Details for Culturally and Socially Diverse Practice

Awards offering Culturally and Socially Diverse Practice

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Graduate Diploma of Applied Social Science
• Master of Counselling

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Describe factors that inhibit the well-being of people in the Australian community and construct strategies to redress those issues;
2. Critically analyse the culture, beliefs, social barriers, settlement, citizenship, verbal and non-verbal issues of a culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) community within Australia, and evaluate the support services available to the community;
3. Develop the skills to counter potential adverse organisational or structural factors in a culturally sensitive and safe way;
4. Apply advanced self- awareness of their cultural identity to enhance effective professional practice including the development of strategies to work with family/ community leaders, employing translation/ bi-cultural services.

Subject Content

• Principles of intercultural communication
• Cultural factors in professional contexts
• Intercultural differences in non-verbal behaviours
• Language, culture and professional relationships
• Evaluation of effectiveness in intercultural practice
• Ethical issues in cross cultural work

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Onsite (face-to-face)
• Online (e-Learning)
• Intensives

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis College.

Assessment Methods

• Settlement and Support Paper (25%)
• Major Essay (50%)
• Role Play and Critique (25%)

Prescribed Text

• Sue, D.W. 2006. Multicultural Social Work Practice, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.