Disability Equality Awareness

Description

Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course for Disability Equality Awareness. In this course we’ll cover the basics of what you need to know in order to be able to begin treating disabled individuals appropriately.  

The first section will cover what a disability is, and the number of disabled individuals in the United Kingdom. 

From there, we’ll look at the Equality Act 2010, along with direct and indirect discrimination. 

After that, the concept of visible versus invisible disabilities will be touched on.  

The fourth section will cover the difference between equality and equity. 

Following on from that, we’ll look at the social model of disability.  

The next section will cover potential types of assistance that can be given to disabled individuals. 

The section after that will look at some of the basics of etiquette when interacting with disabled individuals.  

Finally, we’ll briefly look at the Disability Confidence Framework.  

You can view the introduction video for the Disability Equality Awareness course below.

 

Is this for me? 

This course has been carefully designed for carers, support workers, nurses and managers who want to learn more about Disability Equality Awareness. As specialists in providing staffing solutions Halo Staffing’s courses are relevant for many industries including health and social care for carers, support workers, nurses and managers. Completing this course will ensure that you are fully up to date with relevant content to provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in your field. On successful completion of this course, you will be issued with a certificate and digital badge valid for 1 year.

Why should I take this course? 

You should take this course if it’s necessary for you or your team to keep and protect people from harm and abuse and if it’s important for you to treat disabled individuals equally and equitably. Keeping in line with the Equality Act 2010. 

What will I learn? 

This course will provide you and/or your team with an understanding of the basics of what you need to know in order to be able to begin treating disabled individuals appropriately, what a disability is, what the Equality Act 2010 is, what indirect and direct discrimination is, what the difference between equality and equity is, what assistance can be given to disabled individuals and what the disability confidence framework is. You will also learn about the concept of visible versus invisible disabilities.  

Course Duration: 30 minutes to 1 hour