Cultural competence enhances communication by bridging language barriers, understanding nonverbal cues, and adapting communication styles to suit different contexts. It builds trust & relationships, challenges stereotypes & biases and offers more personalised care, which can lead to better outcomes.
Practitioners and their practice should be person centred, unbiased, accessible to all and legally compliant.
Cultural competence does not mean ignoring or excusing practices that are against UK law or could cause or risk causing significant harm to children, young people and adults.
By learning about other cultures, we recognise the richness of human diversity and avoid making assumptions based on limited information
