Abstract:  With the transformation of social structure, various familyrelated issues are continuously arising. In serving the problem families, social workers face three practical predicaments: low recognition of professional identity, inadequate public resources, and difficulty in maintaining balanced development between family and individuals. The theory of strengths perspective gives new inspirations for addressing these predicaments and leads to a competencecentered mode of evaluating and intervening into family social work. The study finds that the new mode can make complete and dynamic assessment of household ability and needs by shifting focus of attention, grasping overall situation and emphasizing interaction. The mode can also promote the integration of individual and household abilities so as to enable families to cope with their own lives better by establishing superior working objective, utilizing cycle strategies and taking concrete actions. Two theoretical concepts, i.e. systematic interaction and linkage via action, are put forth, through the practical research, to modify the theory of strengths perspective.

Key words: strengths perspective, family social work, practical strategy