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Level 4 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Core concepts of EDI

HSC401 · Promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Health and Social Care — Week 1 of 16

CourseHSC401
Week1 of 16
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This week’s topics

Core concepts of EDI

  1. Defining equality, diversity, and inclusion
  2. Protected characteristics
  3. Unconscious bias and discrimination typologies
  4. Human rights fundamentals
  5. What do equality, diversity, equity and inclusion mean? | Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion Training
  6. What is direct and indirect discrimination? | Equality law: discrimination explained

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Define the terms: diversity, equality, inclusion, discrimination, unconscious bias, protected characteristics, human rights

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: define the terms: diversity, equality, inclusion, discrimination, unconscious bias, protected characteristics, human rights

Study materials

Videos

  • What do equality, diversity, equity and inclusion mean? | Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion Training · YouTube · iHasco · 3 min · for registered students
  • Protected characteristics · YouTube · Equality and Human Rights Commission · 3 min · for registered students
  • What is direct and indirect discrimination? | Equality law: discrimination explained · YouTube · Equality and Human Rights Commission · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Equality Act 2010: guidance (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Discrimination: your rights (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Equality Act 2010 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Week 2
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Core concepts of EDI
  • Week 2: Legislative frameworks in health and social care
  • Week 3: Models of practice and systemic barriers
  • Week 4: Policy and procedure evaluation
  • Week 5: Human rights approaches and individual outcomes
  • Week 6: Communicating and supporting EDI across teams
  • Week 7: Challenging discrimination and exclusion
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Principles of informed choice and mental capacity
  • Week 10: Ethical dilemmas and duty of care
  • Week 11: Strategic risk management and rights enablement
  • Week 12: Applying Promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Hea…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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