F. Equality, diversity and anti-discriminatory practice

Q53. How do you actively promote equality and diversity in the home?

By embedding it into placement plans, routines, food, faith, language, communication support, identity, hair and skin care, activities, staffing culture and the physical environment. At provider level, I also expect monthly EDI monitoring, action planning and challenge where disproportionality appears.

Q54. How do you challenge discriminatory language or behaviour from staff or children?

Immediately, calmly and clearly. We make the child or adult safe, address the language or behaviour, record it as a prejudice-based incident where appropriate, support the person affected, use restorative and educational work where safe, and escalate formally if the concern is serious or repeated.

Q55. How do you make sure care responds to culture, religion, language, identity and disability?

Through good referral information, direct conversations with the child, reasonable adjustments, communication support, cultural and faith planning, and by checking that these things are actually delivered rather than written nicely once in a plan.

Q56. How do you know the home's practice is anti-discriminatory, not just the policy?

I look for evidence in records, complaints, sanctions, restraint data, activity access, children's feedback, supervision and the day-to-day language used by staff. I also review whether certain children are experiencing poorer outcomes or more restrictions and, if so, what leaders are doing about it.

Q57. Give an example of when you made a positive difference for someone experiencing discrimination.

Use a real example from your own practice rather than a generic story. A strong structure is: what discrimination or exclusion was happening, what you noticed or were told, what immediate action you took, what practical adjustment or challenge you put in place, how you involved the young person, and what changed as a result.