* Age * Disability * Gender reassignment * Marriage and civil partnership * Race * Religion or belief * Sex * Sexual orientation
- The Data Protection Act (1998), which regulates information on any individual, including obtaining, recording, holding, use and disclosure of it. When participants are signed up, we take and hold personal details for our records. Under this Act, any individual is entitled to be informed of data held and any time it is disclosed. Additionally, the Act ensures that any data collected must be for specific and lawful purposes, adequate and relevant to only that purpose, kept up to date, and not kept for longer than necessary. Codes of practice will vary between places of work. These cover areas such as timekeeping, start and finish times, breaks and dress code.
1.2 Explain own responsibilities for promoting equality and valuing diversity
Equality, diversity and human rights should be defining values of society. There should be equal opportunity for all to participate in society and to reach their full potential without prejudice or discrimination. Diversity is the recognition and valuing of the differences in people, and about respecting and embracing those differences. The Commission of Equality and Human Rights (EHRC) is backed by the Equality Act (2010), and aims to reduce inequality, eliminate discrimination, strengthen good relations between people and promote and protect Human Rights. In addition to this, under the Equality Act, all public bodies have a legal obligation to promote the values of equality and diversity. This means that in my teaching environment, it is important to promote mutual respect, between myself and participants, and between themselves, and any disrespect is not tolerated and actively discouraged. Alongside the legal considerations discussed from the Equality Act in part 1.1, whereby no discrimination – positive or negative – should occur, it is also useful to find out information about participants and set rules. Such rules are discussed and agreed upon amongst the group in the first session, in order to accept and welcome diversity, so that for example, negotiable start times could accommodate circumstances students may have which prevents them arriving at a certain time, such as prayer, or transport. Teaching and learning materials are made to be understandable to all students, and conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADD, are all taken into consideration.
1.3 Explain own role and responsibilities in lifelong learning. My job role is Training Administrator. Under my official job description, my duties and responsibilities include: * To meet with employees and ensure that they have an up-to-date personal development plan