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    Brenna Smith discusses competency 4 which focuses on engaging diversity and difference in practice. She describes several behaviors she used including gaining self-awareness to eliminate personal biases when working with diverse groups. She provides an example of initially having a negative view of a mother but changing her view once the situation was explained. She also recognizes the importance of understanding how difference shapes life experiences, such as helping an angry mother understand the social worker's role is to protect the child. Finally, she views herself as a learner and engages with others as informants, asking questions when she is unfamiliar with something.

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    Brenna Smith discusses competency 4 which focuses on engaging diversity and difference in practice. She describes several behaviors she used including gaining self-awareness to eliminate personal biases when working with diverse groups. She provides an example of initially having a negative view of a mother but changing her view once the situation was explained. She also recognizes the importance of understanding how difference shapes life experiences, such as helping an angry mother understand the social worker's role is to protect the child. Finally, she views herself as a learner and engages with others as informants, asking questions when she is unfamiliar with something.

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    COMPETENCY 4

    Brenna Smith
    University of North Carolina at
    Pembroke

    COMP. 4

    Engage diversity and difference in practice

    BEHAVIORS USED
    Gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate
    the influence of personal biases and values in
    working with diverse groups
    (Took Caucasian children from mother and they
    were dirty, smelled bad and I immediately had
    a negative image of her as a mother, but once
    she explained why they were like that, the
    father had them that weekend and they had
    just came home and he had not given them a
    bath the entire weekend)

    BEHAVIORS USED CONT


    4.3 Recognize and communicate their
    understanding of the importance of
    difference in shaping life experiences.
    (Helped a angry mother realize we did not
    want to take her children and that we were
    just looking out for the child and at that
    moment the child was in immediate danger
    because of their living condition)

    BEHAVIORS USED CONT


    4.4 View themselves as learners and engage
    those with whom they work as informants.
    (Things that I do not know, or may not
    understand I do not hesitate to ask my
    supervisor or one of my co workers).

    THANK YOU!!!!

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