Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Year 12 Health And Social Care Lvl 3 > Unit 303- Equality and Diversity > Flashcards

Unit 303- Equality and Diversity Flashcards

1
Q

What is equity?

A

everyone being treated the same. the state of being equal, especially in status rights or opportunities

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is diversity?

A

Valuing people’s perspectuve of differences

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What is social inequality?

A
  • resources such as money and power

- opportunities related to social needs, for example education, employment and health (life chance)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Key terms

A

Culture- The way of life of a group of people

Social Justice- fairness in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities and privilege in society.

Diversity- Difference especially in term of social characteristics.

Equality of opportunity- Everyone has the same chances to succeed

Equity- Achieving equality of outcome

Cultural Competence- The ability to understand, behave and communicate appropriately with people of different cultures.

Britishness- Embodying the characteristics of UK culture

Citizenship- A position or status granted by nations or governments which gives a persons rights.

Inequality- The unequal distribution of power, wealth and status in society

Inclusion- The policy of providing equal access to opportunities

Equality of opportunity- Everyone has the same chances to succeed

Diversity- Difference especially in terms of social characteristics

Victimisation- When someone treats you badly because you complain about discrimination

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What is discrimination?

A

Discrimination is the unfair treatment of an individual because of his or her membership of a particular group

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What are the 9 protected characteristics

A
  • religion
  • gender
  • age
  • disability
  • ethnicity
  • sexual orientation
  • marriage
  • race
  • pregnancy
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What is prejudice?

A

Judging or a conceived negative opinion on someone or a particular groups without a reason or experience

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

name types of prejudice

A
  • Racism
  • Ageism
  • Sexism
  • Sectarianism:
    Prejudice based on an individual’s religious background and/or political beliefs
  • Homophobia
  • Disability prejudice:
    Prejudice based on an individual’s physical of cognitive abilities
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Where does prejudice come from

A 
Family
Media
History 
Experience
Peer Group
Online social media
celebrities
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

sources of prejudice

A 
Fear
shame
guilt
inadequacy/insecurity 
ignorance
negative experiences of a certain group
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What is stereotyping?

A

Generalization about the characteristics of members of a certain group- for example people who see Asians with glasses will be stereotypes as smart

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Why was the Equality act 2010 implemented

A

To protect people from discrimination ,harassment and victimization

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What is victimization

A

Victimisation is when someone treats you badly or subjects you to a detriment because you complain about discrimination or help someone who has been the victim of discrimination.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What are the main features of the Equality act 2010

A

Protection against direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimization in services and public functions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

explain equal opportunities in an organisation

A

Being entitled to have access to all facilities that is within their boundaries.

  • equal chance to apply
  • equal chance to be trained and promoted while employed
  • equal chance to have their employment terminated equally and fairly
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Name the protected characteristics of the Equality act 2010

A
  • Age
  • Disability
  • Gender reassignment
  • Marriage and civil partnership
  • Pregnancy and maternity
  • Race
  • Religion or belief
  • Sex
  • Sexual orientation
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Prejudice is think
discrimination is doing
what is labelling?

A

Describing someone, or labelled which makes people to put them in categories of evil,good etc

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What is oppression?

A

Use of power to make a group or individual feel inferior.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What is detriment?

A

Means that an individual has suffered a disadvantage of some sort or been put in a worse position than they were before

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

When are you not protected against victimization

A
  • you are not protected against victimization if you act in bad faith by making false accusations or by giving false information.
  • however, you are still protected if you give information which you thought was true, even if it later proves to be wrong or if the proceedings are unsuccessful
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What is Harassment?

A

Form of discrimination and is a behavior which an individual finds offensive which make them feel intimidated or humiliated. this could be :

  • spoken or written works or abuse
  • offensive emails
  • images and graffiti
  • facial expressions
  • jokes
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

name Types of discrimination

A 
Institutional discrimination
systemic discrimination
double discrimination 
triple jeopardy 
Direct discrimination 
indirect discrimination 
discrimination by association 
perception based discrimination 
objective justification 
positive tokenism
23
Q 
define these terms:
Institutional discrimination
systemic discrimination
double discrimination 
triple jeopardy 
Direct discrimination 
indirect discrimination 
discrimination by association 
perception based discrimination 
objective justification 
positive tokenism
A

Institutional discrimination:
actions and/or policies that are intended to have a differential impact on minorities and women.

systemic discrimination:
the effect of limiting an individual’s or a group’s right to the opportunities generally available because of attributed rather than actual characteristics.

double discrimination:
This term is used in where discrimination occurs on the basis of more than one protected characteristics

triple jeopardy:
This term is used where discrimination/ oppression is based on three protected characteristics, eg

Direct discrimination:
when you’re treated differently and worse than someone else for certain reasons.

indirect discrimination:
an covert discrimination that involves a policy, rue or procedure

discrimination by association:
Discrimination by association is where a person is treated less favorably because someone they are associated with has a protected characteristics,

perception based discrimination:
Discrimination by perception is where the person does not actually have the protected characteristics, but is perceived to have it and is treated less favorably because of it

objective justification:
means that the person seeking to justify the discrimination must be able to show that their action was appropriate means of achieving a legitimate aim

positive tokenism:
to prevent criticism and give the appearance that people are being treated fairly.

24
Q

What is the Children and families act 2014?

A

to improve services for vulnerable children and to support strong families. This law can also make sure that any child can succeed no matter how they were brought up.

This law also can insure that vulnerable children will be protected from abuse, neglect from both their homes and their community

25
Q

Key features of Children and Families act 2014

A
  • Adoption process were updated and made faster
  • children that are uncared got more rights
  • SEN code( Special Educational Needs)
  • Education health care plan
26
Q

What is SEN code of practice?

A

The SEN Code of practice is statutory guidance for organisation that work with and support childrens and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

27
Q

What is Safeguarding vulnerable adults groups 2006

A

To make sure unsuitable people don’t end up working with vulnerable adults. People who have a criminal history of abuse and exploitation are placed on a list that is checked when anyone applies for a job with vulnerable adults

28
Q

What are the 6 key features of Safeguarding

A
  • Empowerment
  • Prevention
  • Proportionally
  • Partnership
  • Protection
  • Accountability
29
Q

What can be done to prevent unsuitable people working with vulnerable adults?

A

DBS Checks

30
Q

What is the Human Rights act 1998?

A

a law that protects all of us from having our human rights taken away by the state.
Human rights act is what everybody is entitled to.
it effects everyone who sets foot in the UK

31
Q

Why was the reason the human rights act 1998 the laws were passed?

A
  • The law were passed to prevent past events (e.g the halloucasuet) happening again and protecting people with them knowing their rights
  • To protect and govern humans in order to treat and be treated fairly with rights
  • To prevent extortion
  • To create safer working and educational environment
  • Having rights and access to healthcare
  • To help enforce health and safety
32
Q

can Human rights be taken away?

A

They can be restricted due to committing a crime, breaks the law

33
Q

What is the Mental Capacity cat 2005?

what are the principles of it ?

A

the law that tells you what you can do to plan ahead in case you can’t make decisions for yourself, how you can ask someone else to make decisions for you and who can make decisions for you if you haven’t planned ahead.

Principle 1: Assume a person has capacity unless proved otherwise.
Principle 2: Do not treat people as incapable of making a decision unless all practicable steps have been tried to help them.
Principle 3: A person should not be treated as incapable of making a decision because their decision may seem unwise

34
Q

What can be done to assess if they have the mental capacity?

A

By applying the two-stage functional test of capacity

35
Q

What is the Care act 2014

A

It places responsibility in the local authorities to carry out social care needs assessment to those who require it.
It places the individual at the centre of the care plan
Local authorities must promote well being when carrying out any of their support functions. This is a broader concept than safeguarding

36
Q

How does the care act 2014 help with paying towards their care?

A

They have to decide how urgent the intervention is and whether or not an individual will need to pay towards the cost of their care

This is done through a means test

37
Q

Guidelines to help guide against discriminatory using ADP

A
  • Be self aware, question your own assumptions
  • challenge other people if they make discriminatory comments of actions
  • continue to reflect on your own practice and ideas of equality
  • adopt a view that people are different but equal value
    don’t judge
  • accept difference as interesting and something to be celebrated
    -read and become familiar with policies, procedures and codes of practice
  • seek advice and ask questions on ways of implementing ideas in your practice
38
Q

Using principles of care to tackle down discrimination

A
  • promoting communication and relationships
    promoting anti-discriminatory practice
  • maintaining confidentiality information
  • promoting & supporting individuals rights to dignity, independence, empowerment, choice & safety
  • acknowledging individuals beliefs
  • protecting individuals from abuse
  • providing individuals care
39
Q

What is citizenship?

A

The position or status of being a citizen of being born in a particular country.
Having certain rights

40
Q

What is the impact of discrimination on individuals?

A
  • lonely
  • sad
  • loss of confidence
  • unwanted
  • exclusion
  • trauma
  • insecure
  • low self -esteem
  • fear
  • lack of development of positive identity
41
Q

Impact of discrimination on groups

A
  • Dis empowerment
  • disenfranchisement
  • marginalization
    lack of access to services
  • limited life chances
42
Q

Define the key terms from the last questions.

  • disempowerment
  • disenfranchisement
  • marginalisation
  • lack of access to services
  • limited life chances
A
  • Disempowerment- taking away the right power over the rights and choices of another person or group
  • Disenfranchisement- deprive (preventing) someone of a right or privilege
  • Marginalisation- is the process of making a group or class of people less important or relegated to being isolated
  • Lack of access to services- shortage of access to the individual in terms of their characteristics, such as physical barriers, emotionally barriers, financial barriers
  • Limited life chances- limited opportunities to the individual to improve their quality of life.
    Statistical chances of opportunities in life
43
Q

Define these following terms

  • Equality of opportunity:
  • Equality of outcome
  • political equality
  • equality of treatment:
  • equality of membership of society:
A

What is equality of opportunity?
State of fairness of treating everyone similarly ,having equal chance to gain wealth/ social class or job
What is equality of Outcome?
when people from different backrounds have/ gain same outcome

What is political equality?
Political equality is the quality of a society whose members are of equal standing in terms of political power or influence.
All citizens should have the same political rights with out any discrimination
What is equality of treatment?
The principle of equal treatment establishes that all people have the right to receive the same treatment and not to be discriminated against.

What is equality of membership of society?
Social equality is a state of affairs in which all individuals within a specific society have equal rights, liberties and status.

What is equality in employment?
Equality in the workplace means equal job opportunities and fairness for employees and job applicants.
What is equality of opportunity?
State of fairness of treating everyone similarly ,having equal chance to gain wealth/ social class or job
What is equality of Outcome?
when people from different backrounds have/ gain same outcome

What is political equality?
Political equality is the quality of a society whose members are of equal standing in terms of political power or influence.
All citizens should have the same political rights with out any discrimination
What is equality of treatment?
The principle of equal treatment establishes that all people have the right to receive the same treatment and not to be discriminated against.

What is equality of membership of society?
Social equality is a state of affairs in which all individuals within a specific society have equal rights, liberties and status.

What is equality in employment?
Equality in the workplace means equal job opportunities and fairness for employees and job applicants.

44
Q

Name the possible barriers to equality (there is 5)

A
  • Physical Environment
  • Organisational Barriers
  • Legal
  • Financial Barriers
  • Geographical location
45
Q

What is institutionalization?

A

A process of embedding some conception (for example a belief, norm, social role, particular value or mode of behavior) within a person.

for example being put into a mental hospital for talking to too many boys from Brenda Jackson a psychiatrist

46
Q

What is the point of deinstitutionalization

A

Deinstitutionalisation coincided with the rise of alternative treatments for mental illness. When health and safety act has been tried.
Help from Psychiatrist

Having a 1 to 1 conversation with a therapist helping her to access the unconscious mind from what were troubling her

47
Q

What is the problems with institutional care

A

Restrict privacy,independence, dignity and choice

48
Q

What are the issues with Children in institutional care

A
  • Common issues for children in institutional care are a significantly increased risk of sexual and physicla abuse, a lac of stimulation, and harsh discipline
  • Chidren in institution are less likely to attend school, and are frequently isolated fromm their traditional communities
  • may ind it hard to communicate
49
Q

What is respite care?

A

Respite care means taking a break from caring, while the person you care for is looked after by someone else.

50
Q

what is positive tokenism?

A

when actions are taken that are the result of one group pretending to give advantage to other groups on society who are often treated unfairly.
for example recruiting a mall number of people from under-presented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workforce

51
Q

name some codes of practice that embeds equality and inclusion in care practice,

A

 Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements
 Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration requirements
 The Care Certificate (England) 2015
 Early Years Foundation Stage 2014
 Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of practice
 OFSTED and related standards in children and young people’s services
 Every Childs Matters 2003.

52
Q

Identify two current standards or codes of practice which embed equality and inclusion in CARE PRACTICE

A 
 Care Quality Commission (CQC)
requirements
 Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
registration requirements
 The Care Certificate (England) 2015
53
Q

Identify two current standards or codes of practice which embed equality and inclusion in EDUCATION

A

 Early Years Foundation Stage 2014
 Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of
Practice
 OFSTED and related standards in children
and young people’s services

Year 12 Health And Social Care Lvl 3 (12 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions