The course will examine the legal, regulatory and ethical considerations brought about by the changing society within which we live and promote best practice in adopting, encouraging and managing diversity.

Support is provided for up to 12 months but it is entirely up to you how quickly you work through the course. The estimated study time is 60 hours so if you average around 5 hours a week study you would complete in 3-4 months.

The Valuing Diversity in the Workplace Level 2 course is delivered hard copy in folders which contain your learning material, assignments and study guide.

Support is provided throughout the course via a tutor who can be emailed at any time should you come across anything you are unsure of. There is also a support team by telephone.

Valuing Diversity in the Workplace Level 2 is split into five units. At the end of each unit you will complete an assignment which you will email to your tutor. An assignment is a set of questions based upon the unit you have just studied. Your tutor will mark your work and give you feedback. If there are any areas for improvements or anything that you have misunderstood you will always have the opportunity to re-submit.

The good news is there are no exams! Once you have completed all the assignments you complete the course.

Unit 1: Introduction

• Understanding Diversity
• Stereotyping and Prejudice
• The case for valuing diversity:
  Ethics and Values
  Changes in Society
  People management
  Legislation
• Making the full use of human resources

Unit 2: The Equality Strands

• Sex
• Race
• Disability
• Sexual Orientation
• Religion or belief
• Gender reassignment
• Age

Unit 3: Discrimination

• What kind of discrimination?
• What is direct discrimination?
• What is less favourable treatment?
• What is indirect discrimination?
• Disability discrimination
• Victimisation
• Harassment and Bullying

Unit 4: Key legislation

• Equal Pay Act 1970
• Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
• Sex Discrimination Act 1975
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995
• Human Rights Act 1998
• Employment Act 2002
• Race Relations Act 1976 (Amendment) Regulations 2003
• Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003
• Sex Discrimination Burden of Proof Regulations 2003

Unit 5: Adopting and Promoting Good Practice

• With customer and clients
• With colleagues
• With employees
• Managing, adopting and encouraging diversity
• Moving from compliance to best practice

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

The course has been endorsed under the ABC Awards and Certa Awards Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Kendal Publishing Ltd has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 2 against level descriptors published by Ofqual to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by Kendal Publishing Ltd to meet specific learners and/or employers requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. ABC Awards/Certa endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

ABC Awards and Certa Awards have long-established reputations for providing high quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. ABC Awards and Certa Awards also offer regulated qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14: all are developed with the support of relevant stakeholders to ensure that they meet the needs and standards of employers across the UK

*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual/CCEA/Qualification Wales