Partnership is the key difference between traditional caregiving and family support.
Instead, staff members and clients are partners, each bringing to the table strengths and knowledge and a commitment to work together as equals in solving family problems and opening doors to new opportunities. The partnership model of family support acknowledges that staff and clients work together as partners, each bringing knowledge, strength, and resources to resolve problems, identify needs, and achieve goals. Strengths Module 2 emphasizes strengths. Participants practice reframing initial impressions and reactions to find the hidden strengths in themselves and other people. The family support movement seeks out and reinforces the strengths that exist in all people and all communities and focuses on ways of building on those strengths to improve the quality of life for individuals, families, and neighborhoods.