1 Cultural Competency Isela Arras, Kentucky Domestic Violence Association [email protected] 502-209-5382
Cultural Competency
Jun 29, 2015
Powerpoint accompanying workshop session from the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky's 2013 conference. Presented by Isela Arras, Kentucky Domestic Violence Association
Social Service providers are charged with the ethical responsibility to be culturally competent. This workshop
applies the three presumptions about the dominant culture – innocence, worthiness, and competence – to the
roles of social service providers in a practical manner, allowing participants to have clear examples illustrating the
importance of cultural competent practice, social service provision, interactions and policies. This workshop is
hands-on and participant-driven, creating a framework for participants to utilize these presumptions when striving
for culturally competent practice.
Social Service providers are charged with the ethical responsibility to be culturally competent. This workshop
applies the three presumptions about the dominant culture – innocence, worthiness, and competence – to the
roles of social service providers in a practical manner, allowing participants to have clear examples illustrating the
importance of cultural competent practice, social service provision, interactions and policies. This workshop is
hands-on and participant-driven, creating a framework for participants to utilize these presumptions when striving
for culturally competent practice.
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Cultural Competency
Isela Arras, Kentucky Domestic Violence Association
502-209-5382
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NASW Definition:Cultural Competency
Refers to the process by which individuals and systems respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, languages, classes, races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, and other diversity factors in a manner that recognizes, affirms, and values the worth of individuals, families, and communities and protects and preserves the dignity of each.
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Cultural Competency
What is cultural competency?
How do we define cultural competency?
Any definition of cultural competency should focus on US, not THEM
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What patient would you rather have?
___A is kind and appreciative. She cannot talk too much, but is otherwise communicative. She is friendly, fearless, and inquisitive. She looks good and is relatively self-sufficient. She asks about the nurse's well-being and sleeps through the night.
___B is self-centered. He cries, and can’t walk or talk. He is incontinent and can't feed himself. He is bald, and cranky. He wakes up at all hours of the night.
___C is grouchy, and something of a hypochondriac. He is scraggly-looking. He needs help walking, but can take care of himself when he reaches his destination. He sleeps, but not a lot.
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A B C
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Three Presumptions
1.Innocence2.Worthiness3.Competence
Handout: Vision, Privilege, and the Limits of Tolerance
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Presumption of Innocence
I know that I have dominant culture privilege because I get the presumption of innocence.
When something goes wrong around me, people do not look to me first, or even second, as a probable cause of the problem.
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Presumption of Worthiness The presumption that I am worthy, deserving and good enough to receive
attention, services, respect, and the benefit of the doubt.
This presumption can operate in many different contexts. As a white, upper middle class, heterosexual who does not have a visible disability, I will be taken at face value as a good candidate for a bank loan, a desired applicant for a job, a sought-after buyer of a house, and a customer who should be served as soon as possible.
This presumption is strengthened if I am with my partner, who is a similarly privileged white man.
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Presumption of Competence
The last presumption given to members of the dominant culture is the presumption of competence.
In all of the jobs I have ever had, I was always treated as if I was competent, and then given the autonomy, encouragement, and feedback to prove it.
In nearly all of the experiences I ever had or continue to have as a student, I walk in and I am given the presumption of competence.
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Example: Anita Green
Read case example in groups
How can we afford Anita Green: Innocence
Worthiness
Competence
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Implications for…
Practice Policies Procedures
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Contact Information
Isela Arras, [email protected] Domestic Violence AssociationDirector of Training502-209-5382859-388-0844
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