Competence (human resources)

About: Competence (human resources) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 53557 publications have been published within this topic receiving 988884 citations. The topic is also known as: competence (human resources) & Competency.

Cultural awareness in the human services : a multi-ethnic approach

Abstract: Each chapter ends with "Follow Up." Preface. I.CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES. 1.Race, Ethnicity, and Social Services. Diversity and Human Services. Race and Culture. Ethnicity. Concepts of Ethnicity: Categorical and Transactional. Social Work-Ethnic Group Relationships. Social Work as an Ethnic Community. A Human Services Model of Cultural Competence. Postmodernism, an Emerging Approach. 2.Help-Seeking Behavior: The Cultural Construction of Care. Care as a Cultural System. Help-Seeking Behavior: A Model for Cross-Cultural Service Relationships. DSM-IV and the Cultural Construction of Care. Cultural Competence as a Way of Working. 3.Method in Cross-Cultural Social Work. Cross-Cultural Learning. Cultural Competence. Steps toward Cultural Competence. Empathy and Cultural Competence. Organizational Competence. 4.Language and Cross-Cultural Social Work. Language and World View. Words, Meanings, and Client Perspectives. Language and Meaning. Interviewing for Emic Insight. Planning the Ethnographic Interview. Working with a Translator. Is Ethnographic Interviewing Therapeutic? Narrative as Storied Insight. Constraints on Cross-Cultural Communication. II.CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN MULTICULTURAL CONTEXTS. 5.Cross-Cultural Problem Resolution. Step I: Building the Critical Knowledge Base. Step II: Cultural Salience in Problem Solving. Step III: Individualizing the Client within Context. Step IV: Cultural Competence and Power. Step V: Thinking and Working Comparatively. Getting from Here to There. American Ethnicity. 6.African Americans, Diaspora, and Survival. "Roots" and African American Ethnicity. Variations in the African American Community. African Americans and Social Services. Ideology and Care. Cultural Contrasts and Competent Practice. Developing Skills for Service. Other Black Communities. 7.American Indians in a New World. Who Is a Native American? Contemporary Aspects of Native American Life. Native Americans and Social Services. The Special Case of Alcohol. Native American Suicide. Cultural Contrasts and Cultural Competence. Developing Skills for Service. Who Is a Native American?-Again. 8.Latino Cultures and Their Continuity. Latino Diversity. Spanish-Speaking Communities and Social Services. Health, Illness, and Belief Systems. Cultural Contrasts and Cultural Competence. Family Life. Acculturation-Is it for Everybody? 9.Asians and Pacific Islanders. A Historical Overview. Adaptations to American Life. Social Service Needs among Asian Americans. Cultural Contrasts and Cultural Competence. The Chinese. The Japanese. Filipinos. The Vietnamese. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

The management of professionalism: A contemporary paradox

Abstract: Profession and professionalism are increasingly being applied to work and workers in modern societies yet the conditions of trust, discretion and competence, which historically have been deemed to be necessary for professional practice, are continually being challenged, changed or ‘regulated’ This represents a contemporary paradox that is important to clarify and understand