MSW5001 Week 2 | Environment and Society in Urban Planning and Policy - Northcentral university

MSW5001 Human Behaviour and the Social Environment Week 2 Assignment Develop a Cultural Competence Resource & Reflection

Instructions

Social workers often encounter people from diverse backgrounds. It is helpful – indeed critical – for social workers to study the characteristics of various diverse populations. It is equally as important that they are open to engaging clients as experts in their own experience. In this assignment, you assume the role of learner. Your goal is to understand how diversity and difference shape the human experience and play a role in identity development, as well as to gain a deeper understanding of a selected population’s cultural needs by viewing them as experts on their own experience. Choose a population with which you are not familiar. This can be a population defined by age, class, color, culture, disability and ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, marital status, political ideology, race, religion/ spirituality, sex, sexual orientation, and tribal sovereign status. Briefly explain why you chose this particular population. Based on critical aspects of cultural competence identified in this week’s readings, prepare a list of ten questions aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of your population’s cultural needs. These are not questions that you would necessarily ask a client, but academic questions aimed at improving cultural competence. Prepare a two-paragraph response to each of your questions. In the first paragraph, explain why you believe the question would assist you in gaining a better understanding of the population’s social work needs. In the second paragraph, present a simple answer to the actual question based on the week’s readings and/or research of the social work literature. Finally, conclude your assignment with a brief personal self-reflection on your own background, values, and relationship style and how those characteristics might make it both easier and more difficult to work with your identified population. Discuss the role of social work professional values in the working relationship between you and a client in this population. Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included. Total Length: 4-6 pages, not including title and reference pages Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy. Upload your document, and then click the Submit to Dropbox button.