Beyond cultural competence: what child protection managers need to know and do.
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.
Mederos
Fernando
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Domestic Violence Unit, Department of Social Services, Boston, MA, USA.
Woldeguiorguis
Isa
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D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D012947:Social Work / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States