How national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice

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How national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice

Conventions, legislation and regulations

Health and social care workers are not expected to know every detail of every law which promotes anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care. But it is important to understand major legislative framework and basic principles. These should be applied to all aspects for caring for an individual.

Codes of practice and charters

Codes of practice are a guide and advise from health and social care workers on roles, rights and responsibilities. They help service users identify the support and behaviour which they can expect from the carer. Most settings have charters which tell the service user what they can expect from the service. A charter set out the rights and the responsibilities in an easy read accessible format. All health social care profession have a charter or a code of practice. All of codes of conducts and charters have the care base value as a starting point for content and the messages given.

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Organisational policies and procedures:

Positive promotion of individual right

There are a wide range of policies, guidelines and procedures put in place in different organisations to support equality, diversity and rights.  Positive promotion of EDR can be seen on notice boards which displays the key policies and procedures. In a lot of health and social care settings staff can contribute to the development of policies and procedures which promote EDR. Another example of positive promotion of EDR is handbooks which outline the rights and responsibilities of the staff. November 2006 the national initiative Dignity in Care campaign was ...

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