Organized by Social Care Skills (SAA Trusted Partner)
Children’s social care professionals work with children, young people and families whose cultures, beliefs, values, traditions and experiences may be very different from their own.
Developing cultural competency is not simply about learning facts about different cultures, nor is it the same as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training. It requires professionals to recognise how culture can influence identity, communication, relationships, behaviour, expectations and experiences, while also recognising the influence of their own cultural background and assumptions on professional practice.
Date & Time: 13th October, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Live Online via Teams
Register here or using you SAA Member discount following this link.
Course Content
TheThe course begins by exploring what we mean by culture and cultural competency and how culture can influence the way people understand family, childhood, relationships, authority, communication, behaviour, independence, identity and support.
Participants will consider how their own experiences, values and cultural perspectives can influence professional judgement. The course will explore cultural assumptions and bias, including the risk of interpreting behaviour exclusively through our own cultural expectations.
Attention will be given to communication across cultures, including differences in verbal and non-verbal communication, expectations around authority and respect, language barriers and the importance of asking rather than assuming.
The course will explore identity and belonging, including the significance that family, community, ethnicity, nationality, language, religion, faith, traditions, food, clothing, hair and other aspects of cultural identity can have for children and young people.
Participants will also consider the particular experience of children living away from their families or communities and the role that social care professionals can play in helping children maintain meaningful connections with their culture and heritage.
An important part of the course will examine the relationship between culture and safeguarding. Participants will explore how professionals can distinguish cultural difference from potential harm, avoid stereotyping and discriminatory assumptions, and equally avoid allowing concerns about appearing culturally insensitive to prevent appropriate professional challenge or safeguarding action.
For more details about our offers and to explore other online seminars, visit Social Care Skills website: https://socialcareskills.co.uk/