LO2 Flashcards
What are the values of care
Promote equality and diversity
Maintain confidentiality
Promote individuals rights and beliefs
Applying the values of care ensures that service users
Are treated fair and with respect
Know their rights and are maintained
Are safe and protected from harm
Have their needs met
Applying the values of care ensures that practitioners and care workers
Provide effective care
Use good practice
Provide a consistently high standard of care
Prevent discrimination and reduce inequalities
Follow legal requirements
Health care settings
Clinic Hospital Drop in centre Pharmacy Health centre Nursing home Opticians GP surgery Medical centre Dental practice
Social care settings
Retirement home Lunch or breakfast club Day centre Residential care home Social services department Support group Community centre
Early years Care and education settings
Nursery Parent and toddler group Primary school Nursery school Preschool Children’s home Kindergarten Children’s centre Child minder
What does promoting equality and diversity mean
Understanding the basis of discrimination
No discriminatory behaviour
Understanding and valuing diversity
How to promote equality
Use non discriminatory language
Avoid being patronising
Meet individual needs regarding communication, mobility, dietary needs and support cultural needs
How to promote diversity
Accept and respect individuals differences
Provide activities resources and food that ref,etc different cultures
Celebrate a range of religious and non in the care setting
Ensure access to all activities for those less mobile
Support all communication needs eg Braille
Types of diversity
Age, race, language, dress, food, music, religion, sexuality and culture
What does it mean to maintain confidentiality
Preventing unauthorised people from accessing personal info
Meeting legal requirements for keeping and using personal info
What does it mean to promote individuals rights and beliefs
Valuing all individuals
Acting in the best interest of the service user
Freedom from discrimination
Treating individuals with respect and dignity
How to promote individuals rights and beliefs
Give service users a choice
Maintain privacy- knock on door bed for entering
Provide an advocate for an adult sign learning disabilities
For those with religious beliefs provide a prayer room or transporT to church or mosque
The early years value of care (9)in early years
Ensure the welfare of the child is paramount
Keep children safe and Maintain a healthy and safe environment
Work in partnership with parents Guardians and families
Encourage children’s learning development
Value diversity
Ensure equality of opportunity
Practice anti discrimination
Ensure confidentiality
Work with others, including professionals
Ways to keep kids safe and maintain a healthy and safe environment in early years
Follow health and safety procedures Protect children from abuse- DBS checks Provide meals that meet healthy eating guidelines Ensure a clean and hygienic environment .train staff in first aid
Ways to work in partnership with parents/ guardians and families in early years
Regular parent evenings
Open days inviting parents to see kid working
Inciting parents in to discuss progess or issues like behaviour
Regular progress reports
Newsletters and emails sent home
Ways to encourage children’s learning and development in early years
Provide a range of activities
Offer different worksheets for different abilities
Monitor children’s progress
Ways to value diversity in early years
Teach about different traditions and cultures
Provide books in different languages
Welcome signs in different languages
Invite guests to speak about different cultures
Offer food options to suite different diets such as vegetarian, gluten free and halal
Ways to ensure equality of opportunity in early years
Provide each child to work towards their potential
Ensure all resources are available for children
Make setting accessible
Use non discriminatory language
All students treated fairly and staff should have no favourites
Ways to practice anti discrimination in early years
Don’t discriminate on gender basis, school background or anything else
Challenge any discriminatory comments of actions
Ensure no one is excluded from activities
Challenge stereotypic views such as boys will be boys
Be a good role model by demonstrating inclusive behaviour
Ways to ensure confidentiality in early years
Share info in a need to know basis only Keep children’s personal info secure Never gossip about child’s family circumstances Never discuss children in public area Ensure meetings w parents are private
Ways to work in partnership with parents in early years
Work with other agencies that support children such as school nurse, social worker, health visitor, gp and police
Info should be shared openly but sensitivity between practitioners directly involved in caring for the child
State the importance of applying the value of cares in early years
Children feel safe, feel valued, are kept safe, individuals needs met, children treated fair, special needs are provided for, trust, children are respected, legislation followed and children don’t feel stupid or patronised
Ways in which care workers empower service workers
Promoting anti discriminatory practice Maintaining confidentiality Providing personalised care Supporting individuals rights Keeping individuals safe Supporting personal beliefs
