It could be done against those who are different in respect to their age, sex, nationality, ethnic background, religion, ability, financial status and size. 1.2 –Describe the potential effects of discrimination? Discrimination on the grounds of age, gender, race, sexuality or ability can damage a person’s self esteem, and reduce their ability to develop and maintain a sense of identity. When people are affected by discrimination they experience anger, humiliation, frustration and a feeling of hopelessness. They are made to feel worthless and of less value than other.
1.2- Indirect Discrimination: Indirect discrimination occurs when policies and practices, which appear neutral or fair because they are applied to everyone, actually disadvantage people and particular groups within society. Unfair or unequal treatment of an individual or group on the grounds of age, disability ,gender, race, religion, beliefs or sexual orientation, being treated less favourable than someone else in the same situation, being treated unfairly. Positive Discrimination: Positive discrimination is regarded as the preferential treatment of members of a minority group over a majority group, either by sex, race, age, marital status or sex orientation. Racial Discrimination: If a practitioner
Unit 3 Introduction to equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1 Understand the importance of equality and inclusion 1. Explain what is meant by: Diversity Diversity means difference. Diversity also means that though people have things in common with each other, they are also different in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing those differences, and consists of visible and non-visible factors, which include personal characteristics such as background, culture, personality in addition to the characteristics that are protected under discrimination legislation such as race, disability, gender, religion and belief, sexual preferences and age. Equality Equality is about creating a fairer society, where everyone can take part and has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
Unit 303 Promote Equality and Inclusion in health social care or children and young people’s settings Q1. Define the following terms in your own words * Equality Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally and no less favourably, specific to their needs, including areas of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation and age. * Diversity It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. * Inclusion Mean’s to include everyone fairly and as individual no matter what their needs may be. * Discrimination Is the unequal treatment of individuals, usually on the basis of gender, race, age, religion or disability.
1.1c What is meant by INCLUSION Full and active participation, feeling respected, feeling a sense of belonging, being valued for who you are. 1.1d What is meant by DISCRIMINATION Unfair or unequal treatment of an individual or group on the grounds of age, disability ,gender, race, religion, beliefs or sexual orientation, being treated less favourable than someone else in the same situation, beig treated unfairly. 1.2 Ways in which discrimination may deliberately or inadvertently occur in the work setting Discrimination may deliberately occur in the work place because they may be being treated less favourable, or treated differently because of their gender, age, race, disability, sexuality, or religion. Discrimination may inadvertently take
Evidence Recording Sheet Unit: 9 Evidence Ref: Candidate Name: Elmie Sultana Assessor Name: Maggie Observed by your assessor (O) Personal Statement (EPS) Product Evidence (EP) Professional Discussion (PD) Seen by Witness (EWT) Case History (ECH) Questioning (QC) APEL/RPL | | | |Unit/LO/AC |Date of Activity: | | | | |1.1 |Explain what is meant by: | | |A) Diversity-differences between individuals and groups of people. | | |B) Equality-having then opportunity to achieve as goo as opportunities are available to others. | | |C) Inclusion-the process of identifying and understanding the barriers and breaking them down to children and their | | |families. | | |D) Discrimination-treating some less or more favourably than other people due to as their class/ethnic/religion can look | | |high or low within a society.
Diversity consists of both visible and non-visible factors, which include personal characteristics such as; background, culture, personality and work style and also the protected characteristics such as gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, religion and belief and age. By recognising and understand individual differences we are able to create an environment in which everybody feels valued. 1.1 b- Equality Equality means the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities. Equality is about making sure that people are treated fairly and given fair chances. Equality is not about treating everybody in exactly the same way.
It is about giving equal access and opportunities and getting rid of discrimination and intolerance. 1.1d Discrimination is a preconceived attitude towards members of a particular group formed only on the basis of their membership of that group that leads to less favorable or bad treatment of that person. The attitude is often resistant to change even in the light of new information. It is essential that you do not allow your prejudices to influence the way you work with individuals. 1.2 Direct discrimination could take place if individuals are treated less favourably or given a lower standard of service than other individuals because of their gender, race, ethnicity, culture, disability, religion, sexuality, class, mental health and age.
Power: ability to influence someone to do something they would not normally do Authority: legitimate use of persuasion/ influence Conflict: disagreements in society, incompatibility with decisions Cooperation: society working together to the same end. If an individual is to be treated with equality, they need to receive equal opportunity and political representation in divisions such as health, education and employment. Australia as a society in many way’s upholds these equality endorsing (supporting) values, but due to social differentiation, where the society is divided by lines of ‘race’, ‘gender’, religion or ability, the equality often becomes defunct (disused). Gender in particular within Australia is an issue which has progressed from an unequal social paradigm to a more equal construct that celebrate the difference between male and female. Aspects that have influences this progression to a more equal society, have been through the influence of governmental legislation and changing social views, which seek to eliminate overpowering stereotypes which intercept the movement to a fair society for both men and women.
Racism and prejudice are interchangeable terms; the former is defined as one’s feeling of cultural and racial advantage over other cultures and races. In other words, one becomes a racist if he or she displays actions or live by ideologies out of the feeling of superiority. Whilst most people claim to be not racist, everyone is guilty of having been committed some forms of prejudice in one way or another. Helms has classified five statuses of racial identity construction model: conformity, dissonance, immersion-emersion, internalization, and integrative awareness (62). Conformity takes place when one sees his or her own race as inferior and learns to identify with the dominant and superior race, such as the White Americans.