Equality Act Awareness - Health and Social Care Teaching Resources

Presentations and Handout

Presentation 1 - Equality Act 2010 (37 slides) – Slide Titles:

Introduction
Protected characteristics
Discrimination
Personalisation
Equality Act 2010 replaces…
Accessing goods and services
Perceived discrimination
Direct discrimination on the grounds of sex Discrimination by association
Discrimination by perception
Indirect discrimination
Harassment (disability, gender- reassignment, race, sex)
Harassment (deemed as direct discrimination)
Victimisation
Disability discrimination
Discrimination arising from disability
Disability discrimination (reasonable adjustments)
Positive action
Links to person centred care
Principles of person centred care
Applying the principles
Summary
References

Presentation 2 - Public Sector Equality Duty (28 slides) – Slide Titles:

Introduction
Equality Act 2006
What is the equality duty?
Why an equality duty?
Public authorities
Other organisations
Public sector equality duty overview
Section 149 – Public Sector General Equality Duty
Advancing equality of opportunity
Section 149 – Public Sector General Equality Duty
Organisations undertaking Public functions, Linking to the Human Rights Act
Protected characteristics
Marriage and civil partnership
Equality information
Information required
Equality objectives
What all organisations need to do
Specific service areas
References

Presentation 3 - Equality Act Provisions (32 slides) -Slide Titles:

Introduction
Reasons
Consolidated legislation
Discrimination
Harassment and Victimisation
Links to Equality Act 2006
Key changes – protected characteristics
Direct discrimination
Associative discrimination
Indirect discrimination
Harassment
Harassment by a 3rd party
Victimisation
Discrimination by perception
Recruitment
Disability
Harassment
Examples – staff related matters
Employment tribunals
Healthcare
Medical care
Social care
Links to human rights
References

Word Documents (Handouts)

Handout (to follow session 1)
Speaker Notes (to follow session 1)
Handout (to follow session 2)
Speaker Notes (to follow session 2)
Glossary of Key Terms