Case Study: Family Services Of Greater Houston

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I would like to work for Family Services of Greater Houston. Family Services of Greater Houston is a United Way agency, and is one of Houston’s oldest nonprofit social service organizations. Their mission is to provide individuals and families with the counseling and guidance they need to strengthen themselves and their relationships. Their vision is to create a stronger community tomorrow by helping individuals and families find the strength to meet the challenges they face today. Family Services mainly serves low-income children, families and adults. Their clients are of all ages and ethnicities (53% Hispanic, 24% African American, 19% Caucasian and 4% Asian and other). Their vision is made up of 9 core aspects that they believe in:…show more content…
This concept was covered in two articles written by Amy Seipel, MSW, LSW, and Ineke Way, Ph.D., ACSW, LMSW. This article appeared in the Fall, 2006 issue of THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER. The authors stated that “Without cultural awareness, social workers contribute to oppression when working with clients from other cultures. This is unethical practice and can cause clients great harm (Sue et al., 1992). Social workers need skills to assess clients’ entire systems. If ignored, social workers may echo society’s oppression by assuming that clients need to change, rather than working for societal change (Pinderhughes, 1989). On the other hand, lack of cultural competence can also lead to overcompensation by social workers; clinicians may spend too much time focusing on culture or may excuse dysfunctional behavior (Comas-Díaz, 1995)”. Family Services of Greater Houston provides services in both English and Spanish to help ensure that they can better serve their Hispanic clients. Family Services also expands there services to include and interact with the children in Hispanic families they have taken into consideration the intervention approaches needed to affectively interact and bring about change. They look at the relationship of the mother role with the children. It was stated that by improving the mother’s ability to parent that you bring about…show more content…
The document was written by Tammy Rice-Rodriguez, LCSW, ACSW and David Boyle, LCSW, PhD both are instructor in the Dalton State College social work program. The goal of this manual was to focus on the aspects of Hispanic culture that Hispanic people would not understand and the lack of knowledge in these areas would interfere with the effeteness of the services provide. The manual main Ideas are that the information in the training regarding being culturally competent can apply to any culture. Becoming culturally competent is a journey. Don’t be afraid to ask questions about the client’s culture, it will help you understand their journey as

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