Laws And Regulations Around Equality And Diversity. Flashcards
What are human rights?
Basic rights and freedoms which belong to every person, the human rights act 1998 set out our rights.
The UN rights of the child 1989.
Set a wide range of rights for children under 18 years old.
UN rights of the child 1989– four general principles.
Non discrimination – no discrimination of the child race, gender, language or religion.
Best interest of child – all decision should be made to benefit the child most. These should be made by multiple people.
Right to life , survival and development- every child has the right to inherit life and every aspect is to extend possible survival and development of the child.
Right to be heard – children have the right to express their views freely in all matters affecting them.
SEND code of practice 0 to 25.
Children with SEND should achieve well in education. This enables them to prepare the adulthood.
SEND code of practice 0 to 25- 4 areas of need.
Communication and interaction needs – this includes children who have speech, language and communication needs with those who exhibit difficulties in social interactions such as autism.
Cognition and learning difficulties – this area covers children who have learning difficulties that affect their abilities to understand or apply information leading to challenges .
Social, emotional and mental health difficulties – this includes children who may experience difficulties with the emotions and socially, this may affect their behaviour.
Sensory/physical needs – this includes children with physical/sensory impairment that may acquire additional support to access learning .
Equality act 2010.
This legislation has over 100 pieces of previous legislation practitioners to foster good relationships with children who have protective characteristics similar to the ones who don’t.
Equality act 2010.
What is direct discrimination? This occurs when someone is treated less due to a projected characteristic e.g. not getting a job due to gender
Equality act 2010
What is indirect discrimination? When a policy or procedure or rule affects everyone but disadvantage people with a protective characteristic e.g. address code that doesn’t accept religion.
Equality act 2010
What is the protected characteristics?
Age
Disability
Gender/gender reassignment
Marriage
Pregnancy and maternity
Race
Religion
Sexual orientation .
General data protection regulation legislation. GDPR.
GDPR is important for early years as it regards to children’s personal data
Children are responsible for their data at 18 years old .
Seven principles of GDPR
Lawfulness, fairness and transparency- personal data must be processed normally faithfully and transparently. Individuals should be aware of when their data is used.
Purpose limitations– data should only be collected for specific legitimate purpose and not further processed.
Data minimalisation – only the minimum amount of data necessary for the intended purpose should be used .
Accuracy – personal data must be accurate and kept up-to-date, I needed/inaccurate data should be erased .
Storage limitation – data should be kept only for as long as it’s needed
Integrity and confidentiality – data must be processed securely and protected against unlawful process .
Accountability - organisations must be able to demonstrate compliance with GDPR.
