A person does not become intercultural mediator to only have a degree, but she must assume him to the person that will, that abierta attitude as a life style. – To control the influence of the expectations: – To avoid the effect Pigmalin 1 – Not to confuse the cultural identity with the interpersonal uniformity because nobody is equal to anybody although is of the same ethnic group, the same culture, the same country, the same town or the same family. – To consider that the previous expectations on the people condition the processes and that are important to mature in that perception of the diverse thing. – To work by the autonomy of the people and not by the depencia. – To look for the maximum symmetry in the interpersonal relations. – To enter a process of reciprocal acculturation, that is to say, to be at readiness to carry out a personal change product of the relation with other people.
Professional characteristics (the aptitudes): As far as the professional aptitudes, the educator must have knowledge in techniques of analysis of the reality, planning of processes of social intervention and techniques of work in group. In order to be able to return to have one more a more complete idea of the characteristics on which it must count an educator with immigrants we are going to pay attention to general characteristics like the following: – People of both sexes: so that the equipment can always have on the perspective of sort and the professionals adapted for each occasion. We think that special cases as can occur I on the contrary mistreat a woman in which this one feels more comfortable pulling ahead with another woman, or, a case of intervention between a conflict father and son, where the father feels more to taste dealing with a man. – Original People of diverse political and cultural areas: in order to from within favor the interculturalidad of the team of mediators. – People with different disciplines from origin: since different perspective are contributed on the work with immigrants, therefore they are possible to be counted on social workers, social anthropologists, social psychologists, educators – People with different experiences vital: Educators of different ages or that they themselves have lived the experience on immigration.
The formation: As far as its specific formation, to say that he is recommendable people with degree degree average or superior (this requirement is desirable although it is not essential) and with formation specialized in immigration and disciplines related to the social intervention. It is not sufficient with positive attitudes. The work of social intervention, is in the scope that is, in this case with population immigrant, requires knowledge on: – Theory and techniques for the social intervention: that is to say, the methodologic foundations that allow him to know the reality better in which it is going to exert his work and to execute it with the greater possible level of effectiveness and coherence with the objectives. One is therefore to know the techniques systematized analysis the reality, planning and evaluation of processes of social intervention, as well as of work with groups (social communication, abilities, resolution of problems, etc.). – Specific Information that it requires the work with population immigrant: legal, normative aspects, social etc.