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Unit 2 assignment 2National initiatives are legislations that are laws that are in place to help protect people in
society so that everyone can live life without being discriminated against.
Children’s act of 1989/2004
The children act of 2004 is an improvement from the 1989 act. The children's act is put in place
to ensure that all people working with children keep them safe from harm (safeguarding ). The
act also promotes children welfare.
The children act promotes anti-discriminatory practises as it supports the welfare of the children
and ensures that the children are respected,treated equally and is in a secure environment. This
is done by helping the children and protecting them from abuse and harm. It ensures that all
children get an education no matter what. Finally it promotes anti discriminatory practises by
ensuring children have their rights.
An example of using the children act in health and social care is when a social worker protects a
child from physical or mental abuse at their home. They can do this by moving the child into a
safer household usually with another family member or could possibly put them in foster care for
a few days.
The code of conduct promotes anti discriminatory practises as they are rules and regulations
that promote equality and ensures that everyone is treated equally and not discriminated
against. It makes sure that individuals are treated correctly by the careers i.e that the careers
are doing their job correctly. The code of conduct makes sure that everyone is respected and
are treated in a dignified manner. In nursing homes or hospitals the code of conduct ensures
that the staff knows what their responsibilities are and what rules they need to follow to ensure
that they don't discriminate against anyone.
The code of conduct was put in place by the care council for wales. The code of conduct helps
individuals understand what to expect when working in a care sector. It guarantees that all
social workers in Wales are registered with the care council. This ensures that the individual is
acceptable to work in social care and they have to agree to stick to the code of conduct. The
social care workers know what is expected of them due to their code of conduct. If the social
care worker was to disobey the code of conduct there will be an investigation into the individual
and the person will be disciplined by their employers or by the care council itself.
The codes of conduct
➔ Protect the rights of service users and carers, making sure everyone knows what is
important to them.
➔ Try really hard to earn and keep the trust of service users and carers.
➔ Help service users be independent, and at the same time keep them safe from danger.
➔ Respect the rights of service users, and at the same time make sure what they do does
not hurt them or others.
➔ Do their work well, so that everyone feels social care services are doing a good job.
, ➔ Always make sure they know enough to do a good job. This means making sure they
have training in the right skills.
➔ If working in management, ensure you embed the code into your work.
The code of conduct is important because it allows employers to know their responsibilities and
lets them know what values and principles to follow. It also reduces the chances of any
problems as the employers will know what is expected of them.
The codes of conduct are; to protect the rights of service users and carers, making sure
everyone knows what is important to them. To try really hard to earn and keep the trust of
service users and carers. To help service users be independent, and at the same time keep
them safe from danger. To respect the rights of service users, and make sure what they do
does not hurt them or others. To do their work well, so that everyone feels social care services
are doing a good job. To always make sure they know enough to do a good job, this means
making sure they have training in the right skills.
The codes of conduct are important because “it can serve as a valuable reference, helping
employees locate relevant documents, services and other resources related to ethics within the
organization.”1
The Code of Conduct sets the standard expected of social care workers and healthcare support
workers in Wales. It outlines the behaviours and attitudes that people who need care and
support should rightly expect. For example, the carer would know what is expected from them to
supply sufficient and effective care to those who need it, and they should take it upon themself
to find out more about the situation (within reason), if they feel it will help them do a better job.
Policy 1 Positive Promotion of Individual Rights
Positive promotion of individual rights ensures that the rights of an individual are displayed in
public places such as waiting rooms, hallways and staff rooms. Things such as charters should
be displayed so that individuals can access them and read them easily. Policies and procedures
should be readily available for all healthcare professionals so that they can easily read them.
They should also be kept where the professionals can find them fast and easy. When
individuals start their new job they should be given a handbook about these policies, procedures
and their job responsibilities. All staff should be given frequent training so that they can keep up
to date with any new policies and are reminded of their duty of care.
Positive promotion of individual rights promotes anti discrimation as it ensures that within a
healthcare setting that everyone's rights are met. It allows the policies and procedures of
individuals rights to be accessible to anyone who wishes to read them. Furthemore it promotes
anti discrimination as it informs people about theur indiviudal rights and allows them to be
understood. It allows individuals to be themselves without being discriminated against. An
example of this in a health and social care setting would be in nursing homes as it ensures that
all individuals know their rights and that they are kept.
A charter is a formal document which outlines the rights and privileges of groups of people.
1 https://www.ethics.org/resources/free-toolkit/code-of-conduct/
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