Beyond cultural competence: what child protection managers need to know and do.

نویسندگان

  • Fernando Mederos
  • Isa Woldeguiorguis
چکیده

This article addresses issues for child protection managers, such as hiring, program design, service evaluation, and policy development. It presents three frameworks for levels of organizational change: cultural sensitivity, which modifies existing services to better meet the needs of target populations; self-reflective cultural sensitivity, which calls for managers to be aware of personal and organizational cultural values; and cultural solidarity, which acknowledges that organizational power is vested in managers, which can oppress clients.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Child welfare

دوره 82 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003