Discussion and PowerPoint
For this assignment, you will have an opportunity to learn about a group different from yourself. Examples might include ethnicity, LGBTQIA, religion, gender, age, etc. If unsure of a group, please check in with your instructor.
Please use the Unit 2 Assignment Template to create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses each of the following:
Slide 1: Title Slide
· Create a title for your presentation.
Slide 2: Introduction
· Identify the group you are interested in learning more about.
Slide 3: Learning about Cultural Groups
· Provide three ways a human service professional can learn more about cultural groups in general.
Slide 4: Cultural Characteristics
· Identify five cultural characteristics of the group selected.
· Be sure to cite the sources that support your list.
Slide 5: Cultural Sensitivity
· Discuss three ways a human service professional can practice cultural sensitivity with the group selected.
Slide 6: Resources for Additional Information
· Provide three specific resources that helped you learn more about the group.
Slide 7: NOHS Ethical Standards
· Provide two NOHS Ethical Standards human service professional’s need to follow when working with culturally diverse people.
Slide 8: References
· Include at least four references in APA format.
· One reference should the NOHS Ethical Standards, and the other should be the resources you used to learn more about the group you selected.
Assignment Guidelines
Your presentation should be at least six slides, not including the title and reference slides, and should include the following elements:
· Title slide: Provide your name, assignment title, course and section number, and date.
· Body: Answer all the questions, reflecting appropriate personal and professional insights.
· Reference slide: Sources listed in APA format
· Use Arial or Times New Roman 18-point font.
· Use APA formatting and citation style.
· If you need assistance with APA style, please visit the Academic Success Center.
I Am What I Am
In the “Challenges and Rewards of a culturally-informed approach to mental health” video, you learned how a professional's own values, beliefs, culture, and individual identity impact the working relationship with the client. Read the vignette below about Andre and answer the questions based on your own personal culture, values, and identity. Andre is a 19-year-old African American male who comes to you for crisis counseling. He grew up in a poor urban neighborhood and had some gang affiliations when he was in high school. He dropped out his junior year and sold drugs for the gang for a year. Three months ago, he got clean and enrolled in a GED program. He is trying to find his identity, and he is coming to terms with the fact that he is gay. Please respond to the following:
· Thinking about your own attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and skills surrounding this situation, discuss why it is important to be aware of your own attitudes and beliefs when working with Andre.
· How would using your cultural competency skills assist you in being effective in your work with Andre?
· Please provide one NOHS Ethical Standard that will inform your work with Andre and describe the importance of following the professional standards to guide ethical practice
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Response 1
Hello Everyone,
The NOHS Ethical Standard that will inform my work with Andre is standard three; which states that as Human Service professionals need to protect their client privacy unless the client trying to harm themselves or someone else (National Organization For Human Services, 2015). A form of consent will be part of this standard. Being open and honest with a form of consent will explain that as long as he not going to harm himself or anyone else everything stays amongst us. It’s very important that I gain Andre's trust and build a good relationship with him to make sure he knows what we speak about anything. I am here to help him figure ways to become comfortable enough to become confident in who he really becoming. My duty is to respect my client's ethical standards as a professional. His privacy matters!
Self-awareness is important in this situation because being aware of my own emotions, opinions, values, and beliefs of my own self is the leading role of a Human Service profession. I wouldn’t want my client to feel like my way is right or how I feel about his situation matters. That’s why it’s my job to keep myself out of any client situation. I am here to help not judge, just to motivate and achieve goals with my clients. For instance, making sure Andre focuses on getting his GED and staying clean will help him gain more confidence within himself.
Cultural competency skills would assist in being effective in my work with Andre knowing our culture as African Americans him coming out can go two different ways. Either good, they accept it or bad, they will treat him differently about his sexual orientation. I have to make sure I help him find community help that understands what he going through and can help guide him as well. Andre situation is very sensitive, so I will be an active listener, respect his values, opinions, and his way of handling is the situation.
Reference
NOHS Ethical Standard
https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/ethical-standards-for-hs-professionals
Murphy, B.C., & Dillon, C. (2015). Interviewing In Action in a Multicultural World (5th Ed.). Cengage Learning.
Response 2
I guess this question is geared towards the person who has a bias about gays, or that is homophobic. I am a black heterosexual female and i support the LGBTQ+ which is the alphabet of the many differnet identity factors that are used within the gay community. As a counselor I know my first job is to be respectful to anyone that comes to me for help no matter their race/gender/ sexual orientation. Secondly I would listen to what Andre’s needs are and provide him with the support and resources he needs. My attitude will be neutral towards him and also happy that he has decided to start his journey to find who he is comfortable being. It is not my job to shame. My mother always told me that people will come to you and they will be open and vulnerable and not to take it for granted. My knowledge of gangs and gay men and college drop outs would never make me not want to help someone. I would offer them the support they want and suggest some other resources but other than that I can't force them to do things they don’t want to. Also I would let them know my door is always open and try to schedule them to come back again to talk to me so that they know they have someone who is going to continue to be supportive of their choices.
How would using your cultural competency skills assist you in being effective in your work with Andre? Andre is probably feeling alone and scared in the world changing from one environment to another isn't always easy. Usually people give up their whole lives and decide to relocate and start from nothing. Living out on the streets or in a motel or the homeless shelter is pretty common. I would assure Andre that I am glad to have met him and that I will support him in any efforts to get back on his feet, in school, and help find him a place to stay and a job so he can work to get back self-sufficient. I would encourage him to talk about what type of goals he has for himself as the meetings increase, and make sure that his choices are the ones that are being focused on and to not project my goals for him on to him.
With the information that Andre has left the Gang he was associated with I would be left to ask if he thinks he would be harmed for leaving the Gang life and if he feels like he is in danger? Being honest is the key to building trust and being upfront with a client is important. I would let him know that I need him to sign consent forms. I could use the release of his personal information to inform the resource placements that he can have a place he can feel safe and so that the place knows that he may or may not have some people looking for him. Which is entailed in STANDARD 2 of the NOHS Ethical Standard also if he declines to have this extent of his information shared because he feels like the gang will not come after him and they do and he is in harm's way that i would be forced to report that there is some level of danger. Personally from a professionals view i would tell him that i need to report that he is in danger to help him and to get him resources that can help him get out of the trouble he is in. There is too much research that guys who leave gangs are not safe from the gang. It's not just a club you can quit whenever.
Reference
Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals. Adopted 2015. Retrieved from https://www.nationalhumanservices.org/ethical-standards-for-hs-professionals
Dillon, B.C.M. C. (2014). Interviewing in Action in a Multicultural World.