Understanding Cultural Sensitivity, Safety, and Competence

Running head: CULTURAL SAFETY
Cultural safety
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Explain your understanding of cultural sensitivity, cultural safety and cultural
competence.
Cultural sensitivity refers to set of the skills that help the people in learning about the
marginalised section of the population. Culture sensitivity helps a person in gaining
awareness and accepting the other cultures. Cultural sensitivity helps the people in the society
in becoming aware about the cultural difference that exist in the society. Cultural safety refers
to creation of environment where the people belonging to the various cultures are treated well
and in the respectful manner. Cultural safety helps the people in becoming empowered that
helps the people in participating in an effective manner in the interactions. Cultural safety is
indicative of environment that is safe for the people and does not involve any kind of assault
or the challenge (Rigney 2017). Cultural competence refers to the will along with the actions
that helps in building understanding in between the people. It helps the people in bring
respectful that helps them in opening to the various kinds of the cultural perspectives. It helps
in strengthening the element of the cultural security that helps them in working towards the
equality in relation to the opportunity.
Identify and discuss 3 issues of cultural safety that Community Service Workers and
organisations need to be aware of when working with your chosen group.
There are various kinds of issues pertaining to the cultural safety that the community
service workers should be aware of in the event of working with that of the Aboriginal and
the Torres Strait Islander people. The community workers should be aware about the fact that
the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander people take recourse to silence for the purpose
of the communication. The Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander people want to avoid the
element of the eye-engagement that can help in facilitating the aspect of the communication.
The organizations in the event of working with the indigenous people of Australia
should know that they have different approach in relation to the management of the time that

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can raise misunderstanding along with miscommunication (Kirton and Greene 2015). The
traditional perception of time of the Indigenous Australians is that time is a cyclical process
of the events. Western cultural view on the other hand conceives of time to be a linear
process. The indigenous people of Australia do not adhere to that of the western time
measures that can raise challenges in the event of carrying out interaction with these people.
The organizations should be careful about the fact that the indigenous people want the
information about the other people before starting any kind of conversation with them. The
indigenous people ask for the information before they start talking to the people belonging to
the other kind of the cultural backgrounds.
As an agency manager, how can you create a work environment in yourcommunity
service agency which demonstrates cultural safety and inclusivity when working with
this group in relation to:
Organising the work environment
The work environment should be organised in the right manner that can prove to be
convenient for the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander people. There should be abundant
space allocated for the indigenous people so that they feel free to carry out their cultural
practices (De Anca and Vega 2016). They should be provided with a separate room that can
help them in observing the rituals that are specific to the particular community.
Communicating with the diversity group and networking with specific organisations
There should be certain precautions that should be taken in the event of carrying out
communication with the indigenous Australians. In the event of communicating with that of
the diverse group, complex words and the jargons should be avoided. Diagrams along with
the images should be used in the event of carrying out interaction with the indigenous people