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LO1 Flashcards

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What is meant by the term ‘Equality’?

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  • To ensure people are treated equally and fairly
  • Give everyone the same opportunities regardless of their differences
  • Don’t discriminate against due to peoples differences
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What is meant by the term ‘Diversity’?

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  • Recognising and respecting individuals differences
  • Value peoples diversities by accepting and respecting differences
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What is meant by the term ‘Rights’?

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  • this is what everyone is entitled to and it is a legal requirement as they are set out by legislation
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Name the different types of diversities

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  • Race
  • Age
  • Religion
  • Social class
  • Disability (Mental and physical impairment)
  • Sexuality
  • Gender
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Name the different rights

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  • Choice
  • Confidentiality
  • Protection from harm and abuse
  • Equal and fair treatment
  • Consultation
  • Right to life
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What do the different rights mean?

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  • Choice: gives people control over their lives and promotes independence and empowerment
  • Confidentiality: Private information should only be shared on a need to know basis or should only be shared with the individuals involved
  • Protection from harm and abuse: Care settings should have safeguarding procedures put in place that should follow health and safety legislations
  • Equal and fair treatment: Individuals should be treated the same and within the law
  • Consultation: Individuals using HSC services should be asked for their opinions about their care and treatment
  • Right to life: Individual lives should be protected by human right laws
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What are the benefits of understanding diversity?

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  • Empowerment
  • Independence
  • Inclusion
  • Opportunity
  • Dignity
  • Access and participation
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What are the values of care?

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  • Promoting equality and diversity
  • Promoting individuals rights and beliefs
  • Maintaining confidentiality
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What does ‘Promoting Equality and Diversity’ include?

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  • Setting equal opportunities and damage discriminatory behaviour
  • Having access to all meal options e.g. halal, kosher, vegan, vegetarian
  • Installing ramps, hearing loop, large formats, braille
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What does ‘Promoting individuals rights and beliefs’ include?

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  • All areas are accessible for everyone
  • Celebrate different festivals e.g. Chinese New Year
  • Mobility, dietary and communication needs are met
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What does ‘Maintaining confidentiality’ include?

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  • Share a patients private information only on a ‘need-to-know’ basis
  • Patient files must kept in a safe and secure was e.g. filing cabinet
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What are the different care values in childcare?

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  • Making the welfare of the child paramount
  • Keeping children safe and maintaining a healthy environment
  • Working in partnership with parents/guardians and families
  • Encouraging children learning and development
  • Valuing diversity
  • Ensuring equality of opportunity
  • Anti-discriminatory practice
  • Maintaining confidentiality
  • Working with other professionals
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What does ‘Making the welfare of the child paramount’ include?

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  • Ensuring safe guarding procedures are in place
  • Staff must have DBS checks
  • Children should never be humiliated, abused or smacked
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What does ‘Keeping children safe and maintaining a healthy environment’ include?

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  • Staff members wear lanyards
  • Visitors wear visitor lanyards
  • Ensuring CCTV is in place
  • PAT testing on equipment
  • Risk assessment are in place
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What does ‘working in partnership with parents/guardians and families’ include?

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  • Praise certificate
  • Daily diary of children outcome
  • Parents evening
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What does ‘encouraging children learning and development’ include?

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  • Providing a range of activities
  • Learning/ teaching about different festivals
  • Games and toys should be accessible
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What does ‘Valuing diversity’ include?

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  • Display toys and resources in nurseries to reflect on different cultures and beliefs
  • Wide range of food choices from a range of cultures
  • Wide range of festivals should be celebrated e.g. Diwali, Christmas, Eid
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What does ‘Ensuring equality and diversity’ include?

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  • Activities should be differentiated to meet children needs
  • Ensure all activities and setting are accessible to all children
  • Ensure all children are able to take part the activities
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What does ‘Anti-discriminatory practice’ include?

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  • Children are treated fairly
  • Staff shouldn’t have favourites
  • Any discriminatory actions by staff, children or parents/ guardians should be challenged
  • Staff should show inclusive behaviour
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What does ‘Maintaining confidentiality’ include?

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  • Private information should only be shared on a need-to-know basis
  • private information should placed somewhere safe and secure e.g. a filing cabinet
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What does ‘Working with other professionals’ include?

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  • Sharing information sensitively to police, GP, social workers
  • Example: staff members may have safeguarding concerns of a child at home so the school may have to work with police, social workers to ensure the child is safe
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What are support networks?

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  • There are a range of support which is available to help individuals by providing advice, information and practical support
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What are the 3 types of support networks?

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  • Advocacy Services
  • Support groups
  • Informal support
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What are ‘Advocacy services’?

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  • These are people who can speak on behalf of an individuals who is unable to make decisions for themselves e.g. a child, a patient with dementia
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Who may need an advocate?

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  • Young children
  • Learning disability
  • Physical disability
  • Dementia
  • Alzheimers
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What are some examples of Advocacy service organisations?

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  • SEAP
  • Mencap
  • Empower Me
  • British Institute of learning disabilities
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What are Support groups?

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  • They provide local and national support groups where people with common experiences or common concerns will meet up and discuss them with each other
  • They allow people to understand that they aren’t alone and that other people are having the same emotions
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What are some examples of support groups?

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  • Mind
  • Age UK
  • Headway
  • Rethink Mental Illness and Macmillan Cancer Support
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What is informal support?

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  • This is support that others give to people when they aren’t paid and they do it out of love for someone
  • People who provide informal support are usually friends, family and neighbours
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What kind of support does informal support provide?

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  • Personal care (showering, getting dressed)
  • Shopping
  • Collecting prescriptions
  • Doing laundry
  • Keeping someone company
  • Mowing the lawn

Health And Social Care Unit 2 (4 decks)

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