Intercultural Awareness and Cultural Competency

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This course is designed to introduce participants to the theory and methodologies required to develop and maintain cross-cultural relationships in youth work. It will assist participants to engage with young people and volunteers from diverse cultures. The course will include sessions on understanding culture and identifying aspects of one’s own culture; the role of culture in communication and how different cultural and ethnic groups interact with each other; identifying different ways of working and communicating; and recognising the different stages of cultural competency. Participants will also develop the practical skills to engage with young people and volunteers in a multi-ethnic setting.

Learning content

• Understanding culture and how it can affect relationships and behaviour
• Identifying differing cultural ways of working and communicating
• Developing the skills to engage with young people and volunteers in a multi-ethnic setting
• Developing the skills to assist young people to reflect on their attitudes to racism and to challenge racist practices  

Duration: 1 day

Course fee: €50 per person or €400 per organisation

Designed for: Individuals who engage with young people in out of school settings

Numbers: The minimum number of participants that is required to run this course successfully is 10 and the maximum 25.

Available by request by organisations or on demand if enough individual youth workers put in a request for a training to be scheduled