Promoting equality, diversity and inclusion throughout social care

Throughout this online short course, you’ll look at your own experiences and case studies from employees and employers around the world to analyse the critical role language use, identity claims, and culture can play in interactions you may have with others in a range of professional settings.

The ‘Confident with difference’ resource supports you to consider how well diversity is embraced within your organisation and how you could improve.

On this four-week course from London’s Workforce Race strategy team and the NHS Leadership Academy, you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the concept of allyship. Focusing on real examples from the health and care sector, you’ll learn when and how you can be an ally to the people in your organisation.

Click here to apply for free access to FutureLearn courses and programmes designed by the NHS if you work in UK health and care and meet the eligibility requirements.

The importance of inclusive leadership is increasingly understood and sought after across almost every industry. This includes the health and care sector, and managers and supervisors need to develop these leadership skills if they want to stay relevant in the workplace. This six-week course from the NHS Leadership Academy will help you to do just that.

Click here to apply for free access to FutureLearn courses and programmes designed by the NHS if you work in UK health and care and meet the eligibility requirements.

Develop inclusive and compassionate leadership skills to ensure diversity and equality in the health and care industry.

Developing and maintaining healthy psychological contracts can be difficult but it’s an essential part of leadership. This five-week course explores how you, as a leader, can create psychological contracts that help ensure both equality and diversity.

Click here to apply for free access to FutureLearn courses and programmes designed by the NHS if you work in UK health and care and meet the eligibility requirements.

On this four-week course from NHS Leadership Academy, you’ll learn how to be disability positive as a manager. Guided by diversity and inclusion experts, you’ll learn how to support, celebrate, and advocate for your disabled colleagues. You’ll be able to use your training to create a culture of disability positivity in your team and workplace.

Click here to apply for free access to FutureLearn courses and programmes designed by the NHS if you work in UK health and care and meet the eligibility requirements.

On this four-week course from the London Race Strategy Team and the NHS Leadership Academy, you’ll learn what microaggressions look like, and what you can do to challenge them in any healthcare facility.

Click here to apply for free access to FutureLearn courses and programmes designed by the NHS if you work in UK health and care and meet the eligibility requirements.

This introductory course explores the concept of neurodiversity and inclusion at work and how to create a positive organisational culture that includes neurodivergent individuals. It will raise your awareness of neurodiversity and a strengths-based approach to including neurodivergent individuals at work. It does this while also encouraging you to reflect on yourself and take action (or not) where needed.

You will study Neurodiversity & Inclusion starting with an in-depth journey through Autism. You will also receive supplementary course learning materials on other neurodivergent profiles (e.g. dyslexia, dyspraxia, OCD, Tourette’s, and ADHD). You will also be introduced to the Positive Psychology topics of strengths, authenticity, and resilience and learn how to integrate a strengths-based and person-centred/led approach into your professional practice.

The modules are primarily aimed at those from ethnic minority backgrounds as they’ve been designed to support learners to deal with specific challenges they may face in the sector, and to help build confidence to improve equality, diversity and inclusion within their organisation. However, the modules may be of interest to anyone, at any level, who is interested in EDI and how to improve this within their organisation.

This guidance (last updated in January 2024) provides key information on culturally appropriate care for providers, including how it is relevant to CQC’s regulations and key questions. The guidance includes the following sections:

• Culturally appropriate care
• Key points about culturally appropriate care
• Examples of culturally appropriate care
• Cultural values

The ‘examples of culturally appropriate care’ section is particularly useful as it highlights various aspects of care where providers must consider cultural influences, such as religious or spiritual practices, food and drink preferences, and more.

In this newsletter we focus on culturally appropriate care—a vital element of health and social care that ensures individuals’ unique needs, preferences, and values remain at the heart of their care journey.

This guide was developed to promote understanding and awareness of culturally appropriate care, enabling professionals to embed it into everyday practice. It focuses on supporting people with learning disabilities, autistic people, and those with dementia, while also considering the experiences of individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds and the LGBT+ community. The guide is complemented by a directory of resource links and a webpage featuring a variety of training materials.

This resource has been developed with Department of Health funding. It’s main aim is to
enable leaders and managers in social care to support and develop their workforce who are
working with people with dementia from different cultures and backgrounds.

This Diverse by Design for adult social care workbook sets out 15 elements that we believe are fundamental in helping adult social care organisations to embed fair values, systems, and behaviours. It builds on the work and resources of the Diverse by Design Guide for council services, published by the Local Government Association (LGA) in 2021.

Everyone should have an equal opportunity to access high quality care and support to meet their individual needs and people should not be disadvantaged due to their background, culture or community.

In today’s multicultural society it is important for all healthcare professionals to understand the relationship between culture, equality and inclusive care giving. This short course will enhance your clinical practice through assisting you to gain an understanding of how these elements can impact on health and social care practice and its outcomes in terms of service user health and their wider well-being.

On this three-week course from Nottingham Business School, you’ll learn what it means to be neurodivergent. Approaching the issue from an HR and business perspective, you’ll learn how championing neurodiversity could make your workplace more productive, equal, and neuro-inclusive.

This online learning module is for staff who are new to working in Adult Social Care. It will support you in developing an awareness of ways to communicate effectively with the people in your care, so that you are better able to support them in a person-centred way.

Harnessing specialist training and taking every opportunity to learn about the lived experiences of neurodivergent staff will help leaders overcome unhelpful preconceptions, says Lex Harvey-Bryn FInstLM.

This online guide explains the concept of a ‘neuroinclusive culture’, and the steps that can be taken to support neurodivergent employees.

This research has been undertaken as a key action within the LSIP Intelligence theme of the Future Skills Sussex Improvement Framework, the action plan for the Local Skills Improvement Plan LSIP for the area. The original framework action stated the intention to “Build a picture of existing programmes to support people with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities SEND and those from disadvantaged groups into employment within key sectors”.

The aim of this guide is to help you, as a health and social care worker, to provide
dementia care, which corresponds to the needs and wishes of people from a wide
range of ethnic groups, especially minority ethnic groups.

New learning framework for knowledge, skills and values for working affirmatively with LGBTQ+ people in later life.

Can you imagine growing up feeling uncomfortable in your own skin? Can you imagine not being accepted by family, friends and society because you don’t quite fit in with everyone’s stereotypes/ideals?

If you can imagine all that, then imagine what an impact you can make to someone by having more awareness of LBGTQIA+ and being able to understand the challenges people face on a daily basis. Imagine a world where you are accepted as you are – no judgement, no preconceptions – YOU can be part of the change.

By attending this course you will gain an in depth understanding of gender, sexual identity, sexual orientation, and different terminologies. LGBTQIA+ and Transitioning Training isn’t just important in the workplace, or for the people you support at work, it is essential knowledge for everyone in order for us to live in an inclusive society where people are comfortable in their own skin.

Our team of professional trainers can either deliver our LGBTQIA+ and Transitioning Training face-to-face or online in a virtual classroom. Our online training sessions use Zoom video software and advanced online classroom technology to ensure that they are as engaging and interactive as our in-person sessions.

With as much as 20% of people experiencing neurodivergence, embracing these differences are essential to building stronger, more efficient teams. On this online microcredential, you’ll develop critical leadership skills to foster inclusive work environments and support your neurodivergent employees reach their full potential.

Welcome to the e-learning on Neurodiversity & Leadership, provided by Genius Within. Learn how to support neurodiverse colleagues and create a neuro-inclusive workplace.

There are 5 modules in this course:

1. How to have the conversation
2. Reasonable adjustments
3. Communication techniques and strategies
4. Performance management
5. How to create a neuro-inclusive workplace

The workbook below has been created to help you reflect on the learning from the five modules and consider how it is relevant to your role as Manager of a neurodiverse team. Click the title to download:

• Manager’s eLearning Workbook (PDF version)
• Manager’s eLearning Workbook (Word Document version)

By the end of the course participants should gain a thorough overview of the neurodiverse profile and the implications of this for workplace performance. You’ll also gain some practical ideas for making sure the work environment suits a diverse range of employees, and how to organise tasks so that people can work at their best.

This guidance is for managers in the health sector to support those they manage who are neurodivergent.

In health and social care, where collaboration, empathy, and understanding are essential for delivering high-quality care, creating an inclusive workplace for all staff is not just a goal—it’s a necessity. Supporting neurodivergent team members is a crucial part of building a more resilient, innovative, and adaptable workforce, where everyone’s unique abilities contribute to collective success. 

In this newsletter, we share courses and practical resources to cultivate a workplace where diverse thinking styles are celebrated, and every individual’s strengths are recognised. 

This guide is for people professionals and leaders across functions who want to learn more about neurodiversity, the benefits of having a neuroinclusive and fair organisation, and how they can support neurodivergent people to be comfortable, confident and successful at work.

The ability to build meaningful and trustworthy relationships with the individuals you support and care for is a vital part of your role as a care professional. However, professional boundaries are those rules and limits that prevent the lines between care professional and individuals in your care from becoming blurred. The ability to build meaningful and trustworthy relationships with the individuals you support and care for is a vital part of your role as a care professional. However, professional boundaries are those rules and limits that prevent the lines between care professional and individuals in your care from becoming blurred.

This report is intended as a review of current EDI activity in the LSIP Sussex geography, as well as a resource to support stakeholders to further improve their own EDI strategies. It underscores our collective dedication to creating a business landscape in Sussex that is fully inclusive, where every individual has the opportunity to thrive. The report has been created following discussion with many local businesses, hearing their experiences, insights, and best practices in crafting a comprehensive and practical approach to EDI in Sussex.

This religion and belief discrimination course will give an overview of key issues regarding equality, diversity, and human rights. Develop an understanding of the protected characteristics and know how to apply what you’ve learned in a health or social care environment.

Demonstrating equality, diversity and inclusivity in the workplace has many benefits to your organisation. People who are part of an equal and inclusive culture feel valued and empowered which supports in developing psychological safety. This in turn has a positive impact on workplace culture, helping to decrease sickness absence and improve retention rates and therefore improving organisational effectiveness.

This resource includes the diverse voices of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) people who engaged in the ‘It’s more than rainbows in
receptions’ project and shared their own experiences, values and opinions. It does not
aim to include or collectively represent all LGBTQ+ people but is intended to act as a
resource to prompt reflection and to help individuals and organisations listen more
closely, think more inclusively and take action to make positive change.