Screening Grid Could this policy, Assessment of Provide details: Could this policy, procedure, project or procedure, project or potential impact a) Is internal action required? If yes service promote equal opportunities for service, or any proposed HIGH/MEDIUM what? this group? Characteristic changes to it, affect this LOW/NONE b) Is further assessment required? If YES/NO - Explain how good practice can group less favourably than UNKNOWN yes, why? promote equal opportunities others in Kent? YES/NO Internal action must be included in If yes you must provide detail If yes how? Positive Negative Action Plan Age No. Any changes impacts on Further assessment is required - a public Yes the new service will be able to – all parents of childbearing consultation process must be carried out identify and target teenage parents more age with additional needs prior to change. Additionally, the updated effectively as they already provide a around infant feeding. specification will require effective universal service and therefore they see all Teenage parents are a monitoring of service users in relation families with new children in Kent. specific priority. to age to identify any equity issues of accessibility. Disability No. The proposed plan Further assessment is required - a public Yes the new service should be able to – ensures that additional need consultation process must be carried out identify and target disabled people more for groups requiring additional prior to change to ensure that proposals effectively as they provide a universal support will be identified meet the needs of parents and do not service and therefore they see all families through the universal health have a disproportionate impact on people with new children in Kent. It should be visiting offer, and adjustments with disabilities. Additionally, the updated noted that there is a lack of detailed will be made to ensure it is specification will require effective knowledge about these users which we accessible to all potential monitoring of service users in relation to would need to ask the Health Visiting service users. disability to identify any equity issues of Service to provide. accessibility. Implementation of the Accessible Information Standard would need to be demonstrated. Meeting the training needs of staff regarding disability awareness would support the Service to meet the needs of women with disabilities.
Screening Grid Characteristic Could this policy, procedure, project or service, or any proposed changes to it, affect this group less favourably than others in Kent? YES/NO If yes how? Assessment of potential impact HIGH/MEDIUM LOW/NONE UNKNOWN Provide details: a) Is internal action required? If yes what? b) Is further assessment required? If yes, why? Could this policy, procedure, project or service promote equal opportunities for this group? YES/NO - Explain how good practice can promote equal opportunities Positive Negative Internal action must be included in Action Plan If yes you must provide detail Age No. Any changes impacts on all parents of childbearing age with additional needs around infant feeding. Teenage parents are a specific priority. Further assessment is required - a public consultation process must be carried out prior to change. Additionally, the updated specification will require effective monitoring of service users in relation to age to identify any equity issues of accessibility. Yes – the new service will be able to identify and target teenage parents more effectively as they already provide a universal service and therefore they see all families with new children in Kent. Disability No. The proposed plan ensures that additional need for groups requiring additional support will be identified through the universal health visiting offer, and adjustments will be made to ensure it is accessible to all potential service users. Further assessment is required - a public consultation process must be carried out prior to change to ensure that proposals meet the needs of parents and do not have a disproportionate impact on people with disabilities. Additionally, the updated specification will require effective monitoring of service users in relation to disability to identify any equity issues of accessibility. Implementation of the Accessible Information Standard would need to be demonstrated. Meeting the training needs of staff regarding disability awareness would support the Service to meet the needs of women with disabilities. Yes – the new service should be able to identify and target disabled people more effectively as they provide a universal service and therefore they see all families with new children in Kent. It should be noted that there is a lack of detailed knowledge about these users which we would need to ask the Health Visiting Service to provide.
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