Building Cultural Competency - April 22, 2025
Includes a Live In-Person Event on 04/22/2025 at 8:30 AM (EDT)
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- Learners - $60
A 6-Hour Training with James Figueiredo, M.Ed.
8:30am-4:00pm
130 Pembroke Road, Suite 150, Concord, NH 03301
Presentation: There is strong evidence that culturally responsive care improves client/patient satisfaction and leads to greater engagement in care, improved adherence to treatment, and better health outcomes. Through interactive self-reflection and discussion, we will focus on improving our ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures to help ensure that the needs of all community members are addressed. We will look beyond race and ethnicity to include gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, socioeconomic status, and geographic location. The course includes several activities to engage participants and encourages them to reflect on how their knowledge and beliefs may affect interactions with individuals with different perspectives. The session will feature a segment dedicated to creating greater awareness and forming knowledge and familiarity with the unique issues and needs of people from diverse populations who struggle with substance use disorder. Participants will work individually and together to identify concrete actions for creating a workplace environment that is more equitable, diverse, and inclusive.
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
- Summarize cultural competence;
- Describe the framework for culturally responsive care;
- List at least three individual barriers to cultural competence;
- List at least three organizational barriers to cultural competence;
- Describe at least three practical skills or techniques to provide more culturally appropriate services; and
- Articulate how to build an understanding of cultural perspectives on substance use.
6 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 1-4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 3, 5, 13 & 15
Certified Prevention Specialist Domains: 3-4 & 6
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category A) & Psychologist (Category A)
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
This training is financed under a contract with the State of NH, Department of Health and Human Services, with funds provided in part by the State of NH and/or such funding sources as were available or required, e.g., the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
James Figueiredo
CEO
Community Workforce Institute
James Figueiredo, M.Ed. is the Executive Director and Founder of Community Workforce Initiative. He has over 3 decades of experience working in the public health field throughout the United States and internationally. His work is focused primarily on the professional development of frontline workers and their supervisors. James has extensive experience developing and delivering trainings on cultural competency, suicide prevention, HIV/AIDS, and leadership development. James has served as lecturer at Tufts University, APHA presenter, and member of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee. He is an author for the third edition of the Foundations for Community Health Workers textbook published in June 2024. During the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, James worked as a community health worker on an integrated clinical team at the Cambridge Health Alliance. He spent another decade at the Justice Resource Institute (JRI) as the Director of Education and Training, where he served as co-chair of the Diversity Committee, oversaw, and led trainings throughout sub-Saharan Africa. He holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from Boston University. As an undergraduate he studied English Language and Literature at West London College in the United Kingdom. He most enjoys spending time with his spouse and children on backpacking trips. He aspires to be a coffee grower, avocado farmer, and beekeeper when he retires.