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Value system includes commitments to (5)
Promoting anti-discriminating practice to ensure that care services meet the needs of all people regardless of their religion culture ethnic background disability or other personal differences
Empowering individuals enabling them to take control of their lives and the decisions that relate to their treatment and care
Ensuring the safety of staff and of the people for whom they care
Maintaining confidentiality and privacy
Promoting good communication between carers and between carers and their clients
What is the code of practice
Standards of behaviour and professional practice required of health and care practitioners
Set and monitored by professional bodies such as GMC NMC HCPC
What is anti discriminatory practice
Care practice that ensures that individual and different needs of clients and patients are met regardless of race sex ethnicity disability age or sexual orientation and prejudices and unfair discrimination are challenged
What is prejudice
Preconceived opinions or fixed attitudes about a social group that are not based on reason or evidence. May lead to active discrimination
The equality act 2010 prevents discrimination on the grounds of (9)
Sex
Sexual orientation
Age
Disability
Gender reassignment
Marriage and civil partnership
Pregnancy and maternity
Race
Religion or belief
The human rights act 1998 guarantees an individual the right to (10)
Life
Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Freedom from slavery servitude and forced or compulsory labour
Liberty and security of person
Respect for a private family life home correspondence
Freedom of thought conscience and religion
Freedom of expression
Marry and found a family
Peaceful enjoyment of possessions and protection of property
Access to an education
How do health and care workers promote equal opportunities for all and challenging discrimination at work (6)
Address their own prejudices and adapt their behaviour to ensure clients needs are met
Understand and meet the individual needs of all service users - people from diverse cultures- gay people- unclear sexuality- learning/physical disability- mental health
Celebrate the contribution that a wide and diverse range of people can bring to the setting and society
Challenge both intentional and unintentional discrimination against clients + patients
Setting is welcoming and accessible for all
Compensate for the negative effects of discrimination in society
To ensure that service users individuals needs are met provision has to be adapted according to their needs
Wheelchairs
Ramps needed
Widened doors
Disabled toilets
Facilities adapted for easy movement
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