MSW 6006: Week 6 – Assignment: Explain Cultural Competence for Administrators as Advocates & Policy Makers


 Instructions

This week, you will prepare a white paper.  Explain cultural competence for administrators who will act as advocates and policy makers. Consider how social work administrators might apply their leadership roles to increase cultural competency and advance social and economic justice within their organizations. Address the following in your white paper: 

  • Explain strategies social work administrators may use to become advocates for social change through cultural competence.
  • Determine the challenges administrators may face in developing cultural competency within their organizations. Provide examples to support your findings.
  • Recommend strategies administrators might use to address the challenges of developing the cultural competency of their organizations. Be sure to include strategies for performance difficulties and ethical concerns in your report.
  • Formulate potential policies administrators could implement to develop and maintain cultural competency in their organizations.

Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included. 

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages