Cultural Humility
Part II (4 pages) : The purpose of this part of the assignment is for you to summarizes your understanding of generalist Social Work practice with an oppressed group.
Specifically, describe what you think it would be like as a social worker to work with clients from an oppressed population.Select one oppressed group you are interested in learning more about. If you are member of an oppressed group, choose a different group.
For example, if you select gender and you are a woman, then you can explore transgender, or males, or some other gender orientation. If you have a learning disability and select disabilities, you need to explore a different disability.
You can choose a group from one of the following categories:Ability/disabilitySocial ClasGenderReligionSexual orientationRace or ethnicityRead about this group and how to engage in culturally competent practice from each of the following three sources:1.a social work textbook2. the Encyclopedia of Social Work3. professional social work journalBased on your academic reading:Provide a brief history of how your chosen group has been oppressed Discuss three of the following areas with regard to the oppressed group you haveGeneral information about family structures within this group (for example, nuclear, extended, single-parent)Education disparitiesHealth concerns and disparitiesHow might members of this group access and respond to mental health services.Describe/discuss culturally competent social work practice guidelines for this group and what it might it be like to provide culturally competent services in the U.S. for this group.
Use the NASW Cultural Competence Guide. How might a member of this group respond to help from sources, such as a social worker who is outside of their culture or group or a member of their groupWe all have actual and potential biases.
Given the various aspects of your own social identity what are some of the potential -challenges that you might face in working with this population both from the client and within yourself? What would you do to address these potential biases? The paper length is a total of 7 pages which does not include the title and reference page.
The paper should be formatted using APA 6 writing style. Cite and paraphrase your sources and do not use more than 2 direct quotations. Provide a complete list of references on your reference page using APA 6 formatting
