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The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT) : Creating more culturally responsive social workers
Bennett, Bindi Morse, Claire
Bennett, Bindi
Morse, Claire
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Abstract
Social workers play a pivotal role in addressing equity and diversity within Australia using both culturally responsiveness skills and knowledge. This article describes a research project that resulted in the development of the Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsive Tools that can be used by social workers in their practice. This was a large project conducted over three years, which involved engagement and consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community social workers. The community engagement and consultation process included the provision of cultural governance and participation in interviews. The tools developed are linked to seven key domains (Ngurras) that aim to increase the skills, knowledge, and overall confidence of social work practitioners in their culturally responsive practice. This article discusses the tools that provide a clear structure to guide social workers’ critical engagement in becoming more culturally responsive social workers and individuals when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Keywords
social work practice, cultural awareness, cultural responsiveness, Aboriginal, tools, Aboriginal research, Torres Strait Islander research, Indigenous wellbeing, Indigenous safety, respect, service-user focus, social work intervention, collaborative relationships
Date
2023
Type
Journal article
Journal
Australian Social Work
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Volume
76
Issue
3
Page Range
315-329
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ACU Department
School of Allied Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Open
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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.