Race Equality Week is an annual UK-wide movement uniting thousands of organisations and individuals, to address the barriers to race equality in the workplace. This year's theme is #EveryActionCounts.
Race Equality Week provides an opportunity for organisations to reflect on progress made and actions taken to create fairer and more equitable environment for everyone.
Understanding equality and equity
Equality means treating everyone the same, giving them the same resources and opportunities. Equity means recognising that people have different needs and providing support tailored to help everyone achieve the same outcome. It's important to note, that while we aim for equity in the workplace, the law protecting against discrimination is focused on equality and is called the 'Equality Act 2010'.
Blogs and articles
During the week we'll be publishing blogs and articles sharing actions that organisations and individuals have taken to drive positive change in the workplace. The first article will be published on Monday 3 February.
Resources to support equality, diversity and inclusivity in the workplace
There are lots of different characteristics that set individuals apart from each other, such as someone’s ethnicity or religion, their gender and sexuality, age or if they have a disability. All these characteristics could lead to varying levels of discrimination and privilege.
We have a range of resources to support employers to build inclusive and equitable workplace cultures and develop more diverse and compassionate leaders.
Explore the resources:
Supporting a diverse workforce: Understanding racism
This introductory overview gives a current thinking and understanding about racism. It encourages reflection and discussion around understanding racism and the legal context, providing an opportunity to identify any actions to take forward.
Within the document you'll find the 3 A's model which is a great tool to use to capture you and your teams awareness of issues experienced, appreciation and reflections of any issues, and allows you to capture any actions you'll take moving forwards.
Access Supporting a diverse workforce: Understanding racism
What it really means to work in adult social care
During Black History Month 2024 we spoke to a range of Black individuals about why they love working in adult social care and why diversity in the workplace is so important.
Watch the videos
Confident with difference
This resource is made up of four short films, each around three to four minutes long. Each film is accompanied by an activity to generate discussions to consider how well diversity is embraced within your organisation and how you could improve.
This is a great resource to use with your teams in a team meeting.
Access Confident with difference
Culturally Appropriate Care - Supporting individuals from ethnic minority groups and backgrounds
These training and information resources can be used to help with learning around ways to find out more about the person you’re supporting by understanding the difference between direct and indirect discrimination.
You can use or adapt the training materials to deliver them at your own organisation. They can help with developing a broader understanding of how to relate and work more effectively with people from diverse cultures.
Access Culturally Appropriate Care - Supporting individuals from ethnic minority groups and backgrounds
A positive culture toolkit for adult social care
This toolkit is for anyone responsible for the culture, management and leadership in adult social care workplaces of all sizes. It will support managers at different stages of their workplace culture journey to establish, maintain and improve workplace culture so that it’s inclusive, compassionate and collaborative.
You’ll find checklists, other resources and best practice examples to enable you to analyse your workplace culture and identify actions.
Access the positive culture toolkit
SC-WRES Improvement Programme
The Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme supports organisations to address evidence of inequality through the collection and analysis of their workforce against nine key metrics, enabling the development of action plans to drive tangible change and improvement.
Find out more about the SC-WRES
Creating a positive workplace culture seminar
Join our interactive online seminar to create a workplace culture of inclusivity, compassion, and collaboration. This engaging and interactive seminar offers hands-on learning opportunities to help you build confidence in fostering a positive work environment.
Key highlights include practical exercises using the Culture Iceberg model and positive culture toolkit, methods for challenging and changing workplace norms and negative cultures whilst planning constructive next steps.
Find out more and book
Moving Up
Our Moving Up programme supports Black and Asian managers or aspiring managers in health and social care to overcome challenges and progress their career. The programme gives participants an increased understanding of who they are, their strengths and weaknesses and a variety of techniques to help overcome any personal challenges. You can register your interest for the April cohort now.
Find out more
Creating an inclusive organisation eLearning modules
These two eLearning modules are for anyone working in social care who’d like to learn more about equality, diversity and inclusion. They explore the barriers to career progression that people from ethnic minority backgrounds often face and will support learners to build confidence to improve equality, diversity and inclusion within their organisation.
The modules cost £55 each or £100 for both.
Find out more about the ‘Creating an inclusive organisation’ eLearning
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