Promoting equality, diversity and inclusion is essential to providing support in today’s society; in order to provide care/ support that meet the needs of the citizens, management and staff need to be aware of what the terms are and how they are put into practice in the working environment.
Equality is about treating individuals according to their needs, it is about providing individuals with equal opportunity whether it is documents in different formats or ensuring access to buildings for those with a disability to ensure the opportunity.
Diversity can be described as ‘difference’ , it is about acknowledging that everyone is different and an individual’s characteristics are what make them unique, examples include: Age, ability, appearance, …show more content…
These are all done on a regular basis and can often when practiced become subconscious actions, providing citizens with the same opportunity or example going on day trips can often mean arranging transport and contacting their occupational therapist to put aids into place so they can attend, additionally with staff ensuring that training is adequate for each member of staff may mean the printing on the handouts is bigger or a breakdown of regularly used professional jargon is broken down so the staff can have a better understanding of what is being expressed in the training workbooks. I make sure that when having a private conversation with anyone whether it be staff, citizens or visitors that the conversation is held in an office or room where there is privacy, also allowing citizens to have their privacy as staff are based at their homes, using sources and systems to identify resources such as local community groups that can be allocated to a group or individual to support them in additional learning or transport, depending on their needs. Partnership working is also exercised as a means of models of practice as it may take the management to work alongside citizens and psychiatrists to identify opportunities that are best suited for an individual, an assessment may take place or referrals to external agencies can be
Equality is about treating individuals according to their needs, it is about providing individuals with equal opportunity whether it is documents in different formats or ensuring access to buildings for those with a disability to ensure the opportunity.
Diversity can be described as ‘difference’ , it is about acknowledging that everyone is different and an individual’s characteristics are what make them unique, examples include: Age, ability, appearance, …show more content…
These are all done on a regular basis and can often when practiced become subconscious actions, providing citizens with the same opportunity or example going on day trips can often mean arranging transport and contacting their occupational therapist to put aids into place so they can attend, additionally with staff ensuring that training is adequate for each member of staff may mean the printing on the handouts is bigger or a breakdown of regularly used professional jargon is broken down so the staff can have a better understanding of what is being expressed in the training workbooks. I make sure that when having a private conversation with anyone whether it be staff, citizens or visitors that the conversation is held in an office or room where there is privacy, also allowing citizens to have their privacy as staff are based at their homes, using sources and systems to identify resources such as local community groups that can be allocated to a group or individual to support them in additional learning or transport, depending on their needs. Partnership working is also exercised as a means of models of practice as it may take the management to work alongside citizens and psychiatrists to identify opportunities that are best suited for an individual, an assessment may take place or referrals to external agencies can be