Philosophy; is specifically addressed, Whole Foods core values are deeply embedded within the system which prevents them from becoming situation or person dependent. It is the employee who must adapt to the values versus the employee interpreting them in his own way. This also allows for everyone to be on the same sheet of music and the customer can expect the same type of customer service at any of the 162 stores. 7. Public image; Whole Foods wherever they may be located do support the communities in which the business is located and in which the employees reside.
Key legislation and codes of practice which relate to equality, diversity and inclusion in adult social care are examined, together with ways of challenging discrimination. Learners are also provided with knowledge regarding sources of support and information on the subjects. Summary of Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit a learner should: 1. Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion 2. Know how to work in an inclusive way 3.
Equality focuses on those areas covered by the law, namely the key areas of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender and Age. People must not be unfairly discriminated against because of any of these factors and we must all contribute to creating a positive workplace and service delivery environment where discriminatory practices and discrimination no longer happen. Inclusion- Inclusion is about ensuring that children and young people, whatever their background or situation, are able to participate fully in all aspects of the life in school. It is not about viewing everyone as the same or providing the same work, but about providing the same opportunities. Gwen Nombro Unit 10 1.2 The various forms of discrimination, the groups most likely to experience discrimination and the possible effects of discrimination on the children and families are: Disability, ethnic, cultural, race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, social economic group.
SHC 31- Promote communication in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings Introduction Why and how people communicate Before you can look at promoting communication it is important to understand what communication is and how and why people communicate. Communication is the gaining and sharing of information and is used to build relationships. The information transferred can be factual such as procedures, safety information and upcoming events, or the exchange of thoughts, messages, feelings or observations within a childcare setting. The way the information is transferred can be by speech, signals or writing, the chosen method must be clearly understood. We all use a variety of communication techniques to both understand and be understood, examples of these are, • Memo, • fax, • e-mail, • voice mail, • letter, • notice board, • reports, • Phone call, • face to face, • Team meetings, • consulting, • group problem solving, • Makaton or British Sign Language • pictures, • photo, • audio or visual recordings.
SHC 31 Promote communication in health and social care or children’s and young people’s settings • An identification of the different reasons people communicate Effective communication is important when working with children, young people, colleagues and parents. Reasons why people communicate • To build relationships: A simple smile, a friendly wave or just by saying, “hello” to a new child, new parent or new colleague can be the starting point of building a relationship • To maintain relationships: Much of our language and communication we use in the work setting accounts for the maintenance of our relationships • To gain and share information: Information in the work setting needs to be shared with everybody; children, young people, families, colleagues and other professionals. This information will help us work effectively • To gain reassurance and acknowledgement: To make the setting work effectively, it is important for colleagues to also acknowledge and reassure each other as well as providing reassurance and acknowledgement to children and young people • To express needs and feelings: It is important for children and young people to feel that they can express themselves. They can become very frustrated and/or isolated if they do not have the opportunity to do this • To share ideas and thoughts: All adults, children and young people have different thoughts and ideas that they will want to share with others There are many reasons why people need to communicate differently with each other. WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE • To give and receive instructions: To make sure that the child or young person understands what is being asked of them throughout their daily routine or activities.
TDA 2.4: Equality, Diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people 1. Understand the importance of promoting equality and diversity in work with children and young people. 1.1 Identify the current legislation and codes of practice relevant to the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity. Child Act 1989 - This allocated duties to local authorities, courts, parents and other agencies in the United Kingdom, to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted. It centres on the idea that children are best cared for within their own families; however, it also makes provisions for instances when parents and families do not co-operate with statutory bodies.
Unit 7 Assignment Work in partnership in Health and Social Care of Children and Young People’s settings. Question 1 1.1 The features of effective partnership working begin with the knowing that it is everyone’s responsibility for partnership working in order for it to be successful. The benefits of working in partnership are enormous allowing families to share information about their children’s development or learning and supporting those children with particular needs to receive support. Colleagues, professionals and others must be active in working alongside, sharing expertise, knowledge and a common purpose to improve the lives of individuals in their care. Respecting each other’s skills and contributions enables everyone working together share their expertise, recognise and utilise the strengths of all involved.
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY STRATEGY Adoption UK [pic] Adoption UK recognises the diversity of adopters and the adoption experience. This strategy aims to reflect our commitment to adopters from all communities and to the children whose needs we seek to address through our parenting support. Through this strategy and action plan we want to address the following issues :- • internal issues of equality and diversity through training and staff development • our communication with and support to the broad spectrum of adopters including those from minority ethnic communities, those in mixed race relationships, single adopters, gay and lesbian adopters and others who may be otherwise marginalized or socially excluded • the over-representation of black and mixed
Task 4 How is anti-discriminatory practise promoted in health and social care? Equal Opportunities! It's not about treating everybody the same - it's actually about treating people differently so they are able to have the same opportunities and to be treated with dignity and respect. An example of equal opportunities, in my placement, if I had a service user who cannot feed themselves you would give them their lunch and they could carry on and eat themselves. But if someone else can't feed themselves then you would help them to eat their lunch.
SCH 23: INTRODUCTION TO EQUALITY AND INCLUSION IN HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE OR CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S SETTINGS 1.1. Explain what is meant by diversity, equality, inclusion and discrimination Diversity means differences between individual and groups of people, e.g. the United Kingdom is a diverse country, it comprise of people of a range of ethnicity, people from a variety of cultural, social and family background. For example at my work place I get to work with all kinds of children who are different from one another, I get to work with children with Asian, African and European background and all these children come from families with different cultural and beliefs. Equality means having the opportunity to achieve and flourish which are as good as the opportunities available to others.