Assignment 303: Principles Of Diversity

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Assignment 303 Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings Task A Short answer questions Ai Explain in your own words what each term means. Give one example from care practice to illustrate your explanations. • Diversity • Equality • Inclusion • Discrimination Diversity is recognising that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways. It is about creating a culture and practices that recognise, respect and value difference. To promote diversity in the work place we need to recognize that in order to be inclusive and equal to everyone, there may need to be different responses to different people or groups. Equality- everyone deserve the same rights. Treat everybody just…show more content…
• How to ensure that your own practice is inclusive and respects the beliefs, culture, values and preferences of individuals. Suggested word count: 500 – 700 words One of the hardest things to do is to acknowledge your own prejudice and how they affect how they affect what you do. Prejudices are a result of your own beliefs and values, and may often come into conflict with work situations. We may find we have prejudice against someone with different values and beliefs to our own. Alternatively their culture may require certain behaviours which we find strange. Also many individuals we support have a different set of values from our own, this doesn’t mean to say that you are right and they are wrong. We need to understand and value everyone regardless of differences. There is nothing wrong with having your own beliefs and values – everyone has them they are a vital part of making us the person we are. But we must be aware of them and hoe they may affect what you do at work. Exploring our own behaviour is never easy, and we need good support from either our supervisor or close friends to do…show more content…
Suggested word count: 150 – 200 words People must be included in all aspects in life, not exclude because of an illness or disability. Inclusive practice is about providing the support that people want in order to live their lives as fully as possible. Examples of inclusive practice: - providing a ramp to give wheelchair access to a building - providing information in a range of languages and in audio format - ensuring that systems and processes for obtaining support are easy to use and that access allows people to work out the support that they need and find the best place to put it in place. Traditionally we have developed separate worlds in order to meet people’s needs – for example: separate workshops, educations groups, living accommodation for people with mental health needs or any type of disability have kept people out of the mainstream of society. We have come to see that separate is not equal and we should have an inclusive society that everyone can enjoy. Overall practising in an inclusive way means constantly asking : ‘What changes need to happen so that person can participate?’ and then doing whatever is within our area of responsibility to make those changes
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