LEGISLATION ON CARE SETTING

LEGISLATION ON CARE SETTING

1. WHICH ONES ARE THERE?

   • Equality Act 2010
     • Prevents discrimination based on the nine protected characteristics
     • Makes discrimination in education, employment, access to goods and services and housing illegal
     • Give women the right to breastfeed in public
   • Children Act 2004
     • Aims to protect all children at risk and keep them safe
     • Contains the paramountcy principle. the child's best interest and welfare is the most important consideration
     • Children have the right to an advocate
   • Data Protection Act 1998
     • Data should e processed fairly and lawfully
     • it should be used only for the purpose for which it was intended
     • data should be kept up to date

2. Nine protected characteristics

   • Age
   • Disability
   • Gender reassignment
   • Marriage and civil partnership