multiculturalism and diversity in social work practice
As a social worker how would you describe your professional preparedness to work with diverse populations?
What personal and professional characteristics do social workers attribute to hindering or impeding culturally responsive service delivery?
What personal and professional characteristics do social workers attribute to helping or facilitating culturally responsive service delivery?
Do you think social work practice in the UK is culturally sensitive and inclusive or if follows a standardized ethnocentric model? Please elaborate.
Are there any conflicting values and how do you deal with that issue?
In your professional opinion, do the assessment methods used in children social work represent the needs of modern Britain?
Do you think that allocating social workers from the same cultural or ethnic background would benefit or hinder the assessments and practice? Why?
To what do you attribute the recent failures in children’s social work practice?
How could children’s social work improve?
What impact do you think cultural diversity, ethnicity and religious values have in immigrants views of social work in the UK?