Valuing And Respecting Diversity
The following key practice principles should guide all interventions when working with children and
Multicultural Affairs Queensland, Queensland Government 2010 Last updated June 2010 Working with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds:
1. Access and equity
• This is about the services being available to all of the people with mental illness. It is not about being treated as equal to the others but to be given the right, properly, and necessary support or need of a client. This is an important principle for it makes people understand that even if there are cultural differences, the government of Queensland and other agencies involved treats them as they are supposed to be treated.
2. Valuing and respecting diversity
• The
Multicultural Affairs Queensland, Queensland Government 2010 Last updated June 2010 Working with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds:
1. Access and equity
• This is about the services being available to all of the people with mental illness. It is not about being treated as equal to the others but to be given the right, properly, and necessary support or need of a client. This is an important principle for it makes people understand that even if there are cultural differences, the government of Queensland and other agencies involved treats them as they are supposed to be treated.
2. Valuing and respecting diversity
• The