Equality And Diversity
Equality and Diversity
In my assignment I am going to discuss promoting equality and diversity.
A description of the importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality to access.
The importance of supporting the rights of children and young people is that not all children are the same. They learn at different paces and many need support to help them e.g. one to one teaching, speech therapy, disability problems ect. They all deserve the right to learn and go to the school they choose. Also if you penalise a child because they come from a different back ground this makes them feel unwanted. Just because they can’t speak the local language or come from a different culture doesn’t mean they don’t belong. If they attend local schools they soon pick up the language (or get them a translator in to help them) and also gives them a chance to learn about the other cultures and helps everyone understand who they are and where they came from.
The Equality Act 2010 states that there are seven different types of discrimination, which are:
·Direct discrimination: discrimination because of a protected characteristic.
·Associative discrimination: direct discrimination against someone because they are associated with another person with a protected characteristic. (This includes carers of disabled people and elderly relatives, who can claim they were treated unfairly because of duties that had to carry out at home relating to their care work. It also covers discrimination against someone because, for example, his or her partner is from another country.)
·Indirect discrimination: when you have a rule or policy that applies to everyone but disadvantages a person with a protected characteristic.
·Harassment: behaviour deemed offensive by the recipient. Employees can claim they find something offensive even when it's not directed at them.
·Harassment by a third party: employers are potentially liable for the harassment of staff
In my assignment I am going to discuss promoting equality and diversity.
A description of the importance of supporting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality to access.
The importance of supporting the rights of children and young people is that not all children are the same. They learn at different paces and many need support to help them e.g. one to one teaching, speech therapy, disability problems ect. They all deserve the right to learn and go to the school they choose. Also if you penalise a child because they come from a different back ground this makes them feel unwanted. Just because they can’t speak the local language or come from a different culture doesn’t mean they don’t belong. If they attend local schools they soon pick up the language (or get them a translator in to help them) and also gives them a chance to learn about the other cultures and helps everyone understand who they are and where they came from.
The Equality Act 2010 states that there are seven different types of discrimination, which are:
·Direct discrimination: discrimination because of a protected characteristic.
·Associative discrimination: direct discrimination against someone because they are associated with another person with a protected characteristic. (This includes carers of disabled people and elderly relatives, who can claim they were treated unfairly because of duties that had to carry out at home relating to their care work. It also covers discrimination against someone because, for example, his or her partner is from another country.)
·Indirect discrimination: when you have a rule or policy that applies to everyone but disadvantages a person with a protected characteristic.
·Harassment: behaviour deemed offensive by the recipient. Employees can claim they find something offensive even when it's not directed at them.
·Harassment by a third party: employers are potentially liable for the harassment of staff