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Family Partnerships as a Model of
Practice
Susanne Klawetter, LCSW
Jon Singletary, Ph.D., M.S.W., M.Div.
• Baylor School of Social Work
• Center for Family and Community
Ministries (CFCM)
• Calvary Baptist Church
Vision
• Partner CBC volunteers with community
families in ways that facilitate caring and
friendship.
• Empower CBC volunteers to share skills and
resources within areas of expertise or
training.
• Utilize social workers’ skills and resources for
case management and counseling.
• Develop evidence-informed model of pairing
social work skills with congregations
Family Partnership Program
• Collaboration between BSSW/CFCM and
CBC
• Social Work theoretical underpinnings
and techniques:
– Strengths Perspective, Structural Family
Theory, Systems Theory
– Family Group Conferencing, Multisystemic
Therapy
Family Partnership Program
• Collaboration between BSSW/CFCM and
CBC
• Congregation-based models
– Stand in the Gap
– Open Table
Family Partnership Program:
Roles
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Partners
Consultants
Participant Families
Social Work Interns
Partners
• CBC volunteers – individuals, couples,
families
• Long-term commitment
• Focus on relationship building, support,
encouragement
• May have pre-existing relationship with
family
Consultants
• CBC volunteers – individuals
• Short-term commitment
• Focus on sharing specific skill sets,
resources, expertise
– EX: navigating legal or educational system;
nutrition
Participant Families
• Families with young children
• Already in relationship with CBC and/or
CBC volunteers
• Located in neighborhood surrounding
CBC
• Voluntary
Social Work Interns
• MSW interns in Children and Families
Concentration
• Interested in community-based work
• Interested in collaborating with churches
in social work role
• Supervised by Program Coordinator
(LMSW) and Research Faculty (LCSW)
Pilot Year Implementation
• 4 families referred, 3 families agreed to
participate, 2 families completed program
• Goal:
– Strengthen parenting skills
– Increase social support
• Pre/post-test evaluation: Participant Families
– Family Support Scale
– Parent Stress Index
• Qualitative evaluation: CBC Volunteers
• Field evaluation: MSW Interns
Implementation: CBC
• Book Study: When Helping Hurts
– Development focus
• FPP training
– Strengths Perspective
– Family Focus
– Cultural Sensitivity
– Case Studies
• Asset Mapping within CBC Congregation
Implementation: Participant
Families
• Engagement and Assessment
– Genograms and Ecomaps
– Family Group Meeting
– MST Fit Circles
• Intervention
– Parenting Partners Curriculum
– Case Management: CBC Partners, CBC
Consultants, Formal and Informal resources
– Counseling: Marriage/Couples, Depression,
Parenting Stress, Addiction
Outcomes and Implications:
Participant Families
• Family Group Meetings
– Assessment, intervention, termination
– Emphasis on natural support networks and strengths
• Parenting Support
• PSI: lacked statistical significance
• Offer parenting curriculum in community setting
• Family Support
– FSS: lacked statistical significance; longitudinal study
• What we missed
– Measure presence and change in depressive features
– Qualitative study
Outcomes and Implications:
CBC Volunteers
• Measure impact of book study
• Impact of social work frameworks
– Strengths perspective
– Understanding family and community context
Outcomes and Implications:
Social Work Interns
• Engagement skills
• Professional social work role
• Power differentials
Social Work with Congregations
• Ethical integration of faith and social work
practice
• Approach congregations from a strengths
perspective
• Acknowledge value conflicts and
challenges
• Provide clear definition of professional
roles, values, limitations