Decolonizing Social Work Education and Curriculum Utilizing Cultural Competemility and Professionalism Approach

Efforts to decolonize social work education aim to diversify and include indigenous perspectives. This author highlights the council on social work education’s pivotal role and proposes a cultural competemility and professionalism method—rooted in social work professional values, and offers practical guidelines for achieving decolonization. This paper elaborates on cultural competemility and professionalism origin, key concepts, the application process, and challenges hindering its application success.