Welcome to your Equality & Diversity course. We’re glad to have you with us as we take a meaningful step toward building a more inclusive workplace and clinical environment. This course is designed to deepen your understanding of EDI and how these principles directly influence the success of our organization. By participating, you are demonstrating a clear commitment to fairness – both in how we support our colleagues and how we deliver care to our service users.
Course Modules:
- The Foundations of EDI: Explore the primary aims of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and understand how a commitment to these values impacts both service delivery and successful organisational functioning.
- Key Definitions: Establish a shared language by defining core concepts including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, while learning to recognise the differences between Prejudice, Discrimination, Harassment, and Victimisation.
- Behaviour Contract: Understand the framework of a contingency contract as a roadmap for transparency and predictability, covering the four pillars of target behaviours, rewards, penalties, and review dates.
- The Case for Equality & Diversity: Master the clinical, social, and legal arguments for EDI, including how diversity fosters innovation in healthcare and ensures compliance with statutory duties.
- Prejudice and Discrimination: Develop awareness of how unique life experiences condition our perceptions and explore how identifying unconscious bias allows for conscious, proactive choices to prevent discrimination.
- Barriers and Beyond: Identify the multi-layered hurdles that prevent equitable access, including institutional and physical barriers, cultural and religious misconceptions, and the impact of historical distrust.
- The Equality Act 2010: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the primary legislation protecting individuals in society and the nine specific protected characteristics covered under the Act.
- The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED): Learn the statutory requirements for public bodies to eliminate discrimination and advance opportunity through specific duties, including Equality Impact Assessments and measurable objectives.
Upon finishing all modules, you will be required to sit for a final quiz to evaluate your understanding of the topics discussed. Upon passing the quiz, you will automatically receive a virtual certificate, which can be downloaded.
- Understand the vital importance of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in both clinical services and the modern workplace.
- Distinguish between key concepts such as “Equality” (equal opportunity) and “Diversity” (the mix of individual differences).
- Identify and define negative behaviours including prejudice, discrimination, harassment, and victimisation.
- Implement a “Behaviour Contract” framework to create transparent, predictable, and supportive environments.
- Recognize the clinical necessity of understanding health inequalities to improve outcomes for diverse patient groups.
- Build awareness of unconscious biases to make proactive, conscious choices that promote inclusivity.
- Dismantle institutional, physical, and cultural barriers that prevent individuals from engaging with services.
- Navigate the legal landscape of the Equality Act 2010 and the nine protected characteristics it covers.
- Apply the Public Sector Equality Duty to eliminate discrimination and advance equality of opportunity in public-facing roles.
- A stable internet connection.
- The ability to download PDF files.
Course Content
Equality & Diversity : Part 1
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Equality & Diversity : Part 2
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