(P3) Explain potential effects of discriminatory practice on those who use health and social care services.
Discrimination is linked to individuals that are different from us and will have a negative opinion against them and also will tend to discriminate. There are number of groups in society that are vulnerable. We now know the main discriminatory groups which are:
Culture – A culture has been developed through sound interactions that have been exposed since they were brought up. Their beliefs and behavior has been formed by the family and the society that they live in. If the culture of the health care worker and the individuals clash there is a potential discriminatory as they have different belief, jobs and behavior. Every individual has their own culture according to their background its not always an easy target as other individuals that are different form them will have a negative view, opinion and will discriminate against them.
Disability – Disability is another cause to discrimination. Children behave differently towards the children that have physical and mental disability. A lot of adults will behave negative way towards people with mental and disability problems. Its essential and very easy for the health care workers to discriminate negatively depending on the ability of the individuals, but they will not because it’s illegal. The government now a days every organization is required to have a policy in disability discrimination.
Age – Age is another group that leads to discrimination. Now a day’s elderly people will not receive the respect from youngest or adults that’s because they are old. Age has already caused debates in the health and social care settings because there are some service providers who would argue that its possible to be too old for some kind of treatment should be used on those young people to benefit form the treatment that has been provided.
Social class – A social class is a way of grouping people it can be a based discrimination for many reasons. The higher social class are said to be looked down on the lower social classes. This is because what type of job they do and how much money do they earn. Doctors and other health workers sometimes offer a better service to those service users who cannot stand up for themselves. In so many cases doctors discriminate against those people who are less articulate than themselves. Individuals that earn a low amount of money will be discriminated against from people that earn a high amount of money in the same society.
Gender – Gender still leads to discrimination simple because individuals are a male or a female. In the past years females could not get paid in the same amount of money as males did and also they could not get a good job because it was unable to match the skills and acknowledge attained by men. This case is no longer in law in the united kingdom and in so many other countries but yet again this law still exists in some other countries as females cannot get a good job or the same job as men’s or if they did they will not get paid very well.
Sexuality – Sexuality means in general to a sexual orientation. This is based to discrimination. If a health care worker is bisexual (married to the same sex) they will be discriminated against and also they will be less respected, labeled and stereotyped. This will happened because it’s attached to his sexual orientation.
Health status – Health status is another cause of discrimination this is attached to the levels of good health or an illness that is being experienced by an individual. A health care worker will discriminate to the service user or another individual. This can lead to discrimination towards health because of the amount of work associated with caring for the individual involved.
Prejudice – This word is used in the term of pre judgment about people and their behavior. Behavior can change a lot of times depending on the issue that you have. People can and do judge other individuals about their behavior in a positive or negative way. These days’ decisions are being made in the health and social care sector to meet an individual; this happens because the information is provided before talking to the individual.
Marginalisation – This word means when an individual has been pushed to the margins of a society, in a more understandable way it means that you are unable to participate fully in the health and social care services that are available to you. This cause can be developed in a micro and macro way in the UK law, the government has been caused of marginalizing groups of the population towards their health and the individuals social care needs.
Disempowerment – Disempowerment means not being in control in other ways other people an control you like for example people have been discriminated by powerful groups in society like health care professionals are being disempowerment. Like I said before this means that they are not able to take actions for themselves, they cannot fight for the discriminatory and will loose will to actually stand up to face it an do something about it.
Restricted opportunities – This can also lead to discrimination which has the potential to prevent access to health and social care services. This happens thought the attitude or the care workers and most commonly this mostly happens through the beliefs of the care worker which they will fail to all individuals. This can also be affected through their low self esteem as they will make themselves have fewer opportunities in the care services.
Low self esteem and self identity – When having a low self worthless we will feel helpless and powerless and can lead some individuals to depression. In the other positive side if we have high self esteem it will lead us appreciating our own worth and value ourselves highly. People that are being discriminated against will make it harder for them to cope with challenges and change through they’re lives. However a lot of people do improve and develop their self concept by believing in them and they can cope and manage the challenges and changes being made in their life
Negative behaviors – Behaviors is important to every individual as its important to our every day lives on how we behave. Negative behavior mostly occurs in young children because they want to gain attention even though that attention is negative. Negative behavior is also being expressed in public by adults as it’s attached to discrimination and low self esteem. Negative and aggressive behavior can lead to discrimination because individuals are suing their aggression towards those holding power like health professionals of those working in the employment and also can involve criminal activities such as drugs, burglary and also physical violence.
(P4) Describe how legislation. Codes of practice, rules of conduct, charters and organizational policies are used to promote anti-discriminatory practice.
The law provides the service users and also the health care professionals with principles and guidelines which have to be followed when dealing with individuals in any kind of given situations. The rules attached to each specific of legislation must be followed or sanctions will apply to these people who will break the law.
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Charters – The patients carter was replaced in 1998 by the NHS charter which provides information and also sets out patients should expect form the NHS and also how well to access the NHS and their plans for their future. All organizations within the health and social care sector produce information for the service users, carers and the public into the society, about the offers that they will offer to the public and also on local services centers.
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Guidelines – Guidelines is a document in every work or health care work that has rules that have been set out for the workers which they have to follow. This document’s aim is to streamline particular processing according to a set of routine. Everyone that works needs to follow the guidelines as it states in a government law.
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Standards – Standards is a document that requires doing something. This also means that it’s a document of requirements that every care worker is required to do something like, they need to do practice and training before getting a job in a health care settings. It’s something that they have to do before proceeding.
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Practice – A practice is before the individual will get a job they have to be trained and to be practiced for the job required so they attach to the standards of the work place. A practice has to be done in a jobs and professions.
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Organizational policies and procedures – Every organizational should have policies and procedures that are set out by the legal requirements, national and local guidance, professional codes and practice and also accepted good practice.
Convections, legislation and regulations
Professionals, policies and equality and rights
The government issues those codes of practice and guidance alongside the legislation to tell care organizations and individuals professionals how law should be implemented.
Active promotion of equality and individuals rights
- They need to have a good understanding of the key concepts and settings used in health and social care in every single job.
- Roles within sectors needs to be recognized and understood by the health and social care professionals.
- The health care professionals need to promote rights of service users.
- Promoting the rights and equality of others is something that is in the center to care and health roles.
Promote the rights choices and a well being of individuals
If we follow the care value base in our everyday work with other people we would be promoting an individual rights and choices. This will develop or cause a positive affect on their feelings of well being and other sense of control over their lives no matter what their situation and its really important that we:
- Promote equality at every opportunity
- Respect the diversity
- Promote independence and take actions to increase this for every individual that we work with
- Challenge the people that we stereotype
- Improve an individual life chances by ensuring access to the services so that they meet their needs
- Improve equality of the services that we and other individuals are providing for our service users.
- Inform the professionals of the standards of the professional conduct, required of them in the exercise of the professionals and practice
As a registered nurse, mid wife or a specialists community public health nurse you must:
- Practice and support the health of the clients
- Protect and support the health of the community
- Act in a way that justifies the trust and confident the public have to you
- Uphold and enhance the good reputation of the professions.
The nurse is personally accountable for their practice this means that they answerable for their actions regardless of advice or directions form other professionals. They must recognize and respect the role of the patient and clients as partners in their carer and the help that they can give to them. They are personally accountable for the ensuring that you promote and protect the interests and dignity of patient and clients irrespective of gender, age, ability sexuality, status, lifestyle, culture and regions or their political belief. They must promote interest of clients this will include helping individuals and groups gain accsess to health and social care information and support relevant to their needs. All patients and clients have a right to receive information about their health condition, the nurse needs to be sensitive to the patients needs and respect the wishes of those who refuse to receive information about their condition. Information should be truthful and presented in a way to make it easily understood. The patients rights needs to be respected.
- Individuals that live on a suburban estate to be “nice people “.
- Council estates breed – work – shy individuals
- Rise flats have a more percentage lived by drug dealers and trouble makers
Individuals need to be judged on a basis and not to be sterepotical labels that are applied to the. A lot of individuals come through some situations that do have an influence but the individuals will reply or respond differently to them depending on the individual’s behavior.
Codes of practice and charters:
Codes of conduct establish by professionals bodies
The professional workers in the health and social care settings that respect those who work in the health and social care all produce guidance for employers and workers related to promote equality and diversity in practice. The patient charter was replace in 1998 by the NHS charter which sets pout what patients should expect from the NHS and plans for the future. All organizations within the health and social care produce information fo0r service users and the general public about the serv8ices they offer, how to access these services in terms of physical access and eligibility criteria for services.
Codes of practice and rules of conduct for social care workers and employers:
The general social care council, the care council for Wales, the Northern Ireland social care council and the Scottish social care service council have worked in partnership to agree the code of practice for both social care employers and social care workers with the purpose raising standards. A the code is within the public domain it is also intended to inform service users and member of public about the standards of professional practice that they should expect when dealing with social care services. For employers the codes of practice sets out the responsibilities of employers in regulating social care workers and supporting workers to adhere and meet the requirements of the codes and to take action should they fail to do this? For the health and social care workers the codes describe the standards of professional conduct expect them by their employer, collegegues, service users and public members within the day to day activity. There are 6 standards which reflect current good practice and they are all related to promoting individual rights in some way, the firs relates directly to a social care workers responsibility to promote equality and severity. As social care workers you must protect the rights and promote the interest of service users and careers, this includes:
- Treating each person as an individual
- Respect and where appropriate, promoting the individual views and wishes of the service users and careers
- Supporting service user’s 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 opportunities for service users and carers
- Respecting diversity and different cultures and values.
Developing greater self awareness and tolerance of differences:
It’s very important and also very helpful to know yourself and to know how you react to certain situations, if you are going to work in a health and social care settings. Negative activities can be changed by having insight into your beliefs and to your behavior and also where they come from. It’s very important that if you’re going to work in a health and social care settings you need to change you personal beliefs into your professional behavior. You will also need to use appropriate language to your clients you will also need to practice confidentially.
Developing self awareness and tolerance:
As we get older we will experience a lot of things and it’s very important to realize and recognize that our values and beliefs do change like I said before this happens because we travel through life and we experience lot of new things. Experiences in life can develop our self awareness as we learn how to keep ourselves away from danger and to be safe especially for our health. Different countries have different cultures and also different tolerance in their society and this will teach us new things about the world and also about ourselves. This can teach us how to keep ourselves safe from the danger in the society. Developing self awareness or situations in different circumstances and we also know how to solve them without any negative opinions or negative solving. These days there are very violent and unsafe societies as multicultural people have brought violence, drugs and so on into our society and this can develop our tolerance towards any kind of situations that we come across with.
Working within legal ethical and policy guidelines:
Care practice is understated by legislations, ethics and also by other guidance from the government. Legislations and guidance has been promoted by the government for us as its positive towards our health. They promote safety to the service users and also professional’s health care workers. Legislations and law applies to every individual for their own safety, some individuals do not follow them and do break the law and also can take the risk to put themselves and health in danger. Regular supervision of practice will support the health workers within legal ethical and policy guidelines consted.
Advocacy
This word is used on the term that individuals or service users have the choice to choose what’s right for them and also every individual should have equal opportunities no matter what background they’re from. There are many accessions in the health care settings when the person is too ill to speak for themselves, when this happens they have the right to expect an advocate. An advocate s the person who will speak on behalf of the service user or the patient, an advocate can be:
- Trained and employed
- A member of the patients family
- A neighbor
- A friend
- A member of staff
Whoever speaks on their behalf of the patient should remember that they are putting their views on the individual forward; they will need to be clear about the difference between the individuals view and those who are caring for them.
Policies
A policy is very important in every work place in the health and social care settings, it’s set out by legislations whether a decision has been made as a deliberate plan of action to guide decisions and also to achieve rational outcome. This term is applied to the government, groups and also individuals in a work place.
(P5) Explain how those working in health and social care settings can actively promote anti-discriminatory practice
Individual rights:
The individual rights are build in the human rights act in a health and social care sector when we talk about right we are reflecting to the care value base. The individual’s rights are the following:
- The individual needs to be respected in a positive way
- The individual needs to be treated as an individual
- The individual needs to be treated with dignity
- The individual needs to accsess information about themselves
- The individual must be able to communicate in their proffered method
- The individual should be created in a way that meets their needs
- The individual needs to be protected form the danger
- The individual needs to be given choices
Having rights also means that the individuals have responsibilities and this however includes not infringing the rights of others. The health care workers can present dilemmas and conflicts on balancing individual rights with the rights of others.
The right to be respected:
Every individual has the right to receive respect no matter what their age is or the circumstances they’re in. Health care workers need to give their respect for the individual through the way they communicate or approach and the way they treat people that they’re involved with. Respect other individuals is the main point to a health workers responsibility, respect isn’t about preserving dignity its about respecting an individuals beliefs, values, wishes and respecting their needs, choices and privacy. Respect is about individuals rights to choose the kind of health care that they want even when these choices clash with our opinions.
Demonstrating respect requires the following:
- Being patience
- Good communication skills
- Accept any choices being made
- Professional interactions between the health worker and also for the individual
Meeting individual needs:
It’s very important to meet individuals basic health needs prior to other needs. The most important needs for an individual are warmth, food and shelter. When individuals basics needs have been met we can than try to meet higher level needs like emotional, social and intellectual.
Talking account of choices:
Valuing individuals choices are very important part of the care value base. Making choices doesn’t have to be like choosing a place of residence by offering quite simple choices we can make difference to a health and social care.
Positive promotion of individual rights:
Promotion of equality and rights is seen on board’s displaying key policies and guidelines. The health care settings are required by the government to display health and safety regulations. This can give the services users reassurance as they come to a health care settings and this also happens to remind the staff about their duty regarding to confidentiality. This includes a section on the responsibilities of the individual towards eachother and also for the staff who are caring for them. Handbooks can outline the rights and responsibilities of staff and the service users.
Dignity in care settings:
There is a law that has been launched in November 2006 that tells how to ensure that older people are treated with dignity and respect as it’s their right. Receiving dignity and respect form the health care can make a different to the elderly people’s lives.
Provide service users with active support:
Active support means taking the appropriate actions to support a service user when they need assistance. A lot of service users wouldn’t ask for help or assistance as they will try and sort their issues and their own without anyone being involved, but providing active support requires a sensitive approach. Support can approach in many way forms and its very important to recognize both of the forms and also the amount of support that required. All services users are seen and must be seen as individuals when ethical values are applied to all individuals their equality and rights should be met. The care value base is built on an ethical principles and places of service users.
Principles of the care value base
These principles highlight how health and social care work is carried out. The care value base describe the attitudes and behaviors that involves good care practice which values respect naturals and positively support individuals. The principles that are set out by the law and legislation should be followed with a health and social care work job description and aims and objectives of the employs. They are also in the codes of practice for health and social care workers. The care practice is based on the values to ensure that the individual is treated with respect and also so that their wishes and choices are met within the health and social care settings. This also includes the language and the tone that is used to individuals, it also means to provide care support which demonstrates the individual choices have been supported and considered. Its very important that the health and social care workers should promote dignity, privacy and rights, this trust underpins an effective working relationship. Applying the care value base is also demonstrated through the worker supporting the individuals in enabling which promotes support and supports their independence and empowered them to manage their lives as long as they are able to. The health and social care workers have responsibility to ensure that the individuals are supported to relies and develop their potential, this includes supporting individuals to make their own decisions regarding risks by ensuring their decisions are informed ones while in the same time ensuring they are also protected form the abuse and harm.
Putting the individuals / patients / service users at the heart of service promotion
Promoting equality and rights puts the service user at in a very important place in the health care provision, and it will keep them in the mind at the key point of services. The planning of all service users should be carried out with the service users and build around their specific needs.
The key principles that each setting must achieve to are:
- Provide active support service users
- Providing individuals with rights
- Offer choices and well being
- Empower the service users
Promoting individual rights:
Promoting individual rights can help the service user to express their feelings and preferences. A lot of individuals express their needs and are able to speak for them but there are other individuals who needs help and support. Service user who need help to express their needs include these who:
- Are frail
- Are ill
- Individuals who use a second language
- Individuals who have a learning difficulties
Good communication comes from support that people offer to you. For someone to support individuals to express their needs you will need to:
- Ask questions to the individual
- Listen to the individual
- Keep service users informed
- If necessarily ask help from others
Offering choices and well being:
Promotion of equality and individuals rights can demonstrate in a way we work individually with the service user. Offering an individual a choice related to their care and treatment can make a difference to the way people feel and also to the way we reply to the service users. The choices being made about food, clothing and personal care are the main key the service users offered by the health and social care assistance. We will have a good well being when we choose what type of food we want to eat at mealtimes and also the types of clothes we would like to wear. In a health and social care choices are being taken in to much wider avenues through the way that we accsess and the use the public services that are available to us.
Promoting anti-discriminatory practice
The health care workers have responsibilities to provide anti-discriminatory practice. These types of anti-discriminatory policies and also include keeping themselves up to the date with the legislation and also policy guidelines to help the individuals to ensure that the best possible services is provided.
Empowering service users
For a health care professional worker is another key, this is about making individuals to feel that they have control over their lives and that when they are in an issue they can be able to take appropriate actions and sort their issues out.
The rights to be treated in a dignified way
Every individual requires and disserves to be treated in a good mannered way about their dignity and their self worth. Every health and social care worker should be sensitive and also be aware of the needs of the people in their care especially in a time when the body and the body’s functions could be exposed and expressed.
The right to be allowed privacy
Privacy becomes the human right in a point where its nor going to harm themselves or to any other individuals. All individuals have the right to expect that the following:
- Their care and their medication will be kept private
- The information about them will not be passed to people who have no right of confidentially
- The individual dignity will be kept through out any procedures
Treating people with dignity and also allow them privacy it’s not easy to achieve at but also with the care that individuals give it them the individuals needs can be met.
The rights to be protected from the danger and harm
All patients have the right to expect their carers to keep them safe from the danger and harm in the society. All hospitals professionals care workers and nursing homes actions, rules and legislations that may be allowed to keep stuff and service users safe and healthy. The right to be protected and to be kept safe from the harm of a good process as it can help an individual safety. It’s very important that the service user should be kept away from the danger and should be kept safe during their treatment.
Opportunity
Every service user should receive the same treatment or the same care opportunities. Individuals having opportunities can get them or lead them to become as a transplant patients and having accsess to life medicine. In the health and social care services workers make sure that their service users away of opportunities that are available to them.
(P6) Describe ways of reflecting on and challenging discriminatory issues in health and social care.
Personal values and value system
Personal beliefs and our value systems take us an individual to react and behave in many different ways depending in different issues.
Influence on beliefs and values include the following:
Past events
Past events include things like that has happened to us with our Friends and with out family it has a strong influence on the individual that we have developed into. These events have influences our health behaviors. This can influence your personal future decisions about your children’s health and also the past generation is affected by something that has happened into the past events.
Health and well being
Our health can have a strong influence on the way we feel about ourselves on our believes and also our values and also for our behavior. Our health care things change on our daily basis it mostly depends on what happens in that time. A lot of individuals that take medication don’t see themselves as ill. We as individuals should not label people with physical disabilities as they can’t see themselves as one. Its very important to relies and analyze that f you eat to work in a health and social care sector you own health needs to be good that is:
- You should be able to carry out the required to work a high standard.
- You don’t need to take time of work when someone like colleges or team member and service users need you
- You should have a positive attitude towards to health and well being
- Socialization
- Environment influence
- Well being and health
Culture and beliefs
Every individual has different cultural from another individuals culture and this does sometimes appear as a negative view. A health and social care worker needs to take good care to make a sure that your culture and you beliefs don’t interfere with the service user.
Socialization
Socialization means being with people that we grow up with and socialize with since we were little; Socialization is a positive influence as it’s about learning to live in society. The people we mix with the way that we have been brought up, the way a child we be brought up and the education that we will receive they will attach to influence our beliefs, culture and values.
Environmental influences
The environment that we live in which we have been brought up has an influence of our family and friends on our personal development. Stereotypical attitudes have developed more in our environment and it has an influence on us. Stereotypical attitudes have developed to certain situations. As we get older our horizons wider range and we come into contact with a wider range of people’s different background and experiences.
Dealing with conflicts
Every conflict should manage it in a calm way and also in a possible way if you cannot sort out the conflicts you should ask for help and support. You should listen to the debate in order to avoid assumptiations and judgment which may discriminate. An important part of the discriminatory practice is ensuring that the health and social care workers have a good understanding of what constitutes discrimination and also how too identify and challenge discrimination.
Identifying and challenging discrimination
Challenging discrimination shows that you are not discriminating against those who s behavior, views, attitudes and so on. When challenging some one the main keys is being respectful and assertive. The way you will deal with discrimination you must try to understand the situation from their views of the situation so that we need to establish their interpretation of the situation. For example what is the intension or the situation behind their behavior? , this will demonstrate a wellness to listen and not to judge the person. You should always start from a position of understanding rather than assumption is more likely to make a change you are seeking to effect. Challenging discrimination is not the way on to an individual level but they might be an organizational or society levels. Individuals do feel powerless to change things outside their immediate and influence and it’s not impossible to challenge discrimination that is structural. When the person will begin to understand the impact of their behavior on others it’s very important to offer them an opportunity to learn more including ways to change their attitude towards others.
(M1) Explain the influences of a recent or emerging national policy development on an organizational policy with regard to anti discriminatory practice.
I am going to choose the 3 of the following legislations:
Children’s ACT 2004
This act provides a legal framework of the wider strategy on “every child matters” and also “change for children” which has been set out to improve the children lives this also includes the services that every children accsess. Like education and health clinics and there are more services for the children with additional needs. The legislations are indented to be enabling as apposed to participate with some help for flexibility resting with the local authority and it’s also aims for the following things:
- Accountability levels should be increased
- Activates of supplication should be avoided
- To improve the co-ordination of individuals
- Join inspections in the local authorities
- To encourage interpreted working between agencies and disciplines
- To encourage the planning and delivery of services
When the changes have been additionally made the ACT will place a new duty an local authorities to provide additional achievements of looking after children.
Mental capacity ACT 2005
This act procedures legal frame work to empower and also to protect people who are not able to make their own decisions this will set out, how, when and where decisions can’t be made. This act provides 5 key principles:
- Whatever has been done they must have the least impact on their basic rights and freedoms
- The individuals needs the right to make their own decisions and should be supported and it’s very important that the individual should be given appropriate help to do this.
- Everything that has been done on behalf of someone and who lacks capacity should be in the best interest
- Every adult should be seen capable unless interest otherwise
- Adults retain the rights ti make what appear to others as unwise
This act replaces the current legal schemes for enduring power of attorney and the court of protection an independent mental capacity making advanced decisions regarding the refusal of treatment and also making it a criminal offence to it will treat or to someone who lacks mental capacity.
Age discrimination ACT 2006
This act was in power and come into force in 1st October 2006 and it gives legal rights to those who are old or young against an employer who discriminates against them in the work place because of their age. For example someone over the age of 65 cannot be employed because of their age and because they cannot offer training. The impact will be from recruitment through to all the aspects of the employment. This give a positive influence on the individual as they have right to be employed and offer training.
(M2) Explain difficulties that may be encountered when implementing anti-discriminatory practice:
Covert or overt abuse of power:
Discrimination is also known and viewed as abuse as it muses of power over another person; this can either be as covert or overt. Over abuse of power is more like to be challenged and proven if challenged when the evidence to support it is unsalable in the open for all witness. Overt abuse no power means excluding groups or individuals from accessing facilities or service views such as member club places on the grounds of their gender, like back in the days women were not allowed to be a remember of golf and many other facility things. The ability to challenge both covert and overt abuses of power depends on the power, status and credibility of those opposing it.
Careful use of language:
When we write we have time to consider our words and so often they are more measured and precise in their meaning. When we talk we speak without thinking at many times through his language that we choose to use when we communicate with people. When we talk without thinking other people will misunderstand out message that we are trying to send to them. It’s very important that we thi8nk before we talk so that they can understand the message. Words can be far more wounding than any physical blow, and the damage to the individuals self belief, self image and self esteem that no number of kind of words can repair. It’s very important to understand what is considered appropriate language in relation to difference such as racial differences as well as what is culturally acceptable. Addressing patients or service users using overly familiar terms such as love is not appropriate as it is disrespectful ad assumes a familiarity which is inappropriate.
Committing to the care value base:
When you decide to become a health or social care worker it will involve you to consider your own beliefs and values and how these impact on your life, behavior, decisions and relationships with other I the health care settings. You should align your beliefs and value system to those of the care value base is essential as this is the basis of effective care practice. It would be wrong to assume that this is an automatic process, we are sometimes unaware of the prejudice and assumptiations we hold as they are so ingrained in our thinking. If we are to be effective in developing supportive relationships with individuals then we must understand ourselves first, otherwise we are in danger of discriminatory action and becoming part of the problem and not part of the solution in that individuals life.
(M3) Analyze how personal beliefs and value systems may influence own anti-discriminatory practice.
As we get older we will come in contact with wider range of people with different backgrounds and experience. This will be less extent shape our unique view of the life and be able to force in determining the choices that we make about our life as we base it in our relationships, jobs and aspiration. People that we socialize with act as role models as do people that we don’t directly know like people in for example, actors, singer, and songwriters.
The other factors that can influence our views and beliefs are our friends at different times in life. Schools and other educational; experiences. There are environmental influences like where we live, our education etc have all had influence on every individuals personal beliefs and values. The other influence is internet as it access to computers has increased this happens because the role models are essential different from us. A person health and well being will also influence their values and beliefs.
Personal beliefs and value systems
Our personal beliefs and our values are very important to every individual and also they play a really big rile in our life. Our identity develops as we grow learn and experience life and new things. There are many different factors that can influence that process of change and growth. Every one has different views and opinion an everything unless we share our views with others that will remain unknown to them.
Religion:
Every individual has their own religion and beliefs,. A lot of individuals see other people different from their beliefs attached their religion. You see a lot of Muslim that wear scarfs and a lot of others which do not; they will be labeled in Muslim countries. Some Muslims see it that its right to wear a scarf but others don’t, this is because everyone has different values and beliefs but at the same time they should all be respected as not be discriminated against.
Tradition:
Every country has their own traditions, some follow it and some don’t. Every one has their own opinions and are allowed to express them but however every individuals has the right to be respected no matter what back ground they’re from. Some individuals have better traditions than others, the way they dress, talk and so on, this is will b a difficult point of view to the other people that are different form them as they want to do the same but they are not allowed to because its against their tradition.
Influences an personal beliefs and values
We are all socialized in our society, this means that we live with many different people from us which the behavior is shaped through experiences and also being different social situations. People learn values beliefs, formal and informal rules of the society that they live in and this will, influence their own values and beliefs.
Generation
From childhood our holiday, parents or carers influence our values beliefs and view and also we are influenced by our culture and traditions. Like our nationality and heritage that have bee passed the generation.
Past events
The past evens play a massive role into our personal beliefs and values and this can take part in shopping individuals identity for example an individual that has been adapted they will feel something is missing as they have a different history for those who live with their parents. There also other influences that can affect an individuals personal beliefs values for example abuse and oppression. This will have a lot of impact an their values and beliefs and also indemnity. They might feel as they cannot trust anyone and also have a low self esteem which will impact on their choices and opportunities. But however there may be people that past’s events may bind them to other people with a sense of shared history meaning that they have been through the same problems and may feel the same way.
(D1)
The government decides the laws and issues of practices with guidance to help and tell all the care organizations and also individuals professionals on how to maintain anti-discrimination practice as we all how the law should be within these settings this is known as a formal policy. The care value base and also all the care workers are bounded by the la. There are many different national policies that can influence the development of organizational policies that include and involve ant discriminatory practices, these legal equipments are in place to support and also promote equal, diversity, and also uphold society wits a whole.
The mental capacity act 2005 is a recent national policy, this organization came into force in April 2007 the reason for this act is to promote and provide legal guidelines to protect and support people who are unable to make their own decisions. This includes setting put rules and regulations on how and who when the decisions can be made for the vulnerable individuals. This act prevents discrimination by making it a criminal offence when a person knowing threatens abuses or neglects a person without mental capacity, and its known that it also helps to prevent discrimination dealing and also helping every person that faces difficulties and may have certain issues. It’s very important that all carers promote anti discrimination practice and also all carers work are to follow ethical codes of practice because it promotes antidiscrimination, this is when al different associations organization agree and are most likely to produce and require employees and members to follow the codes of ethics. It’s expected for all the employees to put their personal beliefs and treat all colleagues and service users with respect, equality and diversity. To avoid discrimination of not being a part of discrimination against individuals or a person can reflect on the way they have promoted their attitude and behavior against the discriminated person.
As the years go by many different laws have been stet to protect all service users which can include the following: patients, clients, carers, adults, elder people, and children done also individuals who lack capacity which are unable to undertake daily responsibilities like individuals who are disabled or mental capacity. “The data protection act 2003” of the recent emerged politicizes for the protection of data information. “The children’s act 2004” is for the well being of children, “the human’s right act 2000” is for the right of all humans. It’s known that these policies are made for a reason; this is because due to the ignorance of certain individuals towards others. If we need to help a child to live happily to provide health and safety with their family providing them with service according to their needs if neceracly the children’s acts will over all these needs to make sure that the children health and safety are all covered. The local authorities are the ones with the lead of role that secures the corporate partnership with parents by setting up children trust arrangements to help them maintain and improve the children’s well being. The health and social care delivery will be help by the children safety and will be influenced by this act, it will, keep the children sage, healthy and also secure at all times and also it insures that the children have met their needs when they need it. This act has been improved form the act children 1989 which has been associciated with the death of the little girl called Victoria Climbie, it s a much known case so I don’t need to go into further details about her case. But its known that Victoria could have been saved from the abuse but due to the lack of responsibility and the care of the doctors, social workers and also the children act 9189 guidelines she died with a terrible unjust cause. The children act 1989 has been improved by the children act 2004 in order to protect the well being and to make sure that the children are cared fairly and also to make sure that they are safe at all time in the health and social care setting in a healthy and secure way, this can be improved and by the help of social workers, nurses and also doctors.
When the doctors, nurses and the social workers work together they engage and work together reporting any unusual behavior or marks that a child may have, This act has been provided to support all the children and to encourage them to speak out so that if they are suffering form anything they have the chance to speak so they can be heard and helped. The children’s at 2005 will prevent death of innocent children which has been caused by unsafe guardians or parents, if the child has been abused by a parent or a carer this will be lended as discrimination and offence towards the child and the children’s act will then be involved will resolve the Childs problem and difficulties and also supporting them to receive further help and support them to sort their issues and live their life happily without any problems or issues. In the health and social care setting the police, standards and also guidelines are beneficial because they will tend to help and keep the setting environment safe to the individual healthy and also secure. It’s very important that all careers and the staff members must follow the policies that are stated in order for them to promote a safe and a healthy environment which can include working with other professional manner.
It’s very important to correct training when working in health and social care settings this is because due o a disaster a person may cause from a little mistake, this is because due to the lack of their performance. It’s very important for a supervisions to train their staff which will become alert whenever they are about to make a mistake. It very important for a supervisor to train their staff properly so they can prevent from discrimination happening. If a person is willing to work in health and social care setting they will undertake their interview and become accepted to work within the setting a person must follow policies which is stated in the work area. This type of policy that the person needs to sign gives evidence of proof of who the person s and also a proof of showing that they will not discriminate against any one with different, race, age, religion, or sexual orientation, their contract ill state that as career they must treat everyone as an individual with respect and also treat everyone equally.
(D2)
Every individual has their own beliefs and value system which can sometimes influence their own antidiscrimination practice. I have my own beliefs, views and also value system which sometimes can affect me ant discriminatory practice. I’m different from others its officially stated that not everyone is the same, but I still see and understand the world differently to how others do and also have beliefs in what believe in, form my point of view I found it impossible to make someone see the world the same as you are because everyone ahs different view, beliefs and also different opinions. For me as a care worker I would put my beliefs in a side and will view the world to the same way as my patients will see it r my colleagues does, this will make me to emphasize with them in order for me to understand their idea and opinions and also to try and find out what they are going through. To be an effective care worker it’s very important to stand to the values and demonstrate them in every aspect of the practice you promote to alls race use and also to every individual. As an individual’s. A carer worker working is a organization with many different people for different cultures religions, that carry different pinion and they have their own beliefs this is a very positive influence because we will accept other differences, work beside them or with them making sure that I put my personal beliefs and opinions aside. I personally see this as putting your personal beliefs into a professional behavior that is accepted and tolerated within all care settings.
It’s very important for a care worker to identify their own beliefs to find the ways of reflecting on them, Using appropriate language when communication to the colleagues or to the service users and using an appropriate behavior and also keeping regular supervision of practice it’s a ways to keep the environment of the setting you work in happier, safer and also antidiscrimination. All settings should undertake supervision, ofstead usually takes care of this, ofstead is an organization from the authorities who visit the care settings to make sure that they are upgrading and upholding health, safety and security in the staff training keeping them updated with the recent technology and equipment that are related with their training. The care settings is also supported by the ofstded, they do this because they want all the care workers to provide inspecting and checking that all car workers re working within the legal, ethical policy guidelines. Ofstead visits the care settings regularly. Communication with a person from a certain group you don’t agree with and understand how and why they have their views and opinions can be another strategy that may help to tackle discriminatory practice. I have friends that don’t believe the same as me and they have their own opinions and beliefs, even thou I do not agree the same as them I still have respect and I respect their opinions and beliefs because like I said before everyone has their own beliefs and stuff. It’s very important for me not to treat nobody different from others because they might be gay or they might be from a different religion from me that would be unfair and also discrimination, personally believe that everyone should be treated equally no matter what they are or how they are. Finding and seeking accurate information about another person is another strategy in health and social care settings for example I f you have something against another service user make sure you evidence because at many times prejudice can only be flourished from ignorance and awareness.
If I was working alongside with a previsions gay or treat a gay as a patient I will forget my feelings against him on how I feel about their sexual orientation, I would have it put my hatred and thoughts and beliefs behind me because what they are is their choice and I should not be the one to judge them as everyone has their options in life, I would treat them as the other patient non different. I would work alongside with them in a professional manner and treat him the same way as I treat everyone else, at the end of the day it’s my job to do that to respect everyone the same no matter what they are or what they have done. I feel that I am able to work alongside with people that are different from me in a profession way. I would work alongside the care value base giving everyone equal, respect and also dignity. These types of strategies are my strengths. If I was going to name my patient as “GAY” and not addressing them by their name this is known as discrimination and would make the person feel low, degraded and also marginalized so therefore its very important for me to control my language and the words that I will say to them, will have to think before I speak and make sure that my negative attitude will b changed into a professional positive behavior towards my patient.
When you’re working in a care settings as a care it very important to because what you are saying especially when you are talking to a patient because accidently you may say something without thinking meaning no harm and it can affect the person easily and they will become offended which can lead to lowering their self esteem and self concept. When working in a health and social care settings its part of the policy that abusive behavior and language is not allowed and we as a care must follow the policy and guidelines. Another as tragedy to help to overcome discrimination is to try and avoid talking about certain subjects with certain people. It’s important for all individuals’ to put their personal beliefs and values aside when working in the health and social care sector in order for them to do their job properly and follow policy and guidelines of the job. This will bring harmony between the carer and the patient or service user.
Reference & Bibliography
Health and social care level 1 (BOOK)
Class notes
Some of last year’s coursework
