legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. There are several current pieces of legislation relating to equality and diversity‚ including • UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (see……) • Every Child Matters • Children’s Act 1989 • Children’s Act 2004 • Human Rights Act 1998 The most recent act is the Equality Act 2010. Previous to this‚ equality legislation in this country was somewhat fragmented. The purpose
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stratification (Parsons‚ 1970). Whilst complete societal equality may be unattainable‚ Equal Opportunities (EO) policies aim to ‘reduce the gap’. Inequality takes different forms and there is much theoretical debate regarding which grouping variables‚ such as gender or age‚ are important. There exist three key notions of ‘equality of opportunity’: formal‚ liberal and radical. The former two are minimalist concepts‚ concerned principally with equality of opportunity - the ‘beginning’ of the process. Conversely
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SHC33: Promote equality and inclusion in healthy‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Explain what is meant by : * Diversity * Equality * Inclusion 1.2 Describe the potential effects of discrimination. 1.3 Explain how inclusive practice promotes equality and supports diversity. 1.1 Diversity: Dictionary meaning: (noun) 1. The quality of being diverse or different‚ difference or unlikeness. 2. A variety‚ diverse types or examples.
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Unit 2 Equality and Diversity –P4 Understand how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice Explain what legislation is: Policies lead to procedures and procedures and policies are there because of legislations. Legislation comes from a governing body to regulate policies and procedures. Explain what a policy (in Health and Social Care) is: Policies are there to ensure that procedures are done with in specific guidelines. This is important so that everyone knows how thing’s need
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Assignment unit 2 equality and diversity In this assignment I will be looking into equality and diversity. I think it’s really important for people to be fair and equal I the society that we now live in because it has changed a lot since our grandparents grew up and their views have somewhat influenced our actions against diverse people in today’s society. P1 There are many benefits of diversity first of all there is the education factor‚ I personally that people now have been brought up around
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TDA 2.4 Equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work children and young people. Unfortunately some children‚ at some point in their life will experience some form of discrimination. This could be anything from being called names because they wear glasses or being shunned in the playground because they aren’t wearing the latest fashion in coats or trainers. Sadly as children become young people this could also grow into discrimination due to their race‚ colour or even sexual preferences. Whatever
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Equality‚ Diversity and Inclusion in work with children and young people Question 1 Case Study 1 1 Who is being discriminated against? The whole family is being discriminated against. 2 What kind of discrimination is taking place? Racial discrimination. 3 How might the child experiencing the discrimination feel? Dominic might be feeling excluded‚ lonely‚ confused and have low self esteem as he could feel that the children he sees attending the school have a higher status in society as
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Equality refers to treating each one in the setting fairly‚ regardless of culture and background. Diversity refers to respecting and valuing different cultures. Inclusion refers to ‘everyone is included’‚ despite differences. In the UK there are many legislations that support equality‚ diversity and inclusion‚ like the Equality Act 2010 and Disability Act 1995. Equal opportunity approach is based on the principle of providing fair and similar opportunities to all and ensure people are not discriminated
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Equality and diversity policy statement and employment policy 1 1.1 Equality and Diversity Policy statement The Trust’s equality and diversity policy statement is as follows: The London Ambulance Service is committed to equality and diversity. One of our values states: ‘We will value diversity and will treat everyone as they would wish to be treated‚ with respect and courtesy.’ In practical terms this means: • Everyone‚ including patients‚ colleagues and health and social care partners‚ will
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2.4 equality‚ diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1.2 Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004 Put into place to ensure all organisations and agencies involved with children between birth and 19 years should work together to ensure that children have the support needed to be healthy‚ stay safe‚ enjoy and achieve‚ make a positive contribution and achieve economic well - being Every school has policies now to set guidelines and procedures for ensuring equality and
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