Principles of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Adult Social Care

This report delves into the critical principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion within adult social care settings, particularly in the context of care homes in the United Kingdom. It defines key terms such as diversity, equality, inclusion, and discrimination, while also examining the potential adverse effects of discriminatory practices on individuals and the broader community. The report outlines the importance of inclusive practices in promoting equality and supporting diversity, referencing relevant legislation and codes of practice. It further explores the consequences of non-compliance with these regulations, alongside an analysis of how personal beliefs, culture, values, and preferences can influence working practices. The report also details strategies for ensuring respectful interactions with individuals, comparing inclusive and exclusive practices, and offering methods for challenging discrimination and raising awareness of diversity, equality, and inclusion. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the importance of these principles within the healthcare sector.

PRINCIPLES OF DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION IN ADULT
SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS

Equality and diversity is core strategic principles in health care sector. It provides proper
framework to support adult social care leaders in consistently to reduce inequality issues in the
community or organization. Care home is health care organisation which provide optimistic health
and social care services to adults, children and old people in the United Kingdom. The present
report defines meaning of diversity, equality, inclusion and discrimination. It explains potential
causes of discrimination in the nation. Further, it represents the legislation and code of practices
regarding inclusion, diversity and discrimination in United Kingdom. It represents that how to
increase awareness in people regarding diversity in the nation.
Task 1
1.1 Explaining of meaning of diversity, equality, inclusion and discrimination
Diversity, equality, inclusion as well as discrimination are described below in the table.
Diversity: Diversity state that recognise values and differences in humans. It contains visible and
non-visible aspects which associates many personal characteristics like culture, background,
personality and work-style. In addition to this, These characteristics are secured under
discrimination legislation in terms of race, gender, age, religion, disability as well as sexual
orientation.
Equality: Equality means treat people in a proper manner for their requirements by avoiding
discrimination factors in the society. This aspect also helps the people to behave and communicate
in a polite manner within community.
Inclusion: It is all about the providing equal opportunities for people by avoiding their gender, age,
ethnicity as well as background in the community.
Discrimination: It is illegal treatment with an individual on the basis of their religion, colour, sex,
race as well as disability in the society.
1.2 Describing the potential effects of discrimination
Potential effects of discrimination can be severe for individual in the organisation or society.
Further, It makes person isolated in the community. For example, social worker who is working in
care home organization in the United Kingdom. Management of firm discriminate with individual
on base of colour and religion. Effect of discrimination create negative impact on the employee
regarding its nature and working style in the care home. It reduce its working efficiency and
performance of individual in the organisation. In addition to this, It oblige the person to become l
patient by increasing mental tension and depression in the organisation. Impact of discrimination

also create sever health care diseases like heart attack which are harmful for person. Further, it
compel the individual to adopt illegal way to take revenge which is harmful for community or
organisation.
1.3 Explaining the importance of inclusive practice in promoting equality and supporting diversity
Inclusive practice play important role to promote equality as well as support the diversity in
the United Kingdom. In addition to this, it help to reduce the discrimination activities in the
community. There are many health and social care organisations which aid the individuals from
discrimination activities by providing proper justice in the United Kingdom. For example, Care
home corporation also uses inclusive practices to decrease discrimination in the various
communities of nation. Corporation aware government to take action against people who are
included in these type illegal activities by using proper rules and regulations in the country. So
inclusive and legal practices contribute effectively to support equality and diversity in the nation. In
addition to this, Care home play important role for government of United Kingdom by promoting
equality and supporting diversity in the people by generating proper awareness within community.
Task 2
2.1 Describing key legislation and codes of practice relating to diversity, equality, inclusion and
discrimination
There are many legislation and code which contribute effective role for government of UK
to reduce discrimination activities in community. Care home organization follows these rules and
regulation in the nation. Some of them are described below the table.
Legislation codes Description
The Disability discrimination act
2005
This rule give authority to take action against person or
organisation regarding disability related discrimination in the
UK.
Race religion act 2000 This regulation provide power to person for taking action
against individual or corporation regarding discrimination on
the base of colour, race as well as ethnic in the nation.
The sex discrimination act 1975 With help of this act, person takes action against individual or
firm regarding discrimination on the basis of gender in
United Kingdom.
Employment equality act 2003 This act provide reliability for person to consider legal action

against organisation regarding discrimination in employment.
In addition, this rule also help the government of UK to
maintain proper equality in the nation.
2.2 Explain the possible consequences of not actively complying with legislation and codes of
practice
If management of Care home do not follow legislation and codes of practices then it will
create negative impact on the firm.
Patient safety: These possible results can affect the patient safety of care home. For example, if
Care home does not legislation codes then firm will not serve the people in a appropriate manner in
the United Kingdom. In addition to this, medical victims of firm will not take proper treatment.
Loss of financial investment: This method can generate huge financial loss of firm. For example, If
the organisation does not follow proper rules and regulation of government then authorities of UK
will take action against home care organisation and charge many type of penalties in the nation. It
will reduces its business in health care sector.
Image: It can generate negative of care home organization due to not follow up legislation codes
and practices in the community. Due to this reason, People of nation will less prefer to take
treatment of Care home in the nation. This process can reduce health and social care quality of
organisation in the United Kingdom.
2.3 Describing how own beliefs, culture, values and preferences may affect working practice
Beliefs, culture, values and preferences of health and social care worker affects its working
practices in the organisation. It can also create positive or negative impact on the firm on the base of
working style of staff members in the corporation.
For example, if beliefs, culture, values and preferences of social care workers are effective
then it will definitely create positive impact on the community. Individual can help all type of the
medical patients by avoiding discrimination. This process can contribute effective role for Care
home to improve its image in the health care sector of United Kingdom. On the other side, if
culture, values of medical professional does not effective then He will not treat people very well in
the community. It can create negative impact on the image of Care home organization.
2.4 Describing ways to ensure that own interactions with individuals respect their beliefs, culture,
values and preferences
Communication of health and social care members contribute effective role for organisation
to increase its activities by increasing frequency of medical patients in United Kingdom.

 Social care member of Care home communicate with patients in a politely way. So this
thing does not harm beliefs, culture ,values and preferences in the organisation. It also helps
the medical professionals to treat the medical victims very well. This process contribute
effective role for Care home to increase its market share in United Kingdom.
 In addition to this, Social care members does not treat people on the basis of race, religion,
colour as well as sex in the Care home. This method does not affect the beliefs, culture,
values and preferences of people in the United Kingdom. It also help the organisation to
serve better way in the health care sector.
2.5 Comparing inclusive practice with practice which excludes an individual
Inclusive practices contribute effective role for Individual to reduce discrimination activities
in the United Kingdom. In addition to this, Care home organization also uses inclusive practices in
the nation. Comparison of inclusive and exclusive practices are given below in the table.
Inclusive practices Exclusive practices
Organisation helps the patients to provide
medical services for all people by avoiding in
the community.
Corporation provides medical services as per
discrimination in the UK.
Health care enterprise also give free services to
all medical patients in the nation.
Organisation does not provide free services to all
people.
Management of Corporation also help the
medical victims to take action against
discrimination movements in the nation.
Enterprise does not provide its contribution to
take any type of legal action against
discrimination activities in the United Kingdom.
Task 3
3.1 Describing how to challenge discrimination in a way that promotes change
There are many ways to challenge discrimination which are create change in the United
Kingdom. Further, Care home can give effective efforts to challenge discrimination in the nation.
For example, Management of organisation can take action against person or organization who
discriminate with people in the community. In addition to this, corporation can provide proper
information to government of United Kingdom regarding discrimination movement. This process
can contribute effective role for legal authorities to make its strict provisions against discrimination
activities which can help to reduce them in the nation. Further, Care Home can create awareness in

people to fight against discrimination activities by providing them complete knowledge of legal
rules and regulations in United Kingdom. This process can help the people to reduce these type of
illegal activities in community. Further, Care home can monitors communities and societies to
decrease discrimination by informing security agencies with help of its social health care members
in the nation.
3.2 Explaining how to raise awareness of diversity, equality and inclusion
Management of Care home can use various promotional activities to raise awareness in
people regarding diversity, equality and inclusion.
Social media: Organisation can use social media to create awareness of these things in the people.
This process can contribute effective role for Care home to provide knowledge in youngsters and
adults.
Television: Management of Care home can use television medium to spread information in every
type of people by giving proper advertisements on the channel. This method can also help the firm
to reduce the discriminating activities by raising awareness of diversity, equality as well as
inclusion in people.
Imparting knowledge in educational institutes: Social care members of Care home provide proper
information regarding these activities in the schools and colleges. This approach can also help the
firm to reduce illegal activities by giving more knowledge to students about diversity, equality and
inclusion in the nation.
3.3 Explaining how to support others to promote diversity, equality and inclusion
People can support to others to promote diversity, equality and inclusion in United
Kingdom. This process can play important role to reduce discrimination activities by promoting
these activities in the nation. For example, Social care members of Care home provide effective
support to advertise diversity, equality and inclusion activities in order to stop illegal activities in
United Kingdom. They help the those people who are discriminated on the basis of colour, race,
religion and disability in the community. In addition to this, they contribute effective role for people
to take legal action against those individuals who are associated in the discrimination activities in
United Kingdom. So this process also support other people to decrease these activities by promoting
diversity, equality as well as inclusion activities in the community of United Kingdom.
From the report, it is found that effect of discrimination affect health of person in the
community or organisation. Legal code of practices help the Care Home to reduce the
discrimination activities in the United Kingdom. Social care members of corporation create positive
effect by providing optimistic medical services to all type of medical patients in the nation. It can be