Unit 2: Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and

Social Care

OCR Level 3Cambridge Technicals

in Health and Social Care

Equality and DiversityEquality and Diversity

Equality? Diversity?

We all have different views on what equality and diversity are.

How would you define equality and diversity?

DiscriminationDiscrimination

Can you think of a recent story in the media about discrimination in a health

and social care environment?

Infringement of rights

Abuse

Bullying

It can have serious effects on an individual, such as:

Low self-confidence

Unemployment

Loss of rights

Discrimination can take a number of forms, including:

National initiativesNational initiativesSince the 1970s a range of national initiatives have

been put in place to promote anti-discrimination practices. Such as….

Legislation and regulations

Codes of practice and

charters

Quality assurance

Policies and procedures

These initiatives are constantly evolving. What changes do you think we will see over the next

decade?

How might modern technology and social networks affect anti-discriminatory practice?

How can these be How can these be implemented?implemented?

There are a number of ways to promote anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care

environments, for example:

Promoting values of

care

Staff training

Workplace policies and procedures

Mentoring Quality assurance

What will you learn?What will you learn?After completing this unit you will:

Understand concepts of equality, diversity and

rights

Know discriminatory

practices

Understand how national initiatives

promote anti-discriminatory

practice

Know how anti-discriminatory

practice is promoted

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