TY - JOUR
T1 - Spiritual Competence
T2 - What It Is, Why It Is Necessary, and How to Develop It
AU - Hodge, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2018/4/3
Y1 - 2018/4/3
N2 - Various professional standards underscore the importance of providing effective services to all people, including those from diverse religious backgrounds. Yet despite these standards, studies have repeatedly found that most social workers receive little training in navigating this aspect of diversity during their graduate educations. To address this lack of training, the present article discusses a concept that is foundational for effective service provision with spiritual clients from diverse religious backgrounds—spiritual competence. More specifically, this article outlines what spiritual competence is and why it is important in therapeutic work, and then offers a number of strategies for developing spiritual competence. As such, this article helps equip practitioners to provide more ethical, effective services in a nation characterized by increasing religious diversity.
AB - Various professional standards underscore the importance of providing effective services to all people, including those from diverse religious backgrounds. Yet despite these standards, studies have repeatedly found that most social workers receive little training in navigating this aspect of diversity during their graduate educations. To address this lack of training, the present article discusses a concept that is foundational for effective service provision with spiritual clients from diverse religious backgrounds—spiritual competence. More specifically, this article outlines what spiritual competence is and why it is important in therapeutic work, and then offers a number of strategies for developing spiritual competence. As such, this article helps equip practitioners to provide more ethical, effective services in a nation characterized by increasing religious diversity.
KW - Cultural competence
KW - direct practice
KW - religion
KW - spiritual competence
KW - spirituality
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U2 - 10.1080/15313204.2016.1228093
DO - 10.1080/15313204.2016.1228093
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84988345805
SN - 1531-3204
VL - 27
SP - 124
EP - 139
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
IS - 2
ER -