Resilient Families way of working means making a partnership between a worker and a family (and the wider scaffolding network). Being in partnership is a vital part of the relationship.

Characteristics of Partnership

• Being supportive
•  To sustain, encourage, care &  shore up (galvanise)
• Being connected
•  To get alongside, appreciate where constructs are coming from
• Being facilitative
•  To make possible, make easy, to make happen
• Being influential
•  To have some bearing on, to inspire & to change
• Being purposeful
•   To be focussed, determined & persistent

Partnership from a Resilient Families Perspective

• Working together with active participation/involvement
• Developing and maintaining genuine connectedness
• Sharing decision making power
• Recognising complementary expertise and roles
• Sharing and agreeing aims and process of helping
• Negotiation of disagreement
• Showing mutual trust and respect
• Developing and maintaining openness and honesty
• Communicating clearly
• Being culturally responsive and respectful

E-Learning

You can find more about Partnerships on the Resilient Families E-Learning, available on the L and D portal