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303 Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings
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Induction for social care workers in an adult care setting
Legislation and codes of practice relating to diversity, equality,inclusion and discrimination
The Equality Act is a legislation that is in place to ensure that people are given equal rights and opportunities regardless of their age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation. This legislation promotes diversity, equality and inclusion by making it a requirement that they are commonly practiced and incorporated into the health and social care setting, making it illegal to discriminate against a person/or persons for any reason.
The main Acts incorporated into the Equality Act 2010 are;
• The Care Quality Commission
• The Disability Discrimination Act 2005
• Human Rights Act 1998
• The Equal Pay Act 1970
• The Sex Discrimination Act 1999
• The Race Relations Act 2003
If these code’s of practice and legislations where not to be followed the consequences can be diverse. They can effect just one individual or can effect an entire team of social care workers. By not following the codes of practice and the legislation you could cause a service user to feel discriminated against which would have negative effects such as making them feel isolated or un-heard and could lead to more problems that would effect the people around them as well as the individual . By not using inclusive practice you may find that the service user might be put in a situation in which they are not happy which could make them act out in a way that could effect their future and how other team members interact with them. For example by failing to us an inclusive practice with an service user by taking them to a public park, without first consulting or discussing this with the service user they could miss out on important information such as the service user being afraid of dogs, this could then
Task Bi
Induction for social care workers in an adult care setting
Legislation and codes of practice relating to diversity, equality,inclusion and discrimination
The Equality Act is a legislation that is in place to ensure that people are given equal rights and opportunities regardless of their age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation. This legislation promotes diversity, equality and inclusion by making it a requirement that they are commonly practiced and incorporated into the health and social care setting, making it illegal to discriminate against a person/or persons for any reason.
The main Acts incorporated into the Equality Act 2010 are;
• The Care Quality Commission
• The Disability Discrimination Act 2005
• Human Rights Act 1998
• The Equal Pay Act 1970
• The Sex Discrimination Act 1999
• The Race Relations Act 2003
If these code’s of practice and legislations where not to be followed the consequences can be diverse. They can effect just one individual or can effect an entire team of social care workers. By not following the codes of practice and the legislation you could cause a service user to feel discriminated against which would have negative effects such as making them feel isolated or un-heard and could lead to more problems that would effect the people around them as well as the individual . By not using inclusive practice you may find that the service user might be put in a situation in which they are not happy which could make them act out in a way that could effect their future and how other team members interact with them. For example by failing to us an inclusive practice with an service user by taking them to a public park, without first consulting or discussing this with the service user they could miss out on important information such as the service user being afraid of dogs, this could then