Introduction to Equality and Inclusion in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings

Assessment task - SHC 23 Introduction to Equality and Inclusion in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings

TASK-1
Meaning of Diversity:
It means understanding that individuals are different, and recognizing and accepting it. These can include the race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies.
Example: The child does not born with the understanding that individuals are unique, so it is very important to be in a diverse group of children to develop this concept from his/her early ages.
Meaning of Equality:
Equality means that everyone is treated equally without discrimination.
Example: Children at home need be treated equally by their parents even when kissed.
Meaning of inclusion:
It means giving all people in the setting equal opportunities to work or participate that may have different needs or experiences so that they can be recognized and appreciated.
Example: a child is fat and other kids make fun of him, the teacher told them story about him when he was a child and how others used to comment on his weight.
Meaning of Discrimination:
To look down on someone because of a certain characteristic, e.g. Gender, race, religion, disabilities, etc. Basically a more natural characteristic that a person possesses.
Example: More than half of the class is boys, teacher like to treat girls nicely and discriminate by making them participate more during the class.

TASK-2
Describe ways in which discrimination may deliberately or inadvertently occur in the work setting.
Deliberately occurred discrimination because the treatment was different among people in the work place because of their gender, age, race, religion etc..
Example: The teacher brought the child that her mom is a friend of her to sit in the front, while another child was returned to the back seat for no reason.
Inadvertently discrimination takes place when a rule or policy that...