Cultural mediator training is supplementary training for professionals with an immigrant or multicultural background working in the field of health and social care. The purpose of the training was to strengthen the professionals\u2019 skills in cultural sensitivity. The training equipped them to utilise their own multicultural background and skills in their work. During the training, the participants were provided with tools for meeting different multicultural clients and were taught ways to deal with racism in the workplace.<\/p>\n
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The topics that the training addressed were:<\/p>\n
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Professionals who attended the training have the ability to work as experts in multicultural work in their own work community.<\/p>\n
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The facilitator Emma Tamankag works as a senior lecturer in the department of nursing at Laurea University of Applied Sciences and has over 15 years\u2019 experience as a nurse in different clinical settings. She is also the President of both Heed Association Finland and Moniheli. Emma has observed uncountable conflicts in her work, which could have been prevented with the help of a cultural mediator. Cultural mediators in the social and health care field and community outreach work are indispensable given the changing demographics in Finland. These two training days were enriching, Emma says, and have only amplified the urgent need for cultural mediator training in Finland.<\/p>\n
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The training includes a 2.5 hour-long follow up meeting in spring 2022 on a specific date arranged later.<\/p>\n
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There were 11 participants in the training, eight of whom represented NGOs. There were also representatives from the public social and health care sector, universities, and the cultural sector. The age of the participants ranged from 22 to 57.<\/p>\n
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The feedback forms revealed that:<\/p>\n
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In the feedback, one participant wrote that the training provided them with the \u201copportunity to meet many wonderful people\u201d; there was \u201cso much good discussion we could\u2019ve talked for hours\u201d. Another participant wrote that \u201cit was perfection\u201d and said that the facilitator was \u201cexcellent\u201d. Two participants described the training as \u201ceye-opening\u201d, one of whom referred to the usage of \u201cexamples from so many different cultures\u201d. A further participant mentioned \u201cnew concepts such as paraverbal communication\u201d and referred to the facilitator as \u201cbeyond skilled\u201d. Another comment said that it was \u201csuch a valuable training\u201d and that \u201cthe programme was brilliant\u201d. A final highlight was the following comment: \u201cThank you so much, this is really important work, and it is really urgent and much needed!\u201d<\/p>\n
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The best part of the training for many participants as well as Terkku Project Coordinator Lauren Stevens was the Barnga game, which is from a book called \u2018Barnga: A Simulation Game on Cultural Clashes\u2019 by Sivasailam Thiagarajan.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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