Family Culture

Australia is evolving at a rapid pace as a multicultural society of great diversity. To meet the unique needs of each individual cultural group, Human Service workers must be aware and understand the importance of culture when designing and developing cross-cultural programs. Failure to recognise " ... the fact that human identity is expressed in a specific cultural and community context and human potential is realised in much the same way" ( Fitzgerald, 1988, p. 58 ) can only be disadvantageous to any cross- cultural human service worker. The necessary preparation and underlining princ…