What legislation protects children and young people?
Children’s Act (Every Child Matters)
What legislation protects vulnerable adults?
POVA
What legislation protects minority ethnic groups?
Race Relations Act
What legislation protects against sex discrimination?
Sex Discrimination Act
What legislation protects people with disabilities?
Disability Discrimination Act
What is included within the Equality Act?
- Prohibits sex discrimination in education, employment, etc
- Covers direct and indirect discrimination
- Women have the right to breastfeed in public
- Pay secrecy clauses have been made illegal
What is included within the Sex Discrimination Act?
- Makes sex discrimination illegal
- Covers marital status
- Covers direct and indirect discrimination
- Uses a system of redress
- Prohibits sex discrimination
- Gives rights and guidance
What is included within POVA?
- Applies to care workers
- DBS applications used
- Checks suitability of applicants
- Provides a list of unsuitable staff
What is included in the Disability Discrimination Act?
- Protects disabled people
- System of redress
- Gives them rights
- Makes disability discrimination illegal
- Cover victimisation and harassment
- Covers direct and indirect discrimination
What is included within the Mental Health Act
- Safeguards patients with mental disorders
- Empowers them to get them a voice
- Provides a duty to provide advocates
- Nearest relative consulted
- Introduces supervised community treatment
What is included within the Human Rights Act
- Gives people rights, including vulnerable adults
- Gives redress
What is included within the Race Relations Act
- Covers direct and indirect discrimination
- Unlawful to treat someone differently on racial grounds
What is included with the Children’s Act (Every Child Matters)?
- Right to speak out
- Aims to protect children from abuse/discrimination
- Gives children rights
- 5 key outcomes: staying safe, healthy, enjoying & achieving, making a positive contribution, economic well-being
