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Implementing the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, CASS Elaine
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- Rev. Ed.
This guide is designed primarily for the social care managers and practitioners responsible for the implementation of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004. The framework is based on sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Act, and cover the duty to inform carers of the right to assessment; the assessment of carers; and cooperation between authorities and organisations. The essential steps and many of the practice points throughout the guide will be useful to those responsible for strategic planning and commissioning. The guide includes a DVD to support the training of front-line staff in carrying out effective carers' assessments, which includes the views of carers on their experiences of assessment. (Previously published as SCIE Practice Guide no. 5)
Equality Act 2010: what do I need to know?: a summary guide for public sector organisations
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Government Equalities Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Government Equalities Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Equality Act brings together nine separate pieces of legislation into one single Act simplifying the law and strengthening it in important ways to help tackle discrimination and inequality. Implementation of the majority of the Equality Act will begin on 1 October 2010. This publication is one of a series of summary guides to the key changes in the law. This guide is intended to help public sector organizations understand what changes in the Equality Act mean for them. People are protected from direct discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics, which are: disability; gender reassignment; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation. An overview table summarises changes to the legislation. The guide describes: who has responsibilities under the act; who is protected; and what the law prohibits, looking at both direct and indirect discrimination. It also looks at the changes in the legislation relating to positive action and breastfeeding mothers.
Equality Act 2010: what do I need to know?: a summary guide to your rights
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Government Equalities Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Government Equalities Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Equality Act brings together nine separate pieces of legislation into one single Act simplifying the law and strengthening it in important ways to help tackle discrimination and inequality. Implementation of the majority of the Equality Act will begin on 1 October 2010. This publication is one of a series of summary guides to the key changes in the law. This guide sets out what the new laws will mean for the public. It describes the main areas where the law has been made stronger, in particular: for disabled people; for carers; for women who are breastfeeding, pregnant or have just had a baby, for transsexual people; and for women who are being paid less than men. The guide also looks at the law for clubs with 25 or more members, the law relating to positive action, and the law on harassment. The guide concludes with advice on how to take action about discrimination.
Facilitating cross-strand working
- Authors:
- PARKEN Alison, YOUNG Hannah
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This discussion paper provides an overview of a unique project undertaken in Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in 2007, which was designed to try to understand how to facilitate the promotion of equality and human rights, cross-strand. This brief description of learning, as a guide to carrying out an evidenced based mainstreaming process that moves beyond compliance. The report advocates a multi-strand approach rather than cross-strand and provide recommendations for the facilitation of future multi-strand working.
The Equality Act 2006: the duty to promote gender equality
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Assembly Government
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This Circular is intended to remind NHS employers of the new duty to promote gender equality that was introduced by the Equality Act 2006.
Equality analysis: Liberty protection safeguards: Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
This document looks at the positive, neutral and negative effects that the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill could have on people with protected characteristics, including people with a disability, gender, race, age, and religion or belief. It also looks the impacts on other groups, such as carers. The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill sets out the measures the government will take to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) scheme in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with a new system is called liberty protection safeguards (LPS). The process authorises deprivations of liberty for the care and treatment of those who lack capacity. The document concludes that the LPS will be a more effective and proportionate way of ensuring Article 5 rights for everyone, and it is expected that all people who lack capacity and need to be deprived of their liberty for their care or treatment will have the same access to the same protections, regardless of protected characteristic. (Edited publisher abstract)
Strategic equality plan and objectives 2012-2016
- Author:
- WALES. Welsh Government.. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Division
- Publisher:
- Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 122p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The Equality Objectives and Strategic Equality Plan highlights how the Welsh Government plans to fulfil the general duty in the Equality Act 2010 and the Wales specific equality duties. The Welsh specific equality duties are designed to ensure that public services and employment are fair and accessible to individuals with protected characteristics of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex and sexual orientation. The Strategic Equality Plan is based on 8 key Equality Objectives which were developed following extensive public engagement, including a questionnaire completed by 429 people and face to face meetings across Wales. The objectives have also been underpinned with current available evidence and data. All of the objectives cover all of the protected characteristics to some extent. However, individual objectives have a particular focus in order to prioritise action to have the greatest impact. For each objective, this document tabulates: action areas; responsibilities; detailed actions and timescales; and monitoring/review. The objectives will evolve over time in response to progress made and engagement with organisations and individuals. The Welsh Government will work with the public sector across Wales to promote the Equality Objectives and take a co-coordinating role in ensuring that other organisations’ objectives reflect local issues and need.
Disability poverty in Wales
- Author:
- ALLEN Joe
- Publisher:
- Leonard Cheshire Disability
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report looks at the economic hardships faced by disabled people in Wales today. The problem of disability poverty is particularly acute in Wales compared to the rest of the UK, and this report seeks to identify the barriers that prevent people from escaping poverty – from insufficient employment support and discrimination in the workplace to inadequate public transport provision and an unfair social care charging system. Findings showed that disabled people in Wales are almost twice as likely as non-disabled people to live in a low income household. Thirty three per cent of working age disabled people in Wales live in poverty - a figure higher than anywhere else in the UK. Also, in Wales a non-disabled person is twice as likely to have a job as a disabled person and this disparity is greater in Wales than anywhere else in the UK. The report recommends that the Welsh Assembly Government should gather better information on disability issues in Wales to provide a clear view of the extent and the impact of disability poverty. It should also develop and implement a distinct disability poverty strategy aimed at supporting working aged disabled adults in Wales.
Carers and their rights: the law relating to carers
- Author:
- CLEMENTS Luke
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 92p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
This fourth edition guide for carers in England and Wales regarding their human rights and the law relating to informal care outlines changes resulting from the Equality Act 2010. The Act recognised that carers can face discrimination in work and society because of association with disabled or older people. The Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act of 2004 details carers’ rights to choice about their working, learning and leisure time. The Carers (Recognition and Services) Act (1995) and Carers and Disabled Children Act (2000) are also relevant. Split into 14, bullet-pointed sections, the text includes key definitions, and overviews of social services’ obligations to carers, and of disabled people’s rights. The carers’ assessment process; carers’ support services, such as community, respite (short break) care, and non-intimate task help (e.g. laundry or driving lessons); and NHS responsibilities are described in sections 4, 5 and 7, respectively. Financial issues, including carers’ grants, briefly touched upon. Carers of disabled, chronically ill and older people; mental health service users and those who misuse alcohol and/or drugs; young carers; parent carers of disabled or chronically ill children; and parent carers who are disabled are considered. Conflicts between carers and service users, confidentiality and complaints procedures are discussed.
How fair is Britain?: equality, human rights and good relations in 2010: the first triennial review
- Author:
- EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 749p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The Equality and Human Rights Commission is a public body set up to challenge discrimination, to protect and promote equality and respect for human rights, and to encourage good relations between people of different backgrounds. Every three years, under the terms of the Equality Act 2006, the Commission is required to report to Parliament on the progress that society is making towards this vision. This is the first such review, and focuses on equalities. This review aims to provide an authoritative compilation of the available evidence about equalities in England, Scotland and Wales against 40 indicators agreed by the Commission, the government and other key agencies. These indicators are examined for groups in the equality strands of: age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, sexual orientation and transgender. It brings together the facts about the experiences and outcomes in life of different individuals and groups. Sections on legal security, physical security, health, education, employment, standard of living, care and support, and power and voice are included. It draws on a range of sources including censuses, government surveys, academic work, and secondary analysis carried out especially for this review.