SW 312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: John Wiley & Sons, Intercultural Competence, Online Analytical Processing
1 Sep 2016
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Chapter 3: becoming culturally competent in social work practice. None of us can become fully knowledgeable about all the diverse groups in this nation and the world. Cultural competence is never fully achieved: developing cross-cultural skills must be seen as a lifelong process for social workers. Culturally competent social work practice involves the service provider"s acquisition of awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to function effectively in a pluralistic, democratic society. On an organizational and societal level, cultural competence means advocating effectively to develop new theories, practices, policies, and organizational structures that are more responsive to all groups. Some standards of cultural competence are: self-awareness, cross-cultural knowledge, cross-cultural skills, empowerment. Competency 1: becoming aware of one"s own values. Examination of the self is difficult due to the emotional impact of attitudes, beliefs, and feelings associated with cultural differences that may result in unintentional racism, sexism, heterosexism, etc. Worldviews are greatly shaped by group membership.
