Legislation Some of the main legislation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people Children Act (1989) allocates duties to local authorities‚ courts‚ parents‚ and other agencies in the United Kingdom‚ to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. It centres on the idea that children are best cared for within their own families; however‚ it also makes provisions for instances when parents and families do not co-operate with statutory bodies. Ref: https://en.wikipedia
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General Social Care Council Code of Practice 1. Protect the rights and promote the interests of service users and carers. This includes • Treating each person as an individual; • Respecting and‚ where appropriate‚ promoting the individual views and wishes of both service users and carers; • Supporting service users’ rights to control their lives and make informed choices about the services they receive; • Respecting and maintaining the dignity and privacy of service users; • Promoting equal
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5. A discussion of equality and diversity issues relevant to the candidates teaching/training situation. Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably than others. Equality is about the rights of the learners to attend and participate regardless of age‚ sex‚ race‚ gender reassignment‚ disability‚ religion or belief‚ sexual orientation‚ marriage/civil partnership and pregnancy /maternity. Diversity is about recognising and being tolerant
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What can I do to promote diversity and equality. • DID YOU KNOW THAT OUR LITERATURE IS AVAILABLE IN ALL OF Treat people as individuals respecting their beliefs and views even when they are different from your own. Seek to treat your work colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. Take into account your colleagues’ and service users’ religious‚ cultural and social needs. Seniors and Managers should ask new staff during their service induction if they have any cultural
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some of the major types of discrimination‚ the one that gets the least attention is national origin discrimination and in particular‚ accent discrimination‚ especially when it comes to upward mobility in the workplace. Yet‚ unlike other forms of discrimination‚ accent discrimination is rarely a subject of any robust public debate. This paper is a modest attempt to help establish a framework for understanding the relative neglect to which the discourse on accent discrimination has been subjected vis-à-vis
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3.2 demonstrate ways of working that can help improve partnership working By working in partnership with professional colleagues‚ can help to overcome perceived boundaries between services and organisations‚ Effective partnership working is built upon a clear understanding of the different roles each person has in supporting the person. Increasing clarity and agreement about roles and responsibilities improves understanding‚ and leads to mutually supportive relationships. Clear remits‚ lines
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Equality means that we should all have equal access and equal opportunities to learn and be successful regardless of gender‚ race‚ religion‚ and ability. Diversity refers to the fact that we are all different. Some of us are male‚ some female‚ some tall‚ some short‚ some dark skinned‚ some light skinned. We come from different cultural backgrounds‚ different faiths‚ and different family groupings. And we have different learning styles‚ different personalities‚ etc. Because we are all different‚
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The Business Impact of HR Legislation and Policies In this essay I will discuss how specific HR legislations ensure good business practice. Managing the discipline process: The disciplinary process has been in place for many years‚ it provides an aid for employers to explain to their employees that their performance is not up to standard. This in turn allows employer and the employee to discuss the improvement that is necessary as well as a chance for the employee to defend any allegations
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Equality and Inclusion 1.1 Explain what it is meant by diversity? Equality? Inclusion? Diversity is about difference‚ and the value of diversity is the richness and variety that different people bring to society. Equality is the state of being equal‚ especially in status‚ rights‚ or opportunities. Inclusion is an action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. 1.2. Describe potential effects of discrimination Refused access to society‚ services‚ employment
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Explain how you could promote inclusion‚ equality and diversity with your current/future learners. Identify other points of referral available to meet the potential needs of learners. Equality is about ’creating a fairer society‚ where everyone can participate and has the opportunity to fulfil their potential’. It means ensuring those pupils are treated equally in terms of the opportunities they are provided with. This arises from anti discrimination legislation and ensures individuals are not
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