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
Outcome 1 Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion
1. Explain what is meant by Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Equality Equality is the term for treating people fairly and offering the same chances, it’s not all about treating everyone in the same way, but recognising everyone is different, and they all have very different needs, but making sure they are met.
These different needs could be race, age, physical health, mental health, gender, sexual orientation, beliefs and creeds.
In the workplace, there are many service users, 13 altogether, and each of them have a variety of needs. Some with dementia, others with epilepsy, a group of down syndrome, people of the age of 20 rights through to 70, people with diabetes.
Diversity Where equality is about recognising differences, diversity is about valuing these differences, for example not to along ago a service user came in on respite, he was of an Islamic background. With this there were certain values that came part and parcel of the religion, these were the consumption of Halal meat, praying five times a day and wearing specific clothing.
Inclusion Inclusion is the term used to define the ability to adapt and place measures so that everyone, no matter what their needs are they can participate.
Many service users hope and want to lead extremely active lifestyles. So with regards to an activity such as the gym, as part of our responsibility
2. Describe the potential effects of discrimination
To see the possible effects of discrimination fully, it’s best to look at how it affects from a holistic perspective. With regards to discrimination affecting physical health, this can be a by product of stress and depression. A lot of physical problems can be stress induced such sleeplessness and from this you can end up with a lack of energy, headaches, ulcers.
Outcome 1 Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion
1. Explain what is meant by Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
Equality Equality is the term for treating people fairly and offering the same chances, it’s not all about treating everyone in the same way, but recognising everyone is different, and they all have very different needs, but making sure they are met.
These different needs could be race, age, physical health, mental health, gender, sexual orientation, beliefs and creeds.
In the workplace, there are many service users, 13 altogether, and each of them have a variety of needs. Some with dementia, others with epilepsy, a group of down syndrome, people of the age of 20 rights through to 70, people with diabetes.
Diversity Where equality is about recognising differences, diversity is about valuing these differences, for example not to along ago a service user came in on respite, he was of an Islamic background. With this there were certain values that came part and parcel of the religion, these were the consumption of Halal meat, praying five times a day and wearing specific clothing.
Inclusion Inclusion is the term used to define the ability to adapt and place measures so that everyone, no matter what their needs are they can participate.
Many service users hope and want to lead extremely active lifestyles. So with regards to an activity such as the gym, as part of our responsibility
2. Describe the potential effects of discrimination
To see the possible effects of discrimination fully, it’s best to look at how it affects from a holistic perspective. With regards to discrimination affecting physical health, this can be a by product of stress and depression. A lot of physical problems can be stress induced such sleeplessness and from this you can end up with a lack of energy, headaches, ulcers.