The health and social care workforce play such an important role in upholding people’s rights, but what does this look like and feel like in practice?
In this session, we will explore what taking a human rights-based approach means, what the challenges are and how we can navigate these to put rights into practice.
We encourage you to bring your questions, examples and curiosity as we explore human rights leadership in health and social care.
What you can expect:
We will start the session with an introduction from our guest contributor, Sarah McDermott who will provide us an opening perspective. Then participants will be put into smaller groups to allow for deeper reflection and conversation.
Prior to this event, to help inform our conversations, we encourage you to have a look at some optional, suggested reading on this topic:
About Diversity Coffee Connect:
The Leading to Change Diversity Coffee Connect programme aims to provide a safe learning space to connect with others across the sectors and have important, informal conversations about equality, diversity and inclusion. The sessions are open to leaders at all levels and stages across social care, social work and health in Scotland.
Sarah McDermott
- Role:
- Specialist Lead, NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
Sarah’s role focusses on building the capability of the Health and Social Care workforce on human rights. This project is set within the context of the Scottish Government’s proposed Human Rights Bill which intends to establish new human rights duties for public bodies.
Prior to joining NES, she has worked at Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), supporting professionals to understand children’s rights and how they apply in in practice through providing bespoke support, training and co-creating a Skills and Knowledge Framework for the workforce. Sarah holds an Honours Degree in Law with French and a Masters Degree in Human Rights Law. She has worked in policy roles for the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland’s Office where she led on work to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots Law. She was also the Policy Principal for the Children’s Commissioner for Jersey where she produced the Office’s report to the UN Committee as well as providing substantial analysis of children’s rights concerns while emergency legislation was being passed during the pandemic to support positive change.
