The first framework that would be beneficial when working with this population is the Dual Perspective Framework. The Dual Perspective Framework is a model that charges the social worker with assessing and understanding the client’s world. While doing so, one must take into account the client’s relationship to not only their immediate family and community, but also to the larger societal system while considering and comparing values, attitudes, and behaviors (Prigoff, 2003, p. 80). Another way to explain the Dual Perspective was presented by Dr. Nimmagadda as part of the diversity section of this course (2015). The contrasting views are also known as the “Nurturing Environment” versus the “Sustaining Environment.” The “Nurturing Environment” can be identified as the individual’s family or immediate extended family, while the “Sustaining Environment” can be identified as how an individual feels other’s view them in the social environment (Nimmagadda, 2015). An individual can evolve and change according to their experiences and interactions in both environments. I chose this framework because each gender diverse individual is unique in their own way in relation to where they are in their personal journey of …show more content…
2015) (See Appendix A), which is a tool that can help to analyze a problem by taking into account cultural factors, resources and possible contributors to the problem. Once a client has self-identified a problem, it could be then addressed using the Cultural Assessment Grid. A hypothetical case example might be to focus on a transgender male teen who wants to join the high school football team. His mother supports this idea, as well as his peers, his counselor at Youth Pride and the Gay-Straight Alliance club members at school. His father, the school administration and the head football coach are not
Social workers understand how diversity can characterize and mold someone’s experience and how it’s critical to the formation of one’s identity. The elements of diversity are acknowledged as the crossroad of various components which include; age, class, color, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, political ideology, race, religion, sex, and sexual orientation. Social workers appreciate that, someone’s life experiences may include ill-treatment, poverty, marginalization, and alienation as well as privilege, power, and acclaim as consequences of differences.
Utilizing strengths based perspective with clients enables social workers to focus on the client and family strengths and abilities instead of focusing on the client and family’s problems, bad behaviors and pathologies. The strengths based perspective applies six principles that guide the social worker professional in assisting client’s with the strengths based model; we all have areas of strength, but sometimes it takes an unbiased third party to notice and help others clearly see what they are capable of achieving, even in the midst of their crisis.
When you assert that “The Gentle Boy” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a “heart-wrenching story that presents an eloquent, sympathetic portrait of Quakers as they confront Puritan persecution in Colonial New England,” you are summarizing the story in an inaccurate manner. Although it may be true that within the short story there exists a sectarian tension between the religions, Catharine, the Quaker, is not idealized as a victim and Dorothy, the Puritan, is not portrayed as a persecutor. In actuality, Catharine is a wild, overzealous, and unpredictable woman who neglects her responsibilities as a mother. Dorothy, whom you would typecast as a narrow-minded Puritan persecutor, is an ideal mother, a tender and kind human being who puts her instincts before what her religion may dictate. Hawthorne uses the distinction between Dorothy and Catharine to convey the true meaning of the story; extremism and excessive devotion to religion not only dilutes the mind but also warps natural core beliefs that a person should hold and adhere to. Hawthorne consistently critiques the importance that people place on religion and redefines the role it plays in our lives.
The data provides culturally competent guidelines for social workers. The social worker must understand and appreciate diversity among and within cultures. They should be aware of the history, culture, and contemporary realities. They also must have good skills in patience, listening, and tolerance of silence. A social worker needs to be aware of their own biases and need for wellness and display humility and a willingness to learn. They need to be respectful, nonjudgemental, and openminded. However, researchers must find a way to measure cultural competence with studies that examine beliefs and evaluate actions of social workers. It should include several cultural groups.This will be highly important in building a knowledge base. Doing these studies there can be a better plan to include cultural competence and serve clients from different backgrounds a lot better.
Every person has grown up with a slightly different culture and experience due to differences in social location. As social workers, although we may try to convince others and ourselves that we are able to objectively look beyond differences, we are all human who also differ in our experiences. This is why it is important to be able to recognize and embrace differences in culture so that we can effectively help our participants, who are often people who face oppression and marginalization. As such, this paper will explain my knowledge and experiences with a group who has faced the aforementioned adversities and how I intend to be culturally competent when working with this group.
Cultural Competence Understanding culture is an important aspect of being a social worker; this does not mean learning common cultural traits is of great significance to the social work profession. “Consider the second-generation Japanese-American social worker whose practice consists of Mexican-American and African-American families. Memorizing national traits or cultural rituals would be interesting and informative, but ultimately these would be an inaccurate basis on which to “know” these particular families” (Dorfman, 1996, p. 33). When understanding cultural competence, it is important to learn from the client about their culture in order to serve them in the most helpful and efficient way possible. There is a major drawback to memorizing information, and that is, this information will not give you a real understanding of who your client is and what life experiences they have personally faced.
(Gender Roles & Differences,2014). Being male or female is an essential aspect that makes up and helps individual's
In social work profession, it is notably important that a practitioner be able recognize aspects of their decision making that may be motivated by uncontrollable circumstances such as past experiences, family values, and personal values. Uncontrollable circumstances, such as the examples listed above, all attribute to personal biases a practitioner may display when working with individuals, groups, families, or communities. A personal bias is the negative or positive perspective or demeanor, both knowingly and unknowingly, of any particular individual, or group of individuals, based on different diversity factors that may skew the way that an individual interacts or perceives an individual or group (Miller, Cahn, Anderson-Nathe, Cause, Bender, 2013). Therefore, as a social worker, the importance of practicing self-awareness is that it helps the practitioner to shuffle through personal biases, and in return, aid in social justice and be effectively responsive to diversity factors in the practice setting (Bender, Negi, Fowler, 2010).
...ioner can assist with the balancing. In doing so, the social work practitioner needs to be aware of both the historical and cultural aspects the person’s life. Using the social convoy method the social work practitioner and client can assess whether relationships are either a protective or risk factor to the client. After do so, areas of weakness can be addressed and improve the person’s emotional well-being. Suggestions could be ways to include and make friendships pr evaluate the reason why the client does not have any if this adversely affects their overall well-being. Identifying relationships, their roles and community involvement can help the client balance out their life in their life journey through middle adulthood.
Point of view is an essential element to a reader's comprehension of a story. The point of view shows how the narrator thinks, speaks, and feels about any particular situation. In Toni Cade Bambara's "The Lesson," the events are told through the eyes of a young, mischievous girl named Sylvia who lives in a lower class neighborhood. The reader gets a limited point of view of view because the events are told strictly by Sylvia. This fact can influence the reader to see things just as she does. The strong language gives an unfamiliar reader an illustration of how people in the city speak. Bambara does this to show the reader that kids from lower class neighborhoods are affected by their environment due to lack of education and discipline, that how different one part of society is from another, and that kids learn from experience. We also get an insight of Sylvia’s feisty, rebellious nature and her lack of respect towards people with an education.
A social worker must present themselves as a learner and understand clients from all experts of their own experiences. To show your respect to the clients as a social worker you must be able to show that you understand complexity of cultural identity. Cultural competence targets social workers knowledge of development, focusing on culturally specific demographics, characteristics, values, and intravenous technique. When dealing with cultural sensitivity a worker’s genuine appreciation of the client’s uniqueness and universalistic respect for the client’s humanness is needed. To have success in multicultural practice, cultural responsiveness come in to play, which means to be culturally responsive, social workers use dialogue skills that place the client’s construction of reality at the center of the
...ities or differences seems appropriate. Leaving out one of the methods would be incomplete. And there is more to discover. Through this work I have realized an inclusive approach is most beneficial. This allows for continued observational approach to shed new light on how we understand gender. It also allows for receiving and accepting inborn facets to develop instinctively. Receiving both attests to a holistic approach in a symbiotic relationship that is inclusive for both men and women. Further, feminist in this methodology can continue to root out unfair and harmful practices that will produce improved treatment of women. Without overlooking their own innate differences feminists can find the delicate balance to a multicultural approach. Otherwise, overlooking these qualities may create the very injustice the feminist cause of justice is seeking to irradiate.
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My gender identification relates to the dominant culture through my various roles and personality as a female. I strongly believe that being a strong woman is important in today’s society, as many fields are male dominated. I practice my strengths as a woman through remaining a positive, responsible, and kind individual. Being a female has brought many challenges, such as becoming independent and learning to become a role model for your peers. The challenges that women face, not only make us stronger, but they also make us wiser and I believe that 's what makes females powerful in today’s society.
There are quite some unique challenges that may exist at the rural level regarding dual or multiple relationships. They include self-matching, rural clinician isolation, the creation of boundaries among the community members as well as the existing ethical principles that compete with one another. Self-matching often ensures that clients categorize themselves and the social workers regarding race, education and religion among others. Hence, they only prefer certain health workers whom they believe are in a better position to understand them since they have certain similarities. As a result, dependency and dual relationship ensue between the clients and the social workers that may interact in the same community, social circles, religious institution and the like (Gonyea, Wright & Kulkosky, 2014). Setting clear boundaries, especially in a rural community, is very important due to the close-knit nature of these environments, as it is inevitable that the worker may encounter their clients out in public settings