I did my first night shift for Dover Hall on Tuesday, it was tiring and quiet. Whilst on my shift I overheard one of my colleagues tell a resident that it was bedtime at around 8:40pm. It is essential that service users are at the heart of the provision. She said ''Come on it's time to go to bed Beryl, it's getting late.'' This is discrimination as it's taking away her choices (empowering). I felt Beryl was being took away from socialisation as other residents were still up.
C.
Hi Cally
ReplyDeleteI was interested to read your comments about your experience at Dover Hall and the comment you overheard from a colleague regarding a resident's choice of their bedtime. You are right, taking away an individual's choice is discriminatory and made me consider the difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in the SEN school where I am working.