Unit 2 task 1 -Types of discrimination & how they might be seen in health and social care settings

judgements.If there was a group of elderly residents in a care home, and they didn't talk to one of the members because they were homosexual and the residents believed this was wrong. If member of a class was Asian, and all the children refused to play with him because of this, this would be prejudice.OppressionOppression is prolonged cruel or unreasonable treatment, acting upon prejudice.Not inviting someone to any of the staff parties because they are homosexual.Repeatedly excluding the Asian children from play timeRightsA right is a legal or moral entitlement as a member of society to have something or be able to do something. They are based on what is right or wrong/ fair and unfair.One right we have as humans is the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. If a resident in a care home wasn’t allowed to practise their religion, e.g. go into a separate room at prayer time, this would be breaching their human rights.Forcing a child at lunch time to eat a food that they really dislikeOpportunityPeople don’t always have the same opportunities as each other, and this can lead to discrimination.For example, if two people were going for a job interview to be an nurse, and one was given a list of preparation questions, and one wasn’t, this would be discrimination against the one who wasn’t given the questions.If two children wanted to go on an educational school trip, but one of the children’s families couldn’t afford the trip so that child couldn’t go.Differences and discriminationDifferences are the ways in which one person isn’t like another; for example people have different religions, races, jobs, family statuses etcA secretary and a personal assistant do more or less the same job, however the difference in their job titles may mean that one gets a higher salary and treated as if they are higher up than the other.Teaching assistants being looked down on because they are not the main teacher, and being referred to as a ‘helper’ could make them feel as if they’re worthless.LabellingLabelling is when someone gets labelled, either positively or negatively.If someone gets labelled as ‘lazy’ working for someone, then they might not get offered jobs and opportunities which could help them excel in their career.If one child gets labelled as the ‘naughty’ child, this could make them believe that they should behave badly because they are naughty.DisadvantageDisadvantage is when someone is less advantaged than someone else, through no fault of their own and can lead to them being treated unfairly.If two people in a workplace were both offered a job which was located a few miles away, and one who was better for the new job couldn’t accept it because they didn’t have a car so they couldn’t travel to the new workplace, so the other person got offered the job just because they have a car.For example, if two school children wanted to be in the school council, but one of them had scruffy uniform because their parents couldn’t afford to buy new uniform as often, and therefore wasn’t allowed to be in the school council.Values and beliefsValues are what someone personally thinks and believes.Denying someone benefits in their job role or as a service user, due to their personal values. For example if someone who believes you shouldn’t have sex before marriage is denied contraception at the doctors due to their values.In a school, if one of the teachers was Muslim and therefore not invited to the staff Christmas party because they didn’t drink alcohol.EmpowermentEmpowerment is giving individuals the resources and information they need to make their own informed decisions and choices about their lifeIf a patient in a hospital was told they had to make their own decision about what treatment they would like, and weren’t given any information about the treatments that were available to them for their health condition.In a school, if a child was told to choose their GCSE subjects without being given any information about what was in each course.IndependenceIndependence in when someone can do things without the help of others.When someone is told to do things alone and be independent, because it is believed that they don’t need help.When a child is told to just ‘work it out’ when they don’t understand the work they have been given to do.VulnerabilityWhen someone is vulnerable it means that they are more at risk of certain things than other people.When it is believed that someone is too vulnerable to do certain things, so they are denied opportunities to do things, such as go out to dinner alone.When a child who gets bullied isn’t allowed on the playground in case he argues with other children and they hurt him.InterdependenceInterdependence is when you rely on other people to help you do things.When someone is refused assistance because it is believed that they already have assistance from someone else.When one of the ‘smarter’ children who usually gets everything right is denied help with their work because the teacher believes they already understand it.ExpectationsExpectations are when someone expects something of a person, based on reasonable or unreasonable thing.If two people are doing the same task, and have to report back to a teacher who has very high expectations of one person, they may get criticised more than the other person.If two children are in the playground arguing, and one is always in arguments, so the teacher doesn’t tell him off as much as the child who rarely argues, who gets a bigger punishment.AbuseAbuse is when someone is taken advantage of in a negative way. It can be overt or covert.For example if a worker in a care home always hits a certain resident because they don’t like them.If a teacher pushes the children she doesn’t like around in the classroom if they are in her way.