Conference paper
Rethinking Child Protection: Issues of Cultural Competence
2004 Multicultural Families: Investing in the Nation's Future Conference Proceedings, pp.39-47
Multicultural Families: Investing in the Nation’s Future Conference, 2004 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 23-Jun-2004–24-Jun-2004)
University of the Sunshine Coast
2006
Abstract
In a globalised world characterised by increasingly quick transactions between many different actors across the globe, the ability to work across cultures has become essential to all areas of human endeavour. Professionals in the field of human services are no exception. This paper argues that cultural dynamics play a key role in all aspects of working with children, starting from the assessment of risk of harm, to the development, implementation and evaluation of appropriate interventions. Further the paper explores the proposition that that the building of cultural competence, both at the individual and the institutional level, is crucial to ongoing work in the field.
Details
- Title
- Rethinking Child Protection: Issues of Cultural Competence
- Authors
- Narayan Gopalkrishnan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Contributors
- Narayan Gopalkrishnan (Editor)
- Publication details
- 2004 Multicultural Families: Investing in the Nation's Future Conference Proceedings, pp.39-47
- Conference details
- Multicultural Families: Investing in the Nation’s Future Conference, 2004 (Sunshine Coast, Australia, 23-Jun-2004–24-Jun-2004)
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2006
- ISBN
- 097519139X
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2006 University of the Sunshine Coast. Reproduced here with permission of the copyright holder
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449901202621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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