Families First Cambridgeshire

Families First Cambridgeshire is about services working together to support children and families better. Families First Partnership is a national programme which we are now working towards in Cambridgeshire.

Families First Partnership Programme (GOV.UK)

Families First Cambridgeshire will change the focus of Children's Social Care towards supporting families earlier, involving you in decision making and keeping families together. 

What will this look like for families?

Families First Cambridgeshire is about:

• supporting families earlier, before more serious problems emerge, in order to keep more families together
• better information sharing among services so you only need to tell your story once
• more use of family networks, family group decision-making to allow families voices to be heard earlier on
• parent and family network involvement in child protection processes
• targeted funding to allow more children to live safely at home, or to support kinship care

What happens next?

Over the next few months we will be working with children, young people, families, our workforce and partners to understand how we can better support you. You can contact us about the programme, or provide feedback by emailing CCCFamiliesFirstPartnershipProgramme@cccandpcc.onmicrosoft.com.

You can also speak to your keyworker.

Video - how services work together to keep children and young people safe