This competency focuses on engaging with diversity and difference in social work practice. It outlines three behaviors: applying understanding of how diversity shapes experiences, presenting oneself as a learner from clients' expertise of their own experiences, and self-awareness to manage personal biases when working with diverse clients and constituencies. The document provides examples of applying this competency when working with Habitat for Humanity, such as understanding individual experiences of home ownership, assessing clients' needs, seeing issues from the organization and client perspective, trusting the client's knowledge, working from their strengths, and reflecting on personal biases.
This competency focuses on engaging with diversity and difference in social work practice. It outlines three behaviors: applying understanding of how diversity shapes experiences, presenting oneself as a learner from clients' expertise of their own experiences, and self-awareness to manage personal biases when working with diverse clients and constituencies. The document provides examples of applying this competency when working with Habitat for Humanity, such as understanding individual experiences of home ownership, assessing clients' needs, seeing issues from the organization and client perspective, trusting the client's knowledge, working from their strengths, and reflecting on personal biases.
This competency focuses on engaging with diversity and difference in social work practice. It outlines three behaviors: applying understanding of how diversity shapes experiences, presenting oneself as a learner from clients' expertise of their own experiences, and self-awareness to manage personal biases when working with diverse clients and constituencies. The document provides examples of applying this competency when working with Habitat for Humanity, such as understanding individual experiences of home ownership, assessing clients' needs, seeing issues from the organization and client perspective, trusting the client's knowledge, working from their strengths, and reflecting on personal biases.
importance of diversity and difference in shaping life experiences in practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. 7. Present themselves as learners and engage clients and constituencies as experts of their own experiences. 8. Apply self-awareness and self-regulation to manage the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse clients and constituencies.
Habitat and Application
Understanding how each individuals
experience put them in a different understanding of home ownership. Through assessment gauge how much assistance will be needed. Seeing habitat through the eyes of the organization and through Habitat International.
Habitat and Application
Trust what the client says and make
goals based on their knowledge. Use the clients knowledge to work from a strengths perspective and encourage growth. Use reflection and journaling to evaluate myself and continue to shape my biases.