CAYMAN ISLANDS (GIS) – Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) staff will work remotely from home starting on Wednesday, 25 March 2020. The new arrangement is in keeping with Government procedures to limit the impact of coronavirus throughout the Cayman Islands.

During this time the department’s dedicated social work and administrative staff will provide critical services. These services can be accessed via an on-call system through dcfs@gov.ky. Critical services include child protection work undertaken by the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (M.A.S.H), which can be contacted on 1-800-534-2273/945-0545 and Mash@gov.ky and the protection of the elderly via dcfselderlyservices@gov.ky.

All social workers are providing their cell phone numbers to clients so that they can monitor cases.

The DCFS residential facilities continue to work with a full staffing complements.