A group of professionals and parents are banding together to help transform Child Protection conferences. CP meetings can be an intimidating experience for parents and carers, and they are met with a line of professionals and important information can be lost to terminology. Building from their work on Camden Conversations, a project that got parents speaking about their experiences with CP conferences. John Lawrence-Jones, the Child Protection Service manager, notes that people entering conferences are often frightened, so anything the service can do to make the process more relational can only be good. The group plans to aid communication in meetings by offering ‘parent support partners’. The scheme would pair families going through the process with parents who have previous experience with it to offer a unique level of support. They have also developed training for parents to become advocates for families in meetings. These partnerships will help bridge barriers and build partnerships between the professional and parents and help address the power imbalance in the room. An added benefit is that parents can voice their opinions, and agencies can hear what they can improve. John spoke about the aim of a CP conference was to make an effective plan; bringing parents into the process can create a shared aim. The mix of parents and professionals helping run the project praised the work they had achieved so far. Kar-Man, a parent, spoke about her passion for the brilliant idea and working on it collaboratively. Previously, the Camden Conversations team have had successful initiatives adapting how CP conferences are run, including inviting parents to enter the room to get settled first to avoid the intimidating wall of professionals. Kevin, another member of the group, sees parent support partners as an amazing opportunity to improve how social services are run, emphasising how important it is for a service to change and evolve. The group hope for the scheme to be so integrated into the service that eventually, each family entering the CP system will be offered a helping hand by a fellow parent.