BTEC National Level 3 Certificate/Subsidiary Diploma in Public Services Unit 3 Citizenship, Diversity and the Public Services Assignment: Diversity and Equality of Services Date of Issue: Assignment Deadline: Assignment includes: P5 Review the methods used by public services to ensure they have a diverse workforce P6 Explain the duty of public services to provide equality of service to all citizens M3 Analyse the effectiveness of the methods used by public services to promote equality and diversity in society and within the service D2 Evaluate the effectiveness of the methods used by the public services to promote equality and diversity in society and within the service Scenario/Context: Britain is a multi-cultural society. The …show more content…
How might this ensure the Army has a diverse workforce? If this becomes more widely known it may make more people from different religions want to join the army Task 3 (P5) deadline (Evidence = Individual written document). Choose the Army or the Fire and Rescue Service to research a) What recruitment policies does this public service have to try to ensure its workforce reflects society? Army – Use bullet points from case study b) What policies does the public service have to combat under-representation? Respecting different religions, food, clothing, prayer Open days, information services Task 4 (P6) deadline (Evidence = Individual written document). Essential content – 3 bullet points for each side heading – in a spider diagram Equality of service: services to individuals; Come to emergency calls eg 999, fire, road traffic crash, chemical spillage, rescue Home visit to check for fire safety Provide advice Same applies to businesses statutory requirements; There are laws to ensure the minimum standards of service are provided accessibility by users; All users must able to fully access fire service premises eg disabled, mobility impaired Fire makes special plans to help all users Leaflets, websites, information must be made available in a variety of formats eg braille, languages, video, talks, home visits recognising needs of citizens as individuals and groups Fire Service has policies to ensure all needs of all
1.1 Explain the models of practice that underpin equality, diversity and inclusion in own area of responsibility
in an attempt to increase the diversity the fire service have introduced methods such as appointing an equality and diversity officer to the community who is there to discuss and talk to women and ethnic minority groups about the career opportunities they would encounter if they joined the fire service. The service has introduced a 10 year strategy which has a goal of improving the way the workers treat each other across all parts of the Service but also the effectiveness of the relationship that they have with the public. The strategy has 5 different areas which the service aims to work on to improve diversity.The first is Leadership and promoting inclusion where they want individuals to ‘undertake their role in promoting equality and diversity and ensure any practice or procedure they have responsibility for is effectively equality impact assessed’. The second is accountability which will include the workers making ‘evidence available to the public annually on improvements to service delivery and employment practice, including progress against the employment targets through its website’. The third area is Effective service delivery and community engagement. This aims to involve community and voluntary groups in policy development including members of minority ethnic, religious, disabled, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, men and women, and all age groups more within the work of the fire
* Providing information and work in different formats such as larger fonts, auditory work, pictorial.
1.1 Explain Models of practices that underpin equality, and diversity and inclusions in own area of responsibility.
All Public services organizations are bound to follow a range of policies and procedures, to ensure that they have a diverse workforce, such as:
Energy keeps all living organisms alive, as they need a continual supply of energy to function in order to survive. Some of these processes are continuous such as, metabolism, which is the chemical reactions which occur in the body, these occur by using or releasing energy from chemical substances. Another continuous process which use energy is the transporting of molecules in order for them to break down, and to build new ones. The breakdown of large molecules into their simpler forms to release energy is known as catabolism, for example, when glucose is used in a cell to release energy. And the opposite reaction, is called anabolism. This is when energy is used to build complex structures from simple cells, for example, tissue growth and
The role of the Public Services in promoting Equality and Diversity .The methods used by Public Services to ensure they have a diverse workforce
In this assignment I am going to design a booklet explaining of how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice. I am going to explain an assessment of the influences of a recent national policy initiative promoting anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings. Then I am going to evaluate the success of a recent initiative in promoting anti-discriminatory practice.
1. Explain how legislation and codes of practice relating to equality, diversity and discrimination apply to own work role
P4 - explain possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health or social care setting.
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6. Briefly explain the benefits of making sure equality and diversity procedures are followed in a business environment. Your answer should include one benefit for the employer, one benefit for the employee and one benefit for the overall organisation.
In this essay I am going to explain how the Equality Act (2010) P4 and assess how the act promotes anti-discriminatory practice M2. I will also be evaluating how successful the Equality Act (2010) is in promoting anti-discriminatory practise.D1
1.1) Explain Models of practises that underpin equality, and diversity and inclusions in own area of responsibility.
Equality and diversity is mandatory for my team. This provides them with information on how to respect Clients race, gender, age, sex, intelligence or disability. These values are very important to care work. My organizational values are communicated to our Clients through Reablement Factsheets and person centered care plans.