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    Cultural competence is the ability to understand and appropriately interact with people from different cultures. It involves developing cultural awareness and sensitivity through self-reflection on one's own cultural identity, knowledge of other cultural groups, and adapting one's thinking and behaviors to different cultural contexts. As a social worker, developing cultural competence is important for effectively serving diverse client groups in a socially just manner that respects cultural differences and advocates for equal access and opportunity.

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    Cultural competence is the ability to understand and appropriately interact with people from different cultures. It involves developing cultural awareness and sensitivity through self-reflection on one's own cultural identity, knowledge of other cultural groups, and adapting one's thinking and behaviors to different cultural contexts. As a social worker, developing cultural competence is important for effectively serving diverse client groups in a socially just manner that respects cultural differences and advocates for equal access and opportunity.

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    Cultural Competence

    “Whenever people of different races come


    together in groups, leaders can assume that
    race is an issue, but not necessarily a
    problem.”
    CULTURAL COMPETENCE
    Developing cultural sensitivity:

    Ability to perceive others through their own cultural


    lens

    Knowledge of specific beliefs and values in the


    client’s community

    Personal comfort with differences


    CULTURAL COMPETENCE
    Developing cultural sensitivity (cont.):

    Willingness to change previous ideas and stereotypes

    The ability to be flexible and adapt one’s thinking and


    behavior in novel settings

    Skills to sort through diverse information about a


    community in order to understand how it might apply
    to particular individuals
    Cultural Competence
    Cultural competence can be learned.

    ** Worker should engage in


    a process of self-exploration.**
    Cultural Competence
    Self-exploration of culture:

    Have awareness of own cultural limitations

    Open to cultural differences

    Acknowledge the integrity of other cultures


    Social Justice
     Be intentional about having a diverse group
    membership – avoid tokenization of members.
     Separate psychological issues from socially
    constructed biases that may appear as
    psychological problems.
     Facilitate consciousness raising and creating
    an awareness of social justice by processing
    issues of oppression as they come up in group.
     Use structured program activities to discuss
    issues of privilege and oppression.
    Cultural Competence
    Developing Cultural Sensitivity in Groups:
    Explore feelings about own identity and how
    this might affect interaction with members
    from other backgrounds
    - Values
    - Beliefs
    - Skills
    Cultural Competence
    Developing Cultural Sensitivity in Groups
    (cont.):
    - become familiar with backgrounds of
    client groups with whom you work with
    - research literature
    - visit the cultural community
    - interview key respondents
    - become participant observer
    Cultural Competence
    Developing Cultural Sensitivity in Groups
    (cont.):
    ** Acknowledge the effect of societal
    attitudes on members of diverse groups
    (prejudice, stereotyping,
    racism/discrimination, superiority,
    themes: race, class, age, ability, sexuality,
    etc.) **
    Cultural Competence
    Assessing Cultural Influences on Group Behavior:

    Participation
    Interaction with sponsorship of group
    Optimize outreach efforts
    How members from diverse groups relate to each
    other and the leader
    Cultural Competence
    Assessing Cultural Influences on Group Behavior:

    Assess: language, communication (verbal &


    non-verbal), stylistic elements of
    communication, nuances of message,
    expectations, motivations for being in the
    group, power and control dynamics
    Cultural Competence
    Intervening with cultural sensitivity:

    Use social work values and skills


    Use strengths perspective
    Exploring common and different experiences
    among members
    Exploring meanings and language
    Cultural Competence
    Intervening with cultural sensitivity:

    Challenging prejudice and discrimination


    Advocating for members
    Empowering members
    Using culturally appropriate techniques and
    program activities
    Code of Ethics
    of the National Association of Social Workers
    Approved by the 1996 NASW Delegate Assembly and
    revised by the 2008 NASW Delegate Assembly
     Value: Social Justice
     Ethical Principle: Social workers challenge social injustice.
    Social workers pursue social change, particularly with and on
    behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of
    people. Social workers’ social change efforts are focused
    primarily on issues of poverty, unemployment, discrimination,
    and other forms of social injustice. These activities seek to
    promote sensitivity to and knowledge about oppression and
    cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers strive to ensure
    access to needed information, services, and resources; equality
    of opportunity; and meaningful participation in decision
    making for all people.
    Ethical Standards
     1.05 Cultural Competence and Social Diversity
     (a) Social workers should understand culture and its function in
    human behavior and society, recognizing the strengths that exist in all
    cultures.
     (b) Social workers should have a knowledge base of their clients’
    cultures and be able to demonstrate competence in the provision of
    services that are sensitive to clients’ cultures and to differences among
    people and cultural groups.
     (c) Social workers should obtain education about and seek to
    understand the nature of social diversity and oppression with respect
    to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender
    identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion,
    immigration status, and mental or physical disability.
    Ethical Standards
     6.01 Social Welfare
     Social workers should promote the general
    welfare of society, from local to global
    levels, and the development of people, their
    communities, and their environments. Social
    workers should advocate for living
    conditions conducive to the fulfillment of
    basic human needs and should promote
    social, economic, political, and cultural
    values and institutions that are compatible
    with the realization of social justice.
    Ethical Standards
    6.04 Social and Political Action
    (a) Social workers should engage in social and political action that seeks to ensure that all
    people have equal access to the resources, employment, services, and opportunities they
    require to meet their basic human needs and to develop fully. Social workers should be
    aware of the impact of the political arena on practice and should advocate for changes in
    policy and legislation to improve social conditions in order to meet basic human needs and
    promote social justice.
    (b) Social workers should act to expand choice and opportunity for all people, with special
    regard for vulnerable, disadvantaged, oppressed, and exploited people and groups.
    (c) Social workers should promote conditions that encourage respect for cultural and social
    diversity within the United States and globally. Social workers should promote policies
    and practices that demonstrate respect for difference, support the expansion of cultural
    knowledge and resources, advocate for programs and institutions that demonstrate cultural
    competence, and promote policies that safeguard the rights of and confirm equity and
    social justice for all people.
    (d) Social workers should act to prevent and eliminate domination of, exploitation of, and
    discrimination against any person, group, or class on the basis of race, ethnicity, national
    origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status,
    political belief, religion, immigration status, or mental or physical disability.

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