Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. Apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels; • Present oneself as a learner and engage clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences; • Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. In the space below, discuss what activities will be used to demonstrate, monitor & evaluate the following: ● Apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. ● Present themselves as learners and engage clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences. ● Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. Social workers understand how diversity and difference characterize and shape the human experience and are critical to the formation of identity. The dimensions of diversity are understood as the intersectionality of multiple factors, including, but not limited to, age, class, color, culture, disability and ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, marital status, political ideology, race, religion/spirituality, sex, sexual orientation, and Tribal sovereign status. Social workers understand that, as a consequence of difference, a person’s life experiences may include oppression, poverty, marginalization, and alienation as well as privilege, power, and acclaim. Social workers also understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values, including social, economic, political, and cultural exclusions, may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create privilege and power.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. In the space below, discuss what activities will be used to demonstrate, monitor & evaluate the following: ● Critically analyze research informed practice approaches and self-reflect to meet the needs of diverse populations. ● Analyze specific policies and practices and their impact on divers populations, as well as: ● Apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. ● Present themselves as learners and engage clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences. ● Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. Social workers understand how diversity and difference characterize and shape the human experience and are critical to the formation of identity. The dimensions of diversity are understood as the intersectionality of multiple factors, including, but not limited to, age, class, color, culture, disability and ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, immigration status, marital status, political ideology, race, religion/spirituality, sex, sexual orientation, and Tribal sovereign status. Social workers understand that, as a consequence of difference, a person’s life experiences may include oppression, poverty, marginalization, and alienation as well as privilege, power, and acclaim. Social workers also understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values, including social, economic, political, and cultural exclusions, may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create privilege and power.
CW2.1 Engage in critical analysis of the interpersonal, community, and social structural causes and effects of disproportionality, disparities, and inequities in public child welfare.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. Social workers will demonstrate a nuanced understanding of dimensions of multicultural diversity and intersectionality when speaking about, writing about, and engaging with individuals, families, and communities. Social workers will extend their knowledge of the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination by presenting as learners and engaging clients and constituencies as experts of their own experience. Social workers will adopt a recovery, resiliency, and capacity building framework when collaborating with individuals, families, and communities to promote wellbeing from a social justice perspective grounded in the realization of human rights. Student extends their knowledge of the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination by presenting as learners and engaging clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences. Student engages in anti-oppressive practice by identifying and suggesting ways to eliminate organizational or program activities that explicitly or implicitly reflect institutional racism, sexism, gender bias, disability bias, and/or other forms of bias/discrimination. Student actively engages in multiculturally inclusive practice, assessment, intervention and evaluation strategies.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. C2, FPB 6: apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. CW 2.1 Demonstrates capacity to perceive diverse viewpoints in case of value conflict and shows ability to resolve such conflicts by applying professional practice principles. ACTIVITY: Self-reflect and discuss during field supervision analysis of causes and effects on disproportionality, disparities, and inequities in the agency or public child welfare.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. Describe activities or tasks where students will demonstrate the behaviors below in the agency practicum: • apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels; • present themselves as learners and engage clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences; and • apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies.
Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice. Engage in critical analysis of the interpersonal, community, and social structural causes and effects of disproportionality, disparities, and inequities in public child welfare. ACTIVITY: Research on the causes and effects of disparities facing Indigenous groups (i.e. American Indian/Alaskan Native) and African-American children and families in the child welfare system and discuss this in supervision.
