Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Work with Children and Young People

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Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in work with children and young people Areas of legislation are ever changing so it’s important to identify the current and relevant aspects of those which promote equality and value diversity such as:- Every Child Matters 2003 and Children Act 2004 updated in 2010 to Help Children Achieve More – These were put into place to ensure that all organisations and agencies involved with children between birth and 19 should work together to ensure that children have the support to :Stay Safe, Healthy, Enjoy and Achieve, Economic Well-being, Positive Contribution. Equality Act 2010 aims to bring together the Equal Pay Act, Sex Discrimination Act, Race Relations Act and the Disability Discrimination Act in order to protect people and to prevent service from discriminating against any group, be that gender, sex, race or disability. Schools are required to promote inclusion and disability and race equality for all. Schools should actively promote equal opportunities and positive relationships between all groups of children. It is also a statutory requirement for schools to encourage the inclusion of children with disabilities into mainstream schools. SEN Code of Practice 2001 strengthened the rights of parents and SEN children to a mainstream education. This means that it is more likely for these children to be in mainstream school. Human Rights Act 1998 include: The right to life, freedom from torture and degrading treatment, freedom from slavery and forced labour, the right to liberty, the right to a fair trial, the right not to be punished for something that wasn’t a crime when you did it, the right to respect for private and family life, freedom of thought, conscience and religion and freedom to express your beliefs, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association, the right to marry and to start a family, the
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