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Strengths-based practice with families

Author: Community Care Inform

Updated Date: 31 October 2018

Publication Date: 14 September 2018

Learning points

How to use strengths-based practice in your work, including applying motivational interviewing and how to cope with difficult conversations.
What the key features of different practice models are, including Signs of Safety and solution-focused practice.
Using attachment approaches to work with parents in a strengths-based way.

This knowledge and practice hub helps you meet point 7 of the Knowledge and skills statement for child and family practitioners: Child and family assessment.

Strengths-based skills

Motivational interviewing

Strengths-based approaches to difficult conversations

Applying Signs of Safety in high-risk cases

Using attachment theory to work with adults

Assessing attachment in parents and carers

Understanding practice models

Solution-focused practice

Signs of Safety

Systemic practice

Three conversations

Local area co-ordination

Learning and development

Multimedia learning

Problematic alcohol use: practice scenario videos

Multimedia learning

30 min podcast episode on strengths-based practice

Multimedia learning

Podcast on motivational interviewing including two practice scenarios

Multimedia learning

Webinar: attachment-based practice with adults

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, do let us know.

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Title *
Strengths-based practice with families

Date *
05-07-2022 (dd-mm-yyyy)

Learning or development activity, resource or URL
https://www.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/strengths-based-practice-with-families/

Learning

Use the boxes below to record what you have learned from this activity. The form below replicates that used by Social Work England on your online account, so that when you have to renew your registration you can include this as evidence of your continuing professional development. Everything you write will be stored in your Inform account from which you can export all the information as a Word file and upload to an unstructured form on the Social Work England website or print it off for other uses – for example, in supervision.

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4. Social Work England have eight CPD standards (4.1-4.8). Which of these do you believe your learning demonstrates? Note down and reflect on as many as apply. The eight standards are:

4.1 Incorporate feedback from a range of sources, including from people with lived experience of my social work practice.
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4.5 Contribute to an open and creative learning culture in the workplace to discuss, reflect on and share best practice.
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4.7 Record my learning and reflection on a regular basis and in accordance with Social Work England's guidance on continuing professional development.
4.8 Reflect on my own values and challenge the impact they have on my practice.

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Title * Strengths-based practice with families

Date * 05-07-2022 (dd-mm-yyyy)

URL https://www.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/strengths-based-practice-with-families/

Learning Use the boxes below to record what you have learned from this activity. Everything you write will be stored in your Inform account and you can export all the information as a Word file or print it off. When you have to renew your social work registration with Social Care Wales, you can include this as evidence of continuing professional development.

1. What have you learned from this activity?

2. How has it contributed to your practice?

3. How much time have you spent on this activity?

4. Next steps (any additional learning you need in this area)?

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Citation

Full Harvard reference for this document:

Community Care Inform (2018) Strengths-based practice with families. Knowledge Hubs.
Community Care Inform
[online]
https://www.ccinform.co.uk/knowledge-hubs/strengths-based-practice-with-families/
[accessed: 5 July 2022]

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