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Discussion board 1 in 300 words along with 3 references
As you work in the human services delivery sector, you will encounter people (both clients and colleagues) from different racial backgrounds.
In this assignment, you will critically think about how racial differences can impact the work equation between a service delivery provider and a service delivery recipient and between the agency staff members.
Tasks:
Regarding race as socially constructed versus biologically constructed, post your responses to the following:
Discuss whether there is a difference between the two.
Elaborate on how race impacts the work equation between a service delivery provider and a service delivery recipient.
Discuss how racial diversity impacts the work equation between agency staff members. Be specific in your responses and illustrate using examples. Support your points using scholarly sources.
Discussion board 2 in 300 words along with 3 references
One of the main objectives of this course is for you to examine your ethnic heritage, cultural identity, values, and assumptions and analyze their impact on the provision of culturally competent services; therefore, in each module, you will focus on how a specific component of culture relates to this. In this module, you will focus on sex and gender and discuss the differences between the two.
As you work in the human services delivery sector, you will encounter males and females (both clients and colleagues) who may have different gender identities and different sexual orientations other than your own. In this discussion, you will want to critically think about how sex and gender differences can impact the work equation between a service delivery provider and a service delivery recipient and between the agency staff members.
Tasks:
Regarding the relationship between sex and gender, post your responses to the following:
Illustrate the difference between the two.
Elaborate on how (or whether) sex and gender impact the work equation between a service delivery provider and a service delivery recipient.
Discuss how sex or gender impacts the work equation between agency staff members. Be specific in your responses and illustrate using examples. Make sure that you support your points using scholarly sources.
Discussion board 3 in 300 words along with 3 references
Interestingly, researchers have found that many of the cultural issues that apparently impact the human services delivery recipient are actually related to the socioeconomic status (SES) rather than other cultural factors.
In this assignment, you will focus on SES.
Tasks:
Elaborate on how (or whether) the SES impacts the work equation between a service delivery provider and a service delivery recipient. Be specific in your responses and illustrate using examples.
