Description:
| Aims: The aims of this unit are to ensure that the student will learn:
* An understanding of equalities and participation.
* To develop an understanding of how equalities impacts on current aspects of social policy, and how social policy impacts on the notion of equality.
* Ways of promoting anti-discriminatory practices within young people's settings and the effects of informal learning in enabling choices to be made.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit students will have learnt:
* Effects of discrimination and inequality and ways of eliminating discrimination from young people's settings
* Relevant legislation and identify the effectiveness of its implementation within a range of settings and within current social policy theory.
* Ways of ensuring that all situations are ethically secure
* Roles of organisations in eliminating exclusion and ensuring equalities and participation to enable an effective young people's service
* How to support the rights of young people to enable inclusiveness and participation and to respect their own decisions and choices.
Skills: During the unit students will gain the following skills:
* How to accurately define equality and participation
* Identify a range of methods to eliminate inequality and promote an inclusive service.
* How to implement relevant legislation
* Discuss current social policy theory.
* Discuss how a range of activities will aid promotion of inclusiveness and participation.
Content: This unit concentrates on:
* Equality and participation
* Methods to address inequality
* Legislation, policies and procedures
* Key features of social policy.
* Rights and responsibilities of individuals and organisations
* Case studies and recorded incidents that were supported by legislation
* Ethics.
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