Family Partnership Model (FPM): Foundation Course

Course description

The Family Partnership Model has been designed by the Centre for Parent & Child Support in the UK and used extensively across Australia and other countries in supporting practitioners to explore and reflect on concepts, theories and evidence that influences the parent / worker relationship.

The Family Partnership Model (FPM) is an innovative approach based upon an explicit model of the ‘helping’ process. The model demonstrates how specific ‘helper’ qualities and skills, when used in partnership, can enable parents and families to overcome their difficulties, build strengths and resilience and fulfil their goals more effectively.

In the FPM Foundation Course, you’ll participate in activities to build your skills and explore all aspects of the model including:

• working with families to identify their needs
• building a genuine and respectful ‘partnership’
• setting goals
• helping families achieve these goals.

The course uses an adult learning approach which values, recognises and builds on the experience that participants bring with them. During the course, you’ll be encouraged to actively practice your skills in a supportive learning environment.

A number of research trials have demonstrated the positive benefits of the Family Partnership Model to:

• the developmental progress of children
• parent-child interaction
• the psychological functioning of parents, families and children.

Course outcomes

Participants will develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in the processes of the evidence-based Family Partnership Model, including engaging and relating well to parents and effectively supporting them to achieve jointly identified outcomes.