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• what is included in the value system that HC worker have commitments to?

  • promoting anti-discriminatory practices to ensure care services meet the needs of all people
  • empowering individuals enabling them to take control of their life and decisions relating to treatment
  • ensuring safety of staff and people in their care
  • maintaining confidentiality and privacy
  • promoting good communication between carers and their clients
• who does the GMC set and monitor standards for behaviour of?

  doctors
• the NMC sets and monitors the standards of behaviour for who?

  • nurses
  • midwives
• who does the HCPC set out and monitor the standards of behaviours of?

  • social workers
  • range of health professionals
• define the code of practice

  • standards of behaviour and professional practice required of HC practitioners
  • set out and monitored by professional bodies like GMC, NMC, HCPC
• define anti-discriminatory practice

  • care practice that ensures individual and different needs of a client and patient are met
  • regardless of race, ethnicity, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation
  • ensures prejudice and unfair discrimination are challenged
• what legal requirement is ADP based on?

  Equality Act 2010
• define prejudice

  • preconceived opinions or fixed attitudes about a social group
  • not based on reason or evidence
  • may lead to active discrimination
• what does the equality act prevent discrimination on the grounds of?

  • age
  • disability
  • gender reassignment
  • marriage and civil partnership
  • pregnancy or maternity
  • race
  • religion or belief
  • sex
  • sexual orientation
• what do all GB citizens have protection through?

  courts
• what legislation protects workers against discrimination in NI?

  employment equality regulations 2006
• true or false, the human rights act 1998 applies to all UK?

  true
• what rights does the human rights act 1998 guarantee to people cared for by public authorities?

  • freedom from torture/inhumane treatment or punishment
  • freedom from slavery, servitude or forced labour
  • liberty and security of person
  • respect for private family life, home and correspondence
  • freedom of thought, conscience and religion
  • freedom of expression
  • marriage and family
  • peaceful enjoyment of possessions
  • access to education
  • life
• the human rights act guarantees people to be cared for by public authorities to be treated equally, with fairness, dignity and respect
• what does the public authorities include?

  • hospitals
  • GP practices
  • social service departments
  • schools
  • college
  • care/nursing homes
• what does ADP require HSC workers to do?

  • address own prejudices and adapt behaviours to ensure client needs are met
  • understand and meet individual needs of all SU
  • celebrate contribution that wide and diverse range of people can bring to society
  • actively challenge intentional and unintentional discrimination against clients
  • ensure setting is accessible and welcoming environment for all
  • compensate for negative effects of discrimination in society
• what adaptations can be made to ensure that SU individual needs are met?

  • to make place wheelchair accessible - ramps, widen doorways, adapt toilets
  • for people with hearing impairments - written and visual communication more often than spoken, employ a signer for clear communication
  • for SU who speak little to no english - provide information in different languages
  • multi-cultural settings - dietary requirements need to be met, religious festivals observed
• define empowerment

  • supporting people to take control of their lives and futures
  • by taking full part in discussions and decisions about their care and treatment
• what does empowerment ensure SU understand?

  • choices they make about their care
  • contribute to decision-making
  • take control of their lives
• what happens when SU allow experts to take over?

  • they lose confidence
  • become passive and overdependent on care workers