CYP Now - The ADCS blog: Families First for Children Partnerships: A New Chapter

It felt wrong, as a director of children's services of a wave one Families First for Children (FFC) Pathfinder authority, not to use this blog to share my reflections on the way services have adapted, and how others might travel along the path Wolverhampton has helped to pave.

Alison Hinds is vice chair of the West Midlands ADCS region and director of children's services at City of Wolverhampton Council

I have to be honest, as a new DCS, the prospect of leading this work could have been a make or break moment! However, with the support of my Pathfinder colleague DCSs, our great team in Wolverhampton, colleagues in the DfE and our delivery partner, it has been a privilege to be part of such significant social care reform agenda.

We know we are fortunate to have three FFC Pathfinders in the West Midlands, and we appreciate that this is a significant opportunity both for our region, and indeed the whole country. It represents a real chance to reshape the way we support children and families, moving away from sometimes fragmented services towards a more cohesive, relationship-based approach to practice.

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