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The rights of the service users
The service users have many rights explained by the Care Value Base which was devised by the Care Sector Consortium in 1992.
The Care Value Base's aim is to improve the quality of people's lives in care.
Anti-discriminatory practice
There are four main aspects of discrimination and these are: Direct, indirect, victimisation and harassment.
These are all happening in our society today. These are now notified and made to avoid in nurseries, schools, high schools, collages, working environments and so on.
Direct
Direct discrimination is when you discriminate to an individual directly, whether this is made clear or not to the client. It may be that the client is excluded from the group for a particular reason or even that the client is not been successful in admission for a nursery.
Here are some examples of direct discrimination.
Example 1
A mother seeks admission to a nursery school for her son who has hirschprung's disease (Birth defect in which some nerve cells are lacking in the large intestine.) The school says that they could not admit him until he is toilet trained. That is their policy for all children. Hirschprung's disease may lead to the late establishment of bowel control. The refusal to admit the boy is for a reason related to his disability and is therefore is discriminatory.
Example 2
A pre-school leaves a child behind when the rest of her class go to the park to see a puppet show. The girl has learning difficulties and the staff consider that there is no point in taking her as she will not understand the show. The decision not to take her to the show is for a reason related to her disability and therefore is classed as discrimination.
(Examples taken from website:www.surestart.gov.uk/_doc/0-9E5AEC.pdf)
Indirect
Indirect discrimination is when discrimination is directed at a specific...
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