Cultural Competence: A Guide for Human Service Agencies

By Jorge Velazquez and Kimberleigh A. Nash

The child welfare field is currently undergoing rapid and dramatic change as it struggles to provide quality care to children and their families. One of the most critical challenges the field faces is the need to understand and respond effectively to changes in the multicultural nature of American society -- changes brought about by the mixture of racial, ethnic, social, cultural, and religious traditions of the children and families who make up our diverse society. Given the range of pressures that impact agencies, child welfare executives face the dilemma of whether to include striving toward cultural competence as an organizational goal. This book will help executives and their staff learn to value difference.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878688714
• ISBN13: 9780878688715
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Child Welfare League of Amer
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 5.8"