Perceived Levels of Cultural Competence for School Social Workers: A Follow-Up Study

Teasley, Martell L.; Archuleta, Adrian J.; Miller, Christina

doi:10.1080/10437797.2014.947903

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“…Social justice trainings may be particularly important for adults who do not share similar cultural backgrounds as the youth they support. In an examination of predictors of perceived cultural competence, Teasley, Archuleta, and Miller (2014) found that white social workers had significantly lower levels of perceived cultural competence than African American participants, while controlling for professional experience and geographic location of practice. In another study, Hughes et al (2012) provided evidence for a social justice lens by examining a university-based mentoring program that provided ongoing training about social justice discussion to mentors.…”

Section: Race Equity and Social Justice Trainingsmentioning

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Supporting adults to support youth: An evaluation of two social justice trainings

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Sánchez

Meyer³

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Journal Community Psychology

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The current research examined pre‐ and post survey data in two social justice trainings for adults who support youth, including staff and volunteers (Study 1, N = 44) at youth‐serving organizations and adults who mentor young Black men and boys (Study 2, N = 72). We investigate whether training participants’ self‐report scores of cultural competences (studies 1 and 2), self‐efficacy for race equity (Study 1) and racial self‐efficacy to support mentee (Study 2) changed between the beginning of the training and after the training. Furthermore, we examine whether the changes depend upon whether training participants share cultural background with the youth with whom they work. In Study 1, findings indicated that training participants reported significantly increased scores of cultural sensitivity and self‐efficacy for race equity. Individuals who were not first‐generation college students saw higher increases in sociopolitical awareness. In Study 2, participants reported significantly higher scores of cultural sensitivity and racial self‐efficacy to support their mentees. Furthermore, non‐Black and women participants showed greater increases in self‐efficacy than Black and male participants. These results fill a gap in the literature on the potential role of social justice trainings to increase cultural competencies among adults who work with diverse youth.

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Section: Race Equity and Social Justice Trainingsmentioning

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Supporting adults to support youth: An evaluation of two social justice trainings

Anderson

Sánchez

Meyer³

et al. 2018

Journal Community Psychology

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“…Many social work education programs have a limited scope when preparing students to work mindfully with the dynamics of difference in cross-cultural, racial, religious, gender, and cross-class diversity in the treatment process with clients. In teaching students in school social work practice, Teasley et al (2014) note '' [p]reparing culturally competent school social workers through social work education and postgraduate professional development has been identified as a major challenge for the profession'' (p. 695). Anastas (2010) contends that [s]ocial work education has not yet even taken on all the dimensions of difference that we should teach in our curricula and in interacting with our students ….…”

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Cultural Intelligence for Clinical Social Work Practice

Edwards

2015

Clin Soc Work J

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The concept of cultural competence has long been promoted as a key educational practice priority in the profession of social work. However, assuming uniformity in a given culture and its values and beliefs without allowing for within-group diversity and the consideration of the intercultural interaction is problematic. This article delineates the dynamics of tapping into ''cultural intelligence'', which uses a different approach to understanding cultural diversity and cross-cultural interactions by focusing on the interactional field that operates in cross-cultural clinical encounters.

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“…in the reviewed studies ranged from good (Joseph, Slovak, Broussard, & Webster, 2012) to moderate (Richardson, 2008;Teasley, Archuleta, & Miller, 2014) to poor (Brumfield, 2013), based largely on self-reports. In some cases, the same provider scored high on one component of cultural competence-showing good levels of culturally sensitive values and self-awareness, for…”

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“…Some differences were found in levels of cultural competence based on the race and ethnicity of social workers and on geographic location. One study revealed that African American school social workers had higher levels of perceived cultural competence (Teasley, et al, 2014). A second study showed that non-White social workers were on average in a more advanced stage of change for actively coping with racism and/or oppression than were Whites (Phillips, 2010).…”

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State of the art in U.S. multicultural social work practice: Client expectations and provider challenges

Olcoń

2019

Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work

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To obtain a comprehensive view of the level of knowledge and development achieved in multicultural social work practice, I conducted a scoping review of U.S. empirical literature for the 10-year period from 2007 through 2016. The review revealed that across the board racial and ethnic minority clients continue to experience marginalization and report low satisfaction with services. Conversely, providers are subject to some tensions and biases toward multicultural practice exacerbated by employers' lack of emphasis on cultural competence. The problematic findings from the review suggest that our current approaches to cultural competence may need to be reexamined.

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Perceived Levels of Cultural Competence for School Social Workers: A Follow-Up Study

Cited by 21 publications

References 21 publications

Supporting adults to support youth: An evaluation of two social justice trainings

Supporting adults to support youth: An evaluation of two social justice trainings

Cultural Intelligence for Clinical Social Work Practice

State of the art in U.S. multicultural social work practice: Client expectations and provider challenges

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