A Rough Uncut Gem for Culturally Sensitive Social Work Practice

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 520-521
Author(s):  
Darlene Grant
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Culturally Sensitive

Culturally sensitive social work practice: Lessons from social work practitioners and educators in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 852-867
Author(s):  
John B Forkuor ◽  
Kwadwo Ofori-Dua ◽  
David Forkuor ◽  
Bernard Obeng
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Social Work Practitioners

Social Work Ethnography

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy L. Haight
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Common ◽  
Cultural Communities

Ethnography is an approach to the study of culture with an extensive history in the social sciences and professions. Within social work, there has been a long-standing interest in ethnography. It affords social workers a powerful and unique vehicle for obtaining an in-depth, contextualized understanding of clients’ perspectives and experiences necessary for effective, culturally sensitive social work practice and advocacy. It provides an opportunity to understand how very different cultural communities perceive and respond to the common human challenges confronted by social workers and their clients every day.

scholarly journals Social Work Practice with Latinos Living with HIV/ AIDS

10.18060/144 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Rowan ◽  
Rich Furman ◽  
April Jones ◽  
Kevin Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Latino Community ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

This article explores social work practice with persons living with HIV/AIDS within the Latino community. It presents a general discussion of social work practice HIV/AIDS, followed by an exploration of culturally sensitive social work practice with Latinos. The authors then synthesize these bodies of knowledge into a discussion of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community, and social work practices that can be useful when working with this population. A case example of group work practice with Latinos living with HIV illuminates many of the themes explored throughout the paper. Finally, implications for social work practice are examined.

Rural Social Work on the US–Mexico Border

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Villa
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Rural Social Work ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
Social Work Programs ◽  
The U.S

The profession of social work continues to struggle with the provision of services that must be culturally sensitive to the values and traditions of the people who live in rural neighborhoods and colonias along the U.S.–Mexico border. The diverse populations that live in the border environment are self-reliant and distrust outsiders. This most salient fact creates opportunities for social work programs to adopt the person-in-the-environment approach to assessment. In so doing, the gente (people) in need of services are more apt to feel respected and will facilitate access to their families and communities. The rurality paradigm was developed to provide an understanding of the underlying ideologies of the community first and foremost. Rurality views people’s self-image as constructed by their interactions with each other and the environment. Social work practice in rural areas continues to be at the forefront of both educational and professional concerns. A paradigm shift is advocated to capture the “rurality”- defined lifestyle found along the U.S.–Mexico border of South Texas. This approach provides a more in-depth view of the social interactions necessary for competent, culturally sensitive social work practice.

scholarly journals Faculty perceptions of curricular deficits in preparing students for practice with Latinos

10.18060/118 ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rich Furman ◽  
Kimberly Bender ◽  
Chance Lewis ◽  
Jeffery Shears
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Faculty Perceptions ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Social Work Faculty ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Qualitative Responses ◽  
Schools Of Social Work

Qualitative responses to a survey of 314 social work faculty from nearly half of the graduate schools of social work (MSW programs) in the United States elucidated valuable information about culturally sensitive social work education. This article explores faculty perceptions of the deficits or MSW programs in preparing students for culturally sensitive social work practice with Latinos. While nearly 90% of social work MSW faculty agreed or strongly agreed that it is important to prepare students for work with this population, many perceive that their programs are not currently able to do so adequately. Faculty opinions concerning the nature of the deficits and ways of remedying said deficits are discussed.

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