Equality and Diversity

Lo1: Rights + the Equality Act
1. The Rights are what we are legally entitled to through legislation such as The Equality Act 2021
  1. Choice
    1. The ability to make your own decisions on a specific topic or subject. It is the freedom for you to be able to say yes or no and dictate your opinion on whether you want something to happen
    2. It is about giving an individual the ability to make a decision on what they want, e.g: how they live, how they are supported and what they are offered
  2. Confidentiality
    1. Confidentiality means ensuring personal information about individuals such as personal care records are stored securely, ensuring personal information about individuals is shared only on a need to know basis, ensuring personal information isn't spoken about so others can hear and that personal information is respected
    2. Confidentiality should NEVER be broken unless the individual is a risk to themselves or others
    3. The Caldicott Principals are there to protect individuals personal information
      1. Justify the purpose(s) of using confidential information
      2. Only use it when completely necessary
      3. Use the minimum that is required
      4. Access should be on a need to know basis
      5. Everyone must understand their responsibility
      6. Understand and comply with the law
      7. The duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality
  3. Consultation
    1. Providing an individual with all information and advice on a particular topic so that they are able to make an informed choice into their care path or treatment. This allows an individual to maintain dignity and feel as though they are in control of the care that they receive
    2. Ways practitioners can support an individual's right to consultation
      1. Ask for their opinion
      2. Listen to their views
      3. Ask what type of care they would like, if it is possible
      4. Give information about the options available to them
      5. Explain what different treatment options will involve
      6. Share decision making based on the individual's opinions
      7. Provide information about different treatments and explain their benefits and disadvantages
    3. Importance of Consultation
      1. Ensures services and support meet individuals needs
      2. To show, by seeking the opinions of individuals and their representatives that they are being listened to and valued
      3. To comply with legislation and to ensure that individuals right to consultation is being upheld
  4. Equal and Fair Treatment
    1. All individuals are treated with the same respect. They cannot all be treated the same way as they all have different needs however they should be offered opportunities to meet their individual needs
      1. Treating people fairly means treating them in the way that is most appropriate to their needs. This may mean care workers treat individuals differently to others because different people have different needs
    2. Equal and Fair Treatment involves:
      1. Treating individuals for the needs that they have
      2. Being aware of and understanding individuals specific needs
      3. Respecting individuals diverse differences
    3. Equal and Fair Treatment does NOT involve:
      1. Treating all individuals the same
      2. Failing to take into account individuals preferences
      3. Making assumptions and generalisations about individuals needs - this is called discrimination
  5. Protection from Abuse and Harm
    1. Vulnerable children and adults are protected from abuse and harm by safeguarding procedures which all care settings needs to follow
      1. The CQC gives the following definition of safeguarding: "Safeguarding means protecting people's health, wellbeing and human rights and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It's fundamental to high-quality HSC"
    2. Ways the Right of Protection from Abuse and Harm can be upheld:
      1. All staff must have DBS Checks
        What is a DBS Check?
        Disclosure and Barring Service
        4 levels: Basic, standard, enhanced and enhanced with barred list(s)
        Specific pieces of information need to be declared (e.g details of previous convictions0
        Ensures vulnerable individuals are cared for by a trained professional and that there is nothing on a practitioner's record that could put individuals at risk
      2. All settings must have a Designated (Child) Protection Officer
      3. There must be procedures for reporting abusive behaviour and discrimination
      4. Safety procedures must be up to date: Fire, Evacuation, Lockdown etc
      5. Staff must be trained in first aid, safeguarding and manual handling
      6. Regular risk assessments of equipment and activities
      7. Fully implementing the Health and Safety at Work Act
      8. High standards of hygeine
      9. Proper security measures must be in place
  6. Right to Life
    1. 'An individual's right to life is protected by the human rights law. Everyone's right to life should be valued and protected'
    2. Everyone has the right to live a safe and full-filling life in which they are valued and respected

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