Discrimination can be seen in practise with stereotyping, labelling, disempowering, abusing, bullying, abuse of power, infringements of rights and over-riding individual’s rights. Stereotyping is when assumptions are made about groups based on information relating to a small number of people. In a health and social care setting, this discriminatory practise may be used by discriminating against someone’s disabilities or cognitive ability as they may think just because a person has a disability, that person will need constant surveillance and will never be independent when that is not necessarily true. This may affect the service user by making them feel devalued, marginalised and have low self-esteem and self-efficacy. Feeling devalued comes about when a
Discriminatory practice in health and social care. Discrimination has many meaning and many different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as a person making a judgment against a service user by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be service users that are discriminated (out casted/left out) because they choose to be different, have a disability or different colour of skin or even religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action based on prejudice. There are many forms of possible discriminatory practice in Health & Social Care, for example: • Labelling or stereotyping people e.g.
Discriminatory practices are very influential on the people that use health and social care services; I will explain these effects and give examples. (1) Marginalisation is when you feel like you are not liked within a group or in other words you don’t feel like you are a part of a group or society.In health and social care everyone should be treated equal and marginalisation is not allowed. An example of this is a youth worker excluding a homosexual teenager based on his sexuality. (1) Disempowerment is to make someone feel devalued this could happen to either an individual or groups. The victim could be discriminated by a valued group/individual or powerful group/individual.
[M1] – Assess the effects on those using the service of three different discriminatory practices in health and social care The people affected by discriminatory practice in health and social care settings goes mildly effected to severely affected. In my opinion, I think that how the person is personally effects them the most, because if person A being discriminated against is very soft hearted and takes offence to the slightest things, will be very affected. Vice versa, if person B is not soft hearted and is very emotionally strong but the discrimination happening is very harsh; the person might also be affected very badly. One example could be that in a care home for senior/retired residents, a homosexual male carer that works for them
Health or social care professionals treat people from all backgrounds. It would be unfair and classed as discrimination to treat certain patients/clients differently to others. It goes both
When discrimination occurs it can have a very adverse effect on the people who are subjected to it. There are many different types of discriminatory practice in a health and social care setting, they can be obvious (overt), subtle or sometimes unintentional. This task will explain three types of discriminatory practice and the effects that each practice has on those who are subjected to them. The first type of discriminatory practice that I have chosen is prejudice. Prejudice is usually found when staff members judge those who are in their care inappropriately because of case notes of the person or from information other members of staff have provided them with.
* Define Indirect and Direct discrimination. Indirect discrimination is unfairness that may occur when certain conditions imposed on an individual have an unfavourable impact. It occurs when a condition applied equally to everyone can be achieved by a smaller number of people within that population. Where an employee or prospective employee is less favourably treated because of their race, sex, marital status (including civil partnerships), religion, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity. * Describe both direct and indirect discrimination that may occur in an adult social care setting.
Explanation why person - centred values are important and how they influence social care work. A care worker need to be able to understans the importance of promoting the following values at all times and these values underpin the whole of health adn social care. Individuality Everybody involved in the care of individuals need to get to know about the needs of people from different ethnic and religious groups and also about people's beliefs and preferences. This value is important because by paying attention to these things, we can show respect and preserve individuals dignity. It influences social care work, because when we are caring for someone we have to be able to recognise that everybody is different and we must not impose our preferences to them.
For this task I have been asked to describe how anti-discriminatory practise is promoted in health and social care settings, this meaning action taken to prevent discrimination against people on the grounds of race, class, gender, disability etc. anti-discrimination practise promotes equality by introducing anti-discrimination policies in the work place. It is important that health care workers promote equality, value diversity and respect the rights of service users always putting the service user at the heart of the service provision. This meaning that the service user’s individual needs will be meet and achieved . Care workers, also need to have an understanding of what it would be like to use the services, with this all the service
Giving a good duty of care is getting to understand different lifestyles and cultures respecting the individuality and diversity of the people who enter the hospital. Not discriminating against people because they have different ways of life or have different beliefs. Ensure that your behaviour, words and actions and those of people working in your area support a commitment to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion. It is important that I know my personal responsibilities and liabilities under the equality legislation and any relevant codes of practice. Also to be aware of the diversity and needs of your patients and identify areas where needs could be better satisfied and where the diversity of patients could be improved.