, sexuality or ability.

These barriers relate to individuals having differing personalities, if someone has lack of self-esteem or poor interpersonal interactions and communication it can affect the way they treat others. They may be unaware of how to support someone with needs that are new to them or struggle to identify resources needed to support a client. If staff are unable to provide information to the residents or carry out tasks they may need additional training to gather greater knowledge on equality, diversity and inclusion; when staff are unable to acknowledge differences it can mean that individuals are discriminated against unintentionally. This would then have an impact on relationships and rapport built between staff and clients and discourage the residents to work with the staff if they believe they are not being understood or their needs are not being met, this can have further impact on their mental health and wellbeing, therefore it is crucial that staff and management work alongside residents and their families or friends to ensure that their voice is heard especially when considering person centred care, as many vulnerable adults may not have the capacity to challenge discrimination.

All types of discrimination can also lead to negative behaviour and can partly cause aggression or crime; even living in poverty and experiencing discrimination can affect an individual’s behaviour as well. Due to the negligence they may take out their frustration on the care providers or others in the society which would make them in the wrong and after being investigated this may or may not change because of the client’s self-esteem or pressure levels. As well as taking it out on the care providers, they are also able to take it out on health and social care professionals.

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

When on a placement in a care home, the elderly were treated without respect, they were shouted at by the staff and poor manual handling was used when moving the elderly residents. This was just one care home out of hundreds, not all care homes are like this and the clients will be treated with respect and dignity.

Different care strategies can be used to support a person that has MS and type 1 diabetes

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

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

For this task, I am going to explain how two national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice.

M1 Assess the effects on those using the service of three different discriminatory practices in health and social settings Discriminatory practice can be defined as making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or their beliefs and practices, centred around race, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation and disability. Although there are many laws in place to protect individual rights against discrimination such as the Equality Act 2010, there are still cases of it occurring in many different situations including within the health and social care system.

In this essay, I will discuss several issues that seem to bind nursing practice with questions of ethics, sociology and management. Reflective practice is an important aspect of nursing management and in this essay we discuss implications of discrimination in nursing care and examine the importance of anti-discriminatory perspectives in nursing. In this paper, the case study I will elaborate is of an elderly woman who was of a non-British ethnic origin and spoke little English. A junior nurse visited her home to provide care but her attitude towards the patient has been discriminatory and abrupt, a situation that calls for serious reflection on the issues of racial discrimination at the clinical setting. The patient was