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Cultural Competence

Cultural competence is a key aspect of professional practice which describes the knowledge,

values and skills required to work in an inclusive manner that reflects the diversity of our local

communities across Tees. To achieve this there are three key attributes that professionals need:

1. Knowledge and understanding of:
a. Your own culture

b. Any culture bias you may have
c. The concept of culture and how this can affect beliefs and behaviours

d. Specific cultural knowledge.

2. A range of values and attitudes, including a commitment to:

a. Valuing individuality and the role which culture plays in this

b. Respecting individuality and the role which culture plays in this.

3. A range of skills including:

a. Culturally competent communication

b. Culturally competent assessment
c. Culturally competent delivery of person-centred care.

Professionals should consider any gaps in their knowledge and development needs in relation
to this subject. These resources provides a further useful insight into this subject:

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/cultural-competence/
https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/youngcarer/engage-toolkit

Ethnic Minority Communities & Languages Across Tees

There is a wide variety of community groups living across the Tees area which could be defined
by number of factors including race, ethnicity, religion, language and culture. The largest of the

specifically recognisable ethnic minority groups are outlined below, as well as the most

commonly used non-English languages (in order by size). Ethnicity and language are individual

characteristics and should not be confused or combined. 97% of people living across Tees
identified English as their first language in the 2011 Census:

Largest Ethnic Minority Communities Most Common non-English Languages

1. Asian Pakistani 1. Punjabi

2. Asian Indian 2. Urdu

3. Black African 3. Polish

4. Chinese 4. Arabic

5. Irish 5. All Other Chinese

6. Polish 6. Kurdish

7. Arab 7. Bengali

8. Asian Bangladeshi 8. Czech

9. Filipino 9. Tagalog (Filipino)

10. Sri Lankan 10. Tamil

11. Gypsy or Irish Traveller 11. French

12. Black Caribbean 12. Pashto

From the overall total ethnic minority groups living in Tees 50% are from Middlesbrough; 33%
Stockton-on-Tees; and 8% in both Hartlepool and Redcar & Cleveland (Census 2011).

More information is available here: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/