Nvq 5 Shc 53.

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There are two models that link with equality, diversity and inclusion, social model of disability and medical model of disability/ Social model of disability which views discrimination and injustice as being embedded in today’s society, their attitudes and their surrounding environment. The social model focuses on who the adult is as person not what their disability or diagnosis is, the focus is on how to improve and empower the individual’s life and lead a more independent life as possible. Medical model of disability which views adults has having impairment or lacking in some way, this model focuses on impairments that the adult has and finding and acknowledging ways to correct them. The service users at my current place of work are adults with mild learning disability and some of the service users have a dual diagnosis. Both the social and medical model has an impact on their daily life. The home’s ethos is to empower the service user and enable them to lead a normal life as possible. This is done by providing and engaging them in their own individualised care plans and asking their opinions on what they like how they like it etc. allowing them to make informed choices for them self and whether they have the capacity. 1.2 Analyse the potential effects of barriers to equality and inclusion in own area of responsibility The potential effects that the residents will experience in this care setting are prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice happens when society lacks education and the understanding of different cultures and how society looks at it. Prejudice begins by making assumptions of a certain client group i.e. people with learning disability and mental health issues are put into a certain box. Another example would be if an adult had a disability like epilepsy, and an adult who has schizophrenia may be thought to be a serial killer, these types of

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