NCU MSW6105 Week 4 Assignment
: Evaluate the Importance of Cultural Proficiency
Social workers understand that every person regardless of position in society has fundamental human rights such as freedom, safety, privacy, an adequate standard of living, health care, and education. Social workers understand that, as a consequence of difference, a person’s life experiences may include oppression, poverty, marginalization, and alienation as well as privilege, power, and acclaim. This week, you will prepare a video presentation with a PowerPoint file. You will create your video presentation by using a video capturing tool located in NCUOne. To access the video capturing tool, follow the tutorial found in your Books and Resources for this Week.
Cultural proficiency is a vital skill for any field of social work practice including the ability to be able to know the principles of logic, scientific inquiry, and culturally informed and ethical approaches to building knowledge. For this assignment, develop a PowerPoint presentation on cultural proficiency and substance abuse for a group of parole officers understanding that social workers recognize how their personal experiences and affective reactions may affect their assessment and decision-making.. Specifically, deliver a presentation that focuses on the cultural contexts and practices that should be considered for the following groups: African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Native Americans, athletes, health care professionals, and members of the LGBTQ community. This content should include the historical, social, cultural, economic, organizational, environmental, and global influences that affect social policy and practice. Be sure to include an evaluation of social developmental determinants for your audience to recognize.
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists and should cite material appropriately.
Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.
Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)
Notes Length: 100-150 words for each slide
Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. Save the file as PPT with the correct course code information. Upload your document, and then click the Submit to Dropbox button.