Cultural Competency Action Plan There are ten standards of Cultural Competency that social workers must meet through their practice. Each standard tackles a different aspect in finally reaching cultural competency.
Standard 1: Ethics and Values In this standard, it is about “recognizing how personal and professional values may conflict” (Lum, 2011, p.28). I am not a religious person. However, I know when I need to put my beliefs aside in order to respect religions. When visiting a mosque, I was required to wear a headscarf. Personally, I do not think a headscarf will do anything for me but I was entering a space where this was expected. This experience shows appropriate behavior in a cultural setting.
Standard 2: Self- Awareness In this …show more content…
As of now, I do not have much understanding of any popular cultural groups. Through the cultural immersion assignment, I have gained some insight on the cultures I chose. This assignment gave me confidence to attend events out of my comfort zone. With this new found confidence, I do plan on expanding my cultural knowledge.
Standard 4: Cross- Cultural Skills This standard puts your new cultural knowledge to use with future clients because you must be able to use their culture to better help them (Lum, 2011, p.29). I have already started doing this in a way. I am a Big Sister with Big Brother Big Sister of Atlanta. My little is a part of different cultures than I am. She is a believer of God while I do not believe in God. However, I use her religion to motivate her. She has a lot of problems at school that God gives her a sense of security. I am happy to include her religion into our conversations if she is benefiting from it.
Standard 5: Service Delivery To meet this standard, social workers must know about the resources around their community (Lum, 2011, p.29). I currently do not know about any necessary resources around my area. Without this knowledge, I will not be able to refer clients to different places. I do know the importance of knowing various resources, so I will fix …show more content…
I have not promoted for this to be a rule but have translated at an elementary school. This experience showed me the need for more translators to be available. There were only 5 volunteer translators running from class to class. As a social worker, I will use this experience to push for more translators.
Standard 10: Cross- Cultural Leadership This standard focuses on teaching other professions about the “diverse client groups” we have (Lum, 2011, p.29). I have only done this on an individual level. I do not have clients yet but I am outspoken to my family on the clients I should be having in the future. I do plan on speaking to others about the diverse population because their needs are supposed to be met. Social Workers cannot do everything so if other workers need to expand their job requirements.
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Standard 1: Ethics and Values In this standard, it is about “recognizing how personal and professional values may conflict” (Lum, 2011, p.28). I am not a religious person. However, I know when I need to put my beliefs aside in order to respect religions. When visiting a mosque, I was required to wear a headscarf. Personally, I do not think a headscarf will do anything for me but I was entering a space where this was expected. This experience shows appropriate behavior in a cultural setting.
Standard 2: Self- Awareness In this …show more content…
As of now, I do not have much understanding of any popular cultural groups. Through the cultural immersion assignment, I have gained some insight on the cultures I chose. This assignment gave me confidence to attend events out of my comfort zone. With this new found confidence, I do plan on expanding my cultural knowledge.
Standard 4: Cross- Cultural Skills This standard puts your new cultural knowledge to use with future clients because you must be able to use their culture to better help them (Lum, 2011, p.29). I have already started doing this in a way. I am a Big Sister with Big Brother Big Sister of Atlanta. My little is a part of different cultures than I am. She is a believer of God while I do not believe in God. However, I use her religion to motivate her. She has a lot of problems at school that God gives her a sense of security. I am happy to include her religion into our conversations if she is benefiting from it.
Standard 5: Service Delivery To meet this standard, social workers must know about the resources around their community (Lum, 2011, p.29). I currently do not know about any necessary resources around my area. Without this knowledge, I will not be able to refer clients to different places. I do know the importance of knowing various resources, so I will fix …show more content…
I have not promoted for this to be a rule but have translated at an elementary school. This experience showed me the need for more translators to be available. There were only 5 volunteer translators running from class to class. As a social worker, I will use this experience to push for more translators.
Standard 10: Cross- Cultural Leadership This standard focuses on teaching other professions about the “diverse client groups” we have (Lum, 2011, p.29). I have only done this on an individual level. I do not have clients yet but I am outspoken to my family on the clients I should be having in the future. I do plan on speaking to others about the diverse population because their needs are supposed to be met. Social Workers cannot do everything so if other workers need to expand their job requirements.
Social Action