Supporting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

This course will help you offer clear and accurate information, advice, or guidance and knowing what can be shared legally and professionally can greatly improve outcomes for a business. There are some fundamental rules for successful information sharing and ensuring staff are aware of these is key.

You will learn about equality and diversity within society, community, and the workplace.

Having a learning difficulty means that people find it harder to learn certain skills. As this affects around 15% of people, it is important for those working in healthcare, social care, and education to have knowledge of different Specific Learning Difficulties such as ADHD, dyslexia, and dyscalculia.

You will gain an understanding about specific learning difficulties, the effects and diagnosis of specific learning difficulties, and how to properly support individuals with specific learning difficulties. In addition. you’ll learn about the context of specific learning difficulties.

Autism is a spectrum condition that affects how a person communicates with others and how they interpret the world around them. Having a clear understanding of the misconceptions, diagnoses, and support surrounding autism are just some of the essential skills needed when working in mental health.

You will get an introduction to autism, and learn how to use person-centred approach to support individuals with autism. You’ll also learn how to communicate and conduct social interactions with individual with autism, sensory processing, perception, and cognition in individuals with autism. Additionally, you will learn how to support positive behaviour in individuals with autism, and support them to live a healthy and fulfilled lives.

Around 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability. Owing to the fact that they are likely to find it more difficult than others to describe their symptoms, a good knowledge of legislation and the healthcare system, as well as an understanding of signs and symptoms of various conditions, is essential for anyone working with individuals with learning disabilities.

You will learn the principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care, positive risk-taking for individuals with disabilities, supporting individuals with a learning disability to access healthcare. You’ll also understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities, whilst getting an introduction to personalisation in social care, and awareness of autistic spectrum conditions.

Autism is described by The National Autistic Society as a complex, lifelong developmental disability that typically appears during early childhood and can impact a person’s social skills, communication, relationships, and self-regulation. Individual preference regarding terminology used for an individual on the autism spectrum may vary and must be valued and respected.

You will learn how to adopt a positive approach to supporting individuals with autism, the current legislative framework relating to individuals with autism and how different theories develop overtime, how to support and manage transitions for individuals with autism, the range of therapeutic interventions and support available, how to support communication and social interaction of individuals with autism, and how to develop an understanding of how individuals with autism may be vulnerable and the support workers role and responsibilities relating to safeguarding according to legislative requirements.