working with black & ethnic minority families welcome

Working with Black & Ethnic Minority Families

WELCOME

DEFINITIONS

BLACK ETHNIC MINORITY

ASIAN

MIXED RACE

‘Culture’

• What culture did you identify with as a child?

• What culture do you identify with now?

• What have you left behind?

• What have you retained?

Principles, Values and Its Impact on Service Delivery

I don’t notice what race a person is,

I just treat people as people


The needs of black children and

families are special and therefore

they need special services


Each culture has the right to bring

up their children in a way that they

see fit even when these may clash

with my own


Some practitioners hesitate to

intervene in black families because

they fear being accused of racism


Black children in our care will know they

are valued if we have positive black

images on the wall


Racism in the UK only affects black

children


Black families who come to the attention of our services tend to

cope better if they are left to cope by themselves or turn to their

community

Implications of Research Findings for our work

• Race Relations Amendment Act 2000• Human Rights 1998• The Children Act 1989/2004• Definitions - Institutional Racism

- Culture - Discrimination

• Excellence not Excuses• Black Children and child death

Institutional Racism

‘The collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice ignorance, thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping which disadvantage minority ethnic people.’

Taken from The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report

By Sir William Macpherson 1999

Culture

The work encompasses the artistic and intellectual accomplishments, religious beliefs and values of people who share the same racial or ethnic origin and/or language. Religion and culture are protected in law in so far as they are aspects of race.

Ref: SSI Excellence not excuses - Inspection of services for ethnic minority, children and families

Discrimination

A legal term which means treating a person less favourably than you would treat someone else

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Family and Environmental Factors

CHILDSafeguarding and

Promoting the Welfare

CULTURE MODEL

Gender Communities Age

Family history Education

Health Language Practices

CULTURE MODEL

Race Geography Food Class

Values Beliefs Disability

Migration Social Relationships

Religion

Culturally Competent Worker

• Is aware of the diversity that exists between cultures, within cultures and within families

• Is a worker who questions his/her own values and prejudices, assumptions and considers the impact of these on assessment and decision making

• Is able to adapt practices and skills to fit the cultural context of the child and family

Cultural competent worker

• Has a capacity for cultural self awareness

• Is aware of the impact of both overt and institutional racism on families lives

• Is questioned in supervision about how their values and prejudices and assumptions may be influencing their assessments and decision making

Developing Effective Strategies

• Self Exploration

• Individuals exploration

• Oppressive exploration

working with black & ethnic minority families welcome

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