Cultural Competence in Human Services Work

Understanding cultural competence. In one page,
Identify what being a culturally competent professional means in the human services field, discussing three necessary characteristics you believe make one culturally competent.
The role of the human services professional. In one page,
Explain how significant multicultural human services is in working with diverse clients and in diverse settings.
Explain challenges that exist in a multicultural context and resources available to support human service professionals, such as the Ethical Standards for Human Service professionals (Links to an external site.): National Organization of Human Services Adopted 2015.
Improving your cultural competence. In one page,
Examine two to three strategies that you would utilize (or have used) as a human services professional to increase your own cultural competence, reflecting on some of your strengths and areas to improve.
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The Cultural Competence in Human Services Work paper

Must be three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Centers APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Students name
Course name and number
Instructors name
Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
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Must use at least three credible sources.
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Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Centers Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center for specifications.

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