Unit 2: Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care

by jbkezza21 (student)

Jessica Bascombe 20174011 Group D

P4:

The disability discrimination act 1995 in aimed to end discrimination against people with disabilities the act had been extended and amended it gives disabled people rights in areas if employment, education and to have access to services and facilities it also require the public and employers to promote equality of opportunities for disables people.

Before when a person had a physical disability there would be less of a chance for them to access their service because if mobility, but however when the act came out it was aimed to stop and end discrimination against many people with disabilities, they set a policy for work organisations to give them an opportunity of access to services and have to have equal opportunities like other people in either employment or education the government was set a minimum standards disabled people can use public transport easily.

The legislations had given health and social care provider’s legal responsibility to promote positively to disability service users to access health service they may need it also gives a guideline of how promote equal opportunities by treating them with respect and dignity.

The Children Act 1989

This was made so that all practitioners should meet all the needs of the children the act aims to help resolve problems between parents and how to parent their children. It promotes anti-discriminatory practice by putting laws into place so that children are always in a safe place and position. The children act 1989 improves the lives of all children who children that receive care either informal to professional, the act also covers service such as school, children, homes or nurseries/day care.

The Race Relations Act 2000

The act ensures that all public authorities/organisations are not treating service users differently because of their race it promoters anti-discriminatory practice by making sure everyone is treating equally no matter what their race or ethnicity.

Human Rights Act 1998

This act aims to protect from a breach of their humans rights such as:

The right to life
The right to a fair trial
Freedom of expression
Respects for privet and family life

Every person in the UK receives care from any health and social care organisation usually when they are most vulnerable therefore ...

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The Race Relations Act 2000

Human Rights Act 1998

This act aims to protect from a breach of their humans rights such as:

The right to life
The right to a fair trial
Freedom of expression
Respects for privet and family life

Every person in the UK receives care from any health and social care organisation usually when they are most vulnerable therefore it is paramount the human rights are put into account when giving services to ensure quality care.

Sex Discrimination Act 1975

This act applies to all male and female, to promote that both genders should be treated equally in employment, transport and education it promotes anti-discriminatory practice by ensuring that both genders are treated equally. Without this act men and women would be deprived of certain jobs and choices.

Mental Capacity Act 2005

Helps protect service users that cannot make decisions for their self with conditions such as dementia, learning difficulties and mental problems. It ensures people don’t have the capacity to get treated fairly and in their best interests, this act promotes anti-discriminatory practice by ensuring that there disability to learn that they get the equal choices as any other person.

Care Standards Act 2000

The act is a guide framework, which regulates care service, and practitioners who work with them these are put into place in care homes, hospitals, and fostering agencies. This promotes anti-discriminatory practice by ensuring that all individuals get the best care according to their needs.

Age Discrimination Act 2006

This act ensures that no one is deprived of education and employment or anything else due to their age it promotes anti-discriminatory practice by ensuring that no service user is judged against by their age.

In health and social care it is important to practitioners to understand and promote anti-discriminatory practice in various ways, this is so they can challenge discriminatory issues and practices. One of the ways in which a carer can promote anti-discriminatory practice is to treat service users in the same equal. They could also have a promotion of anti-discriminatory practice, is to provide active support which people beliefs, culture and preferences of an individual. Active support helps encourage people with disabilities to maximise their own potential and independence.

M3:

Difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings and how these may be overcome.

When implementing anti-discriminatory practice there are a few of difficulties that could occur this could be between the practitioners, service users lives in a care home or residential home has a hearing impediment and when listening to music it is loud than what other service users may like it to be. Although the resident the right to listen to their music however sue to the service user having a hearing impediment, they will be listening to it very loud which may cause a problem for the other residents who have the right to peace and quiet. This can cause a problem, which can cause arguments between the service users. Although the staff can offer alternatives, the setting could have a lack of funding and rescores this can affect the implementation of anti-discriminatory practice, this is because there would be a limited way of providing choices to their service. Another example could be during meal times, if everyone is given the same type of food, of what same services users have chosen they prefer others as they didn’t have the chance to give their opinion or option about what kind of food they eat. If an individual who is Muslim and is given pork they would argue not to eat it, also if a vegetarian would not also eat this, which would cause conflict and argument and could even make individuals to starve themselves because they do not want to eat the food given to them. This is discrimination because the service user may feel practitioners are taking sides and not taking to account their needs. Also because of the problem the problems would build up at meal time, some service users could argue at the same time that do not want to eat the food given, this can cause distress with others service users who may be happy with the food already given and want to eat their food in peace and quiet. Service users who may wish to starve themselves because there not given the right food, this can cause service users to become more ill. Culture can affect anti-discriminatory practice in different ways such as body language that’s in a person’s culture such as saying hello in different cultures language barriers because problem though there not being translator practitioners can be discriminatory in the way of not providing one. Another thing which could prevent anti-discriminatory is not accepting someone views of medication because of religious beliefs and trying to change practice by ensuring that all individuals get the best care according to their needs.

D2:

Balancing individual rights of others can cause difficult problems within a health and social care organisation. Anti-discriminatory practice can be promoted by giving everyone the equal treatment fairly no matter their race, religion, and gender rights, with the rights of others can cause tension and dilemmas if a service user in a care home has the rights to listen to their own music while other service users have the right to peace and quiet, by provide earphones could help resolve this by doing this bother service users’ needs are met. To avoid confusion, conflict and argument practitioners should also service users their preference of foods beforehand so at meal times there are a variety of food. From practitioners and service users so situations such as practitioners not accepting a service users religion beliefs in medications, challenging discrimination against tough whose behaviour, attitudes and views that are discriminatory this can also be done challenging the individual as well as providing and encouraging training this would promote good team morals, practice and reduce discriminatory.