unit 2 Equality and diversity in health and social care Flashcards
What is equality?
A person is respected as an individual,treated fairly, given the same opportunities regardless of differences, treated according to needs.
What is diversity?
Diversity means there is a difference.
What are the types of diversity?
Race Religion Cultural Gender Sexuality Age Family structure Social class
What are your rights?
Define choice
Choice- the right to choose your care/hospital/doctor.
What are your rights?
Define confidentiality
Information about you will be kept quiet and protected unless you are at risk of harming yourself or someone else, this would be a need to know basis and everyone who needs to be involved protecting you will ‘need to know’ what a going on.
What are your rights?
Define protection from abuse and harm.
You should always be protected from harm and abuse. Policies will often protect you. Nobody should be verbally or physically abused or tortured in any way.
What are your rights?
Define equal and fair treatment.
effort should be made to make sure that everyone can access a service fairly and that everyone has equal opportunities.
People should respect individuals and make them feel valued.
Wherever possible people should be empowered so that they feel they are in control.
What are your rights?
Define consultation.
Everyone should be informed of all the possible types of treatment or care that is available to him or her.
Choice should be given after presenting information in a balanced way to the service user.
When asked,it is all right to give your professional recommendation, but all possibilities should be presented first. Empowerment gives service users choice and will occur when individuals are consulted.
What are your rights?
Define Right to life.
When everyone has a right to life and it is the service providers responsibility to ensure that this happens.
When situations are difficult and patients are too ill to represent themselves, a suitable advocate may represent the best interests of the service user.
Define empowerment?
The way by which a carer or person/ self encourages an individual/ themselves to make informed choices / decisions so that they have control of their own life.
Define advocate?
Someone who speaks out on behalf of someone else that cannot represent himself or herself. They may be vulnerable.
What are the 3 values of care ?
Promoting equality and diversity
Maintaining confidentiality
Promoting individual rights and beliefs.
Ways to apply the care value’ promoting equality and diversity’
Give choices of food (e.g vegetarian option)
Non-discriminatory language
Provide literature in a range of languages
Non judgemental approach- e.g sexuality, gender, disability, religion
Ways to apply the care value ‘ways to maintain confidentiality’
Maintaining privacy for treatment/discussion( eg. Drawing curtains around bed/ private office)
Passwords on computer files/ locking filing cabinets ( follow data protection act)
Need to know basis / information to be kept confidential unless the person needs to know.
How to apply the care value ‘promote individual rights and beliefs’
Time and place to pray
Acknowledge culture/belief
Give choices of food according to religious beliefs
Same sex staff where appropriate
What are the values of care in child care services?
Name first 3
Making the welfare of the child paramount ( child’s best interests first)
Keeping children safe and maintaining a healthy environment
Working in partnership with parents/guardians and families and other professionals.
What are the values of care in child care services?
Name the next 3
Encouraging children’s learning development
Valuing diversity
Ensuring equality of opportunity
What are the values of care in child care services ?
Name the last 3
Anti-discriminatory practice
Maintaining confidentiality
Working with other professionals
