Cultural Competency Workshop

Free places are now available to any staff or volunteers in the VCSE sector who support people with their health and social care. It provides a great opportunity for people to share their experiences and learn from others.

This training is currently being piloted across West Yorkshire and we are keen to see a range of cross-sector workers and volunteers from Wakefield to take part.  This training will be delivered face to face over 3 hours and will be delivered locally, at community-based venues.  The training will look at:

• Understanding culture both individually and within a wider social context.
• Understanding self, including cultural humility.

The training will be delivered in a participatory way, and it aims to create safe spaces for people to have conversations. Recent feedback from participants on the training include:

• “The most interactive EDI session I’ve ever been to!”
• “Confidence to love un-comfortability covered in a non-threatening way.”
• “Thought Provoking.”
• “I enjoyed the group discussions and felt safe voicing my opinions within the group.”
• “Well contextualised, useful activities to help reflection on self-bias etc.”
• “Feel better informed and mindful of own practice.”
• “Thinking more widely about people of different backgrounds.”
• “Many vulnerable and open conversations of past experiences is eye opening.”

Some of the things that will be explored in this training include:

• Becoming aware of our own cultural norms, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours.
• To examine our own personal biases, stereotypes, and prejudices.
• Better understand what unconscious bias is and to reflect upon their own.
• Understanding what is meant by ‘culture’ and why it is important for health professionals to be aware of how this can impact health.
• Understanding the impact cultural differences might have on interactions with others.
• Become comfortable with “not knowing” – Balancing their expert knowledge with being open to learning from the community and people’s lived experiences.

Other dates are available and you can browse those on TicketSource.

Training Facilitators:

All trainers will take a participatory approach to this training and very much support participants in becoming comfortable with “not knowing” and to encourage “learning from the community and people’s lived experiences”.