rm assurance, governance and audit processes and had updated safeguarding partnership arrangements in place (for the Pathfinder) • All but one case study area had a nominated education safeguarding strategic lead in place Welcoming and effective Family Help pillar: All expectations excluding one were either in place or in the progress of being established across all 6 case study areas. Some specific details include: 31 • For the FHLP role, all local areas had completed implementation, with 1 LA not having to recruit as they had suitable people to take on FHLP role. All other measures included within this pillar were either in place or progressing across all 6 areas • All 6 areas had developed and agreed the Family Help single assessment • 1 local area reported that the action to agree roles and responsibilities within the multi-disciplinary Family Help team- including supervision arrangements for alternatively qualified workers- is not currently being implemented, as they are not trialling the allocation of S17 cases to anyone other than social workers. Dedicated and skilled multi-agency child protection response pillar: The majority of the expectations in this pillar were completed across the 6 local areas, with a few specifics still in progress in some areas. Details include: • All areas had a clear multi-agency vision in place that included leadership, shared vision, and ways of working within MACPTs • Recruitment to the Lead Child Protection Practitioner (LCPP) role had been completed and LCPPs were in post supporting or embedded in MACPT • The MACPTs were live in 4 of the 6 case study areas, while in the remaining areas they were still in the design and planning stage with partners. Qualitative interviews in February 2025 highlighted that a key barrier to implement