Diversity & Social Responsibility (D&SRC)

Chair: Dr Tanya Banfield

Purpose:

The role of the DSR Committee is to raise awareness, create dialogues and monitor policies on fairness of opportunities and social responsibility within UKATA.

Aims:

Our aims fall into three categories:

1. The practical or administrative

2. The professional requirements and recommendations for good practice

3. The psychological impact we wish to have, which is to offer a significant contribution to a culture that honors diversity and social responsibility in UKATA.

What follows is further clarification in these three areas:

At the Administrative Level we aim to:

Collect data about our membership and monitor fairness of opportunities about access to training, services and attaining qualifications
Monitor UKATA membership’s access to Fairness of Opportunity and inform Council of the results
Keep up to date with National & European law and use this information to keep policies relevant
Keep current with UKCP policy and practice
Liaise with UKATA admin and get feedback on data on membership and make recommendations.
Liaise with TASC concerning fairness of opportunity with RTEs. This can account for access to training as well as progressing with qualifications.
Keep up to date with relevant National and European law and use this information to keep policies up to date and relevant.

At the Professional Level we aim to:

Draft a reading list with notes on race, ethnicity, culture, disability, neurodiversity, gender, age, sexual orientation for members and service users
Provide materials which outline ethical and legal responsibilities of practitioners
Establish best practice through conferences, meetings and publications
Establish new guidelines for practice and training.
Promote best practices through conferences, meetings and publications.
Offer guidelines for practice and training
Maintain a regular column in the Transactional Analysis magazine
Keep up awareness of the relevance of context by discussing social and political events in regular meetings and reporting back to council and membership.

At the Psychological Level we aim to:

Encourage dialogue on themes of diversity and social responsibility to boost confidence and enthusiasm in our community
Promote awareness and reflection in order to invite consciousness of anti-oppressive practice
Attend to our process as a committee to model our aspiration of democracy and plurality
Promote awareness and encourage reflection on these themes in order to invite greater consciousness of power dynamics