Discrimination
- Created by: Grace.2006
- Created on: 20-10-22 10:26
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- Discrimination
- Promoting anti-discriminatory practice
- HSC professionals have a responsibility to promote anti-discriminatory practice
- Codes of practice and policies that challenge and identify discrimination
- Adapting services and how they are provided
- Anti-discriminatory practice
- Based on legal requirements
- Core value and principle for everyone in HSC
- Protects individuals or minority groups from unfair and unjust treatment
- Legislation
- Equality Act 2010
- Equality Act 2010
- Individuals must be treated fairly and have their service needs met
- Differences such as:
- Age
- Ability
- Gender
- Race
- Any of the 9 protected characteristics
- Sexual Orientation
- Many policies are based on the Equality Act
- Prejudice
- Fixed ideas or opinions that someone may have about a group that are not based on evidence or reason
- Leads to discriminatory practice
- How can discrimination be done in HSC settings?
- Giving out leaflets only in english
- Creating single gender only support groups
- Opening hours being 9am - 5pm on Monday to Friday
- No disability access
- One family being visited more based on their class/ wealth
- No options for food (set menus)
- Counselling only being open for heterosexual couples
- No ways of communicating in A+E
- Direct/ Indirect Discrimination
- Direct - when someone is treated differently because of their characteristics
- Indirect - when a company's policies or rules have an effect on some people but not all
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Guarantees rights for people being cared for by HSC services
- Rights to:
- Access to education
- Life
- Privacy
- Freedom of thought
- Freedom from slavery
- Peaceful enjoyment of possessions
- Protection of property
- To marry
- Have a family
- Freedom of expression
- Liberty
- Freedom from torture or degrading treatment or punishment
- Liberty
- Freedom of expression
- Have a family
- Peaceful enjoyment of possessions
- Freedom from slavery
- Freedom of thought
- Privacy
- Life
- Access to education
- Promoting anti-discriminatory practice
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