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Title: | Receptivity and readiness for cultural competence training amongst the social workers in Hong Kong | Authors: | Lee, VWP Lai, DWL Ruan, YX |
Issue Date: | Jan-2022 | Source: | British journal of social work, Jan. 2022, v. 52, no. 1, p. 6-25 | Abstract: | This research examined understandings of cultural competence of social workers in Hong Kong, their needs and challenges in serving culturally diverse groups, and their willingness and receptivity to receive cultural competence training by using constructivist grounded theory. Individual qualitative interviews were conducted with thirteen frontline and managerial practitioners and educators in training institutions in the social work profession. Data were analysed by identifying major themes. The findings show that social workers in Hong Kong tend to encounter language barriers and various forms of cultural shocks in serving ethnoculturally diverse clients. The professional code of practice is not sufficient in promoting culturally competent practice and there are institutional barriers to the enhancement of cultural competence of the social services. Mainstream social work units are generally not well prepared to provide services to non-Chinese communities. In response to these obstacles, professional training should provide future Hong Kong social workers with opportunities to interact with ethnoculturally diverse communities through service-learning. To tackle institutional racism, leaders should have cultural awareness and promote culturally inclusive practices. Inclusion of staff members from diverse cultural backgrounds would increase the capacity of the organisations to better serve clients of diverse needs. Anti-racism training should be made as an essential professional development component for social work students, practicum students, practitioners and managers. | Keywords: | Cross-cultural social work Cultural competence Ethnoculturally diverse clients Hong Kong Professional development |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Journal: | British journal of social work | ISSN: | 0045-3102 | EISSN: | 1468-263X | DOI: | 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa191 | Rights: | ©The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com The following publication Lee, V. W. P., Lai, D. W. L., & Ruan, Y. X. (2022). Receptivity and readiness for cultural competence training amongst the social workers in Hong Kong. British Journal of Social Work, 52(1), 6-25 is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaa191. |
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