Working with Diversity in Youth Care: Strategies and Challenges

Student Name:
Student Number:
Assessment 33478/03
Written Assessment
E1031B Certificate IV in
Youth Work
Module 2: Working with
Diversity
This is assessment 3 of 3.
1. Background/Overview
Sociological factors play a huge role in shaping a client,
especially in youth care. These factors can impact on the
decision as to whether one is fit for society or not. As a
worker you must understand and identify how these factors
can shape the client as an individual, and as part of
community and family groups.
Scenario: Patrick is a Sudanese refugee who recently came
into your care. Patrick finds it hard to make friends due to
cultural differences and appears lonely. He discloses to you
that as a Sudanese person, he often receives racist name
callings from other clients, which is the reason why he does
not like to stay in residential care and absconds often.
However, he still shows pride in being Sudanese by putting
up the Sudanese flag in his room. Patrick has a hard time at
school as he cannot read or write, and instead plays
basketball as he refuses to work. As he seems to enjoy
basketball, staff enrol Patrick into basketball lessons. Patrick
also has a history of drug abuse but refuses to go to health
check-ups and is seen to be disengaged to government
organisations.
2. Brief
In completing this assessment, you will demonstrate that
you understand:
 How to identify and implement strategic cultural
safety within youth work services
 How to identify barriers to social and cultural
diversity and form partnerships with diverse people
 The importance of social and cultural services to
individuals and how it affects them
 How to identify knowledge of social and cultural
factors and social and cultural inequality in
individuals
 How to monitor and analyse the impacts of social and
cultural factors on community workers and services
provided to the client.
Deliverables
Please submit this assessment
in Word doc format.
To do list:
1. Write your name and
student ID at the top of this
page.
2. Read the
background/overview and
brief sections of this
document.
3. Read the Scenario.
4. Answer the questions in
Part A.
5. Collate your written
answers into one Word
document.
6. Save the Word document
using the naming
convention:
your student
number, assessment
number.doc. For example:
“12345678_31135_01.doc.”
7. Upload your document in
Open Space using the
relevant Assessment
Upload link in this Module.
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3. Questions/Task
Part A: You are in the residential care home and need to create a group activity with the
clients which promotes cultural safety for Sudanese people. Answer the following
questions.
1. Design a group activity for Patrick based on this case study and identify what this
group activity aims to achieve. (100-200 words)
Patrick is from a background that is not easily accepted in the society. He belongs to
the Sudanese culture, which is mostly like be called up names in the society. Thus, as
being a refugee Patrick is having a hard time in adjusting to the care unit. Thus to
make Patrick more comfortable, a group activity is said to be developed at the care
home for making the people more aware of the Sudanese culture and making Patrick
feel like home.
A group activity is said to develop at the care unit. As Patrick is more into basketball,
to encourage his passion, a basketball event is likely to be developed. Everyone
present at the care home along with the staff members would be participating at the
event. Thus, accordingly to the event plan, all the people would be knowing about
Patrick’s talent and also would be encouraging him to pursue a career in the field.
2. Patrick’s social and cultural background has created barriers for him to integrate into
society. Using the table below, identify at least three social and cultural factors that
might create possible barriers for him, his family and the community, in at least three
different situations.
Situation 1:
From the case
study identify a
social/cultural
factor creating
barriers.(20 - 50
words)
The social factor that creates a barrier for Patrick is
the way he communicates with the other people. He
is unable to socialise with the other as he is a
refugee. Coming from Sudan he is treated as a racist
from the other clients.
Type of impact (20
- 50 words)
The impact on Patrick has affected him because of
the community which he belongs to. The negative
impact had created an environment which lacked the
community and safety needs.
Individual impact
(20 - 50 words)
The individual impact created a diversity which made
the communication difficult as the mindset of the
people are different. The way the culture differ, the
language and food habit varies. Due to these basic
requirement of Patrick the impact was imposed on
individual factor.
Family impact (20 -
50 words)
The difference in culture constitute of a difference in
behaviour and gesture. When an individual is
differentiated from the rest of the crowd it gives rise
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to opinions, prejudice and ethnocentrism.
Community impact
(20 - 50 words)
The impact of an individual culture is derived from its
ancestors. The way he communicates is affected to
many clients because the other people do not crews
the culture of the people from other region or nation.
The distinctions are created between people like
that.
Situation 2:
From the case
study identify a
social/cultural
factor creating
barriers. (20 - 50
words)
In the second situation Patrick finds it difficult to
adjust with his friends just because of the cultural
impact. The lack of communication and made it
difficult for him to connect and share with the fellow
mates.
Type of impact (20
- 50 words)
The impacts on Patrick had resulted in cultural
difference and he appears to be a lonely person. He
also receives a racist name. Due to these reasons he
would not like to stay in the residence.
Individual impact
(20 - 50 words)
The individual impact was on him as he lacked the
ability to socialise and interact with the other people.
It is determined by way to communicate and the way
he responses.
Family impact (20 -
50 words)
The impact on the family has a positive vibe because
he inherited the culture of this family and it reflected
while communicating with the other clients.
Community impact
(20 - 50 words)
In the minds of the people it was a negative impact
about Patrick because he did not make any effort of
socialising or tail to people around him.
Situation 3:
From the case
study identify a
social/cultural
factor creating
barriers. (20 - 50
The third case study is related to this pride being an
immigrant of Sudan. It is good to be loyal towards his
country but he had a flag hung in his room. He faced
difficulty as he could not read and write during his
school days. It was a drawback in his attitude where
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