Becoming Culturally Competent - Learning and Development courses

Cultural competence is respectful of and responsive to the beliefs, practices and cultural and linguistic needs of diverse communities. There are five essential elements that contribute to an individual professional’s, and a whole service’s, ability to become more culturally competent. The professional or service must:

• Value diversity
• Have the capacity for cultural self-assessment
• Be conscious of the ‘dynamics’ interest when cultures interact
• Institutionalise cultural knowledge, and
• Develop adaptations to service delivery reflecting an understanding of diversity between and within cultures

• To enable learners to deepen their awareness of their own assumptions, values & Prejudices
• To enable participants to develop confidence in expressing and exploring their lack of awareness of cultural issues

The Safeguarding Children - A Shared Responsibility course must be attended first as a pre-requisite.

Practitioners across the children's workforce

Learners must have attended the Safeguarding children - a shared responsibility course prior to enrolling onto this course.

Dates to come

Hull City Council Staff

Log on to OLM (Oracle Learning Management System) to enrol.

External to Hull City Council

Complete the online application form (opens in a new window).