sures and to develop the questions included in a survey designed to provide baselines for the measures (Appendix 2). This survey was an online survey, using Microsoft Forms and was conducted prior to the implementation of the tool to establish baseline measurements for CSC workers experiences using the current case management system. The survey was co-produced with CSC workers and cognitively tested with staff members from the service, this provides a high-level of confidence about the validity and reliability of responses. Microsoft Forms was selected as the most appropriate mechanism for collecting data because it was a corporate system available and was accessible to respondents. The survey was open for response from August to December 2023. To increase engagement in the survey amongst staff members, the survey link was distributed in Microsoft Teams Channels for each of the 15 OFFICIAL - SENSITIVE Children’s Social Care Teams and managers were requested to prompt staff to complete the survey. The survey was promoted at in-person Locality events that took place in November/December 2023. The survey was split into six areas and totalled 19 questions: demographics of staff (team, location, experience), case management overview, case management experience, information retrieval, technology and digital confidence, and feedback on the current system. The section to collect staff views on perceived technology and digital confidence was included as the tool developed as part of this pilot is a digital solution. This was included to account for variations in technical confidence. The survey collected discrete data, through a Likert rating scale (limited options within a range). Most of the data collected was quantitative and a limited number of questions resulting in qualita