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Embracing Cultural Differences
June 4, 2024 @ 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM

This course highlights the importance of embracing cultural differences to ensure that all stakeholders feel valued, included, and benefit from a culturally appropriate approach. Practical ways to work alongside stakeholders in co-design will be explored as a means through which to support the development of culturally relevant services. Following this training candidates will be able to identify new working practices and systems to reflect the diverse cultures of each individual.
Course Outcomes
By the end of the course candidates will be able to:
- State the business case for equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Describe the different stages of the Continuum of Cultural Competency.
- Describe ‘cultural competence’ and ‘intersectionality’.
- Describe how systems and practices can lead to inequality.
- Identify the long-term and short-term effects of discrimination.
- Identify practical ways to work with stakeholders to co-design and deliver culturally relevant services.
- Describe how a sense of belonging can be fostered within teams, ensuring that people bring their very best to work and provide the best for those they care for.
- List positive actions that can be taken to create a culturally competent workforce.
Target Group: All staff, volunteers, family carers, direct employers and their PA’s.
To book a space on any of the sessions please complete the booking form and return to PVI.Learning@hertfordshire.gov.uk.
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