How do social workers deal with cultural differences?

Be self-aware – remember your personal cultural values and beliefs. Remember the service user is the expert of their experience, adopt a position of ‘not knowing’ and be ready to learn. Reflect on the power of language. Resist tokenism or simple ‘box ticking’ as a means of evidencing your cultural competence.

What are three examples of cultural differences?

Nine national cultural value differences

• Individualism vs. Collectivism.
• Power Distance. In high Power Distance societies, hierarchical systems of assigned roles organise behaviour.
• Uncertainty Avoidance.
• Orientation to Time.
• Gender Egalitarianism.
• Assertiveness.
• Being vs.
• Humane Orientation.

Is there a relationship between cultural diversity and Human Services?

We believe that the relationship between cultural diversity and human services is tenu- ous, at best. This chapter highlights why, with so much cultural diversity in the United States, and so many professionals interested in understanding this topic, the needs of many of America’s families are still not being met

How to manage cultural diversity in community care?

Working in community care means being prepared to learn and work within cultural interpretations that may not be your own. Organisational examples include being prepared to grapple with the challenges that cultural difference offers to long held notions of ‘business as usual’.

What makes a culturally competent system of care?

A culturally competent system of care acknowledges and incorporates—at all levels—the importance of culture, the assessment of cross-cultural relations, vigilance towards the dynamics that result from cultural differences, the expansion of cultural knowledge, and the adaptation of services to meet culturally 1unique needs.

Which is an example of a cultural difference?

An individual example includes considering cultural difference as being involved when misunderstandings occur, or where the client disengages. Working in community care means being prepared to learn and work within cultural interpretations that may not be your own.