Competency # 2: 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 experiences person’s life 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 structures and values, including social, economic, political, and cultural exclusions, may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create culture’s privilege and power. Behavior Activities to support practice outcomes/behaviors Target Date Apply and communicate understanding 1.Student will research the background and diversity of two clients who differ from her/himself of the importance of diversity and and discuss findings with field instructor difference in shaping life experiences in 2. practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro 3. levels Present themselves as learners and 1. Student will attend a diversity event in the community or surrounding communities. Student will engage clients and constituencies as reflect on the experience with the FI. experts of their own experiences 2. 3. Apply self-awareness and self-regulation 1. Student will identify two diverse clients/constituencies differences that could be a challenge for to manage the influence of personal student with FI. Student will self-reflect on how he/she will regulate personal biases/values and biases and values in working with discuss with FI. diverse clients and constituencies 2. 3.
Competency # 2: 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. Behavior Activities to support practice outcomes/behaviors Target Date Apply and communicate understanding of the importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels 1.Student will research the background and diversity of two clients who differ from her/himself and discuss findings with field instructor 2. 3. Present themselves as learners and engage clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences 1. Student will attend a diversity event in the community or surrounding communities. Student will reflect on the experience with the FI. 2. 3. Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies 1. Student will identify two diverse clients/constituencies differences that could be a challenge for student with FI. Student will self-reflect on how he/she will regulate personal biases/values and discuss with FI. 2. 3.
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