1 Understand the importance of equality and inclusion 1a. What is meant by diversity The term ’diversity’ means difference. Diversity recognises that though people have things in common with each other‚ they are also different and unique in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing those differences. Diversity consists of visible and non-visible factors‚ which include personal characteristics such as background‚ culture‚ personality and work-style in addition to the characteristics
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1 Diversity The demographics of America have changed in so many ways over the last decade. Because of this‚ our view of diversity in the workplace has also changed. There are many more people of different races‚ nationalities‚ and disabilities. They are in the workplace‚ in schools as students‚ and also in supervisory positions. According to Taunda Edwards‚ a contributor at eHow; diversity is the inclusion of things‚ people‚ and places that are different. For example‚ having different races
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Unit 303: PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY‚ EQUALITY AND INCLUSION IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS. 1.1 Diversity means difference. Diversity recognises that though people have things in common they are also different and unique in other ways. Diversity is about recognising these differences and valuing them. Diversity is in the form of visible bind‚ non-visible differences which include personal characteristics such as background‚ culture‚ personality and race disability‚ age‚ gender belief and religion
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PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY‚ EQUALITY‚ AND INCLUSION IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS. ASSIGNMENT 303 Ai Diversity: It is about difference‚ and its value is the richness and variety that different people bring to society. There are so many ways in which people differ from each other. Examples are: Appearance-ability Gender-Talent Race-Beliefs Culture Equality: -Promotion of individual rights. It is about treating people fairly‚ regardless of their differences by ensuring
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wrong‚ and to others it is right or wrong defined by laws‚ rules‚ codes‚ or culture standards. Ethical standards and codes are essential in the professional world‚ especially in a clinical setting. Ethics guide reactions and interactions from which ethical decisions are made. A code of ethics is a set of written principles regarding conduct and behavior created by the organization to serve a guide. The purpose of ethical codes is to give its employees‚ management‚ and any interested party a
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E3: Health‚ Safety and Welfare at Work: Employment and Equality (A) The health safety and welfare at work 2005. This act applies to all employers‚ self-employed and employees in all places of work. The manual handling‚ which forms part of the safety‚ health and welfare at work regulations 2007. Safety should be a high priority for everyone. Employers and employees work safely to protect themselves and other employees. The HAS is a state sponsored body that monitors the workplace to ensure that they
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with diverse backgrounds from his or her own. A client may be different due to their race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or any other factor. However‚ the social worker’s purpose is to enhance the client’s well-being while attending to his or her needs‚ as well as being sensitive to their cultural and ethnic diversity (National Association of Social Workers‚ 1999). While working with a client‚ it is necessary to examine the social system and apply the appropriate theories or perspectives
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challenges that I had to face’. (Laming ‚2009). Most of the learning experiences offered by my current placement constituted ideal opportunities to help me to demonstrate effective use of knowledge‚ skills and commitment to core values in social work practice. Even if some of them were initially with a low degree of difficulty‚ progressively with my O.S.S and P.E support ‚ I have started to undertake different tasks with a different
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Understand inclusion and inclusive practices in work with children and young people. The UN Convention on the rights of the child article 28 says that ’’Every child has the right to an education’’ article 2 says’’ The convention applies to every child whatever their ethnicity‚ gender‚ religion‚ abilities‚ whatever they think or say‚ no matter what type of family they come from’’. Schools have a duty to adhere to this legislation‚ they way that they do this is
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tuesday morning‚ I participated in a role play in my early morning class‚ The Practice of Generalist Social Work. The class role played to help practice certain ethical dilemmas that may occur during our social work career. Not only did these role plays concentrate on ethical dilemmas but it focused on the difference between personal and professional values. My role play situation also looked at the boundaries that a social worker must put up in their professional role with both clients and co-workers
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