A3: 1 - Promoting Anti-Discriminatory Practice

Question 1

Promoting anti-discriminatory practice is a core…

Answer 1

a core value and principle

Question 2

What is promoting anti-discriminatory practice based on?

Answer 2

based on the legal requirements outlined in the EQUALITY ACT 2010

Question 3

What does anti-discriminatory practice aim to ensure?

Answer 3

anti-discriminatory practice aims to ensure that:
- the care needs of service users are met regardless of differences
- prejudices of staff of other service users are appropriately challenged

Question 4

What does the Equality Act 2010 underpin?

Answer 4

underpins the policies and procedures of care settings, and in the codes of practice of all care professions

Question 5

On what grounds does the Equality Act 2010 prevent discrimination?

Answer 5

• age
• disability
• sexual orientation
• gender reassignment
• marriage and civil partnership
• race
• sex
• pregnancy and maternity
• religion or belief (including lack of belief)

Question 6

What does the Human Rights act 1998 guarantee an individual the right to?

Answer 6

• life
• access to an education
• peaceful enjoyment of possessions and protection of property
• marry and found a family
• freedom of expression
• freedom of thought, conscience and religion
• respect for a private and family life, home and correspondence
• liberty of security of person
• freedom slavery, servitude, and forced of compulsory labour
• freedom form torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment