Cultural Competence

Details of assignment:

• 2,000 words
• Harvard Referencing
• Be critical in assignment and provide evidence to back up all point made.

Q. How useful is the concept of cultural competence for contemporary social work practice?
Suggested readings and materials
Devore, W., & Schiesinger, E. G. (1996). Ethnic-sensitive social work practice (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon
Edwards, J. B. (2016). Cultural intelligence for clinical social work practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 44(3), 211–220
Fisher-Borne, M., Cain, J. M., & Martin, S. L. (2015). From mastery to accountability: Cultural humility as an alternative to cultural competence. Social Work Education, 34(2), 165–181
Hendricks, C. O. (2003). Learning and teaching cultural competence in the practice of social work. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 23(1–2), 73–86
Jack, G. & Gill, O. (2012) Developing cultural competence for social work with families living in poverty, European Journal of Social Work1, 16(2)
Korbin, J. (2002) Culture and child maltreatment: cultural competence and beyond, Child Abuse & Neglect 26 (2002) 637–644.
Lum, D. (2007). Culturally competent practice: A framework for growth and action (3rd ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Lum, D. (2003). Culturally competent practice: A framework for understanding diverse groups and justice issues (2nd ed.). Toronto: Wadsworth.
Lum, D. (2010). Culturally competent practice: A framework for understanding diverse groups and justice issues (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning
Nylund, D. (2005) ‘Critical multiculturalism, “whiteness” and social work: Towards a more radical view of cultural competence’, Journal of Progressive Human Services, 17 (2): 27-41.
Williams, C. (2006). The epistemology of cultural competence. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 87(2), 209–220