eir ability to confront, challenge and resolve when working with children, young people, and families. For another LA the core premise of practice is that family is the best place for a child to thrive, develop and meet their potential. This practice model is based on avoiding ‘transformation traps’ whereby changes to practice are transient and not embedded as a way of being. It is recognised that relationships are fundamental to social work practice and the practice framework predicates this. 26 DfE Project 2A: User research into social worker inputted data to CMS The practice model is not about collusive practice or minimising risks, it is about the whole system. Within the model, systemic practice is an overarching foundation, alongside several relationship-based techniques including strengthening families, restorative practice, and motivational interviewing. Systemic practice enables practitioners to understand that children and families are in contextual relationships that shape their identity. Systemic practice posits that there is no single truth and that there are multiple ways of knowing the world. For practice this means that complexity is favoured over linearity in practitioners’ understanding of children and families. With systemic practice there are six principles which are essential to social workers and their practice: 1. Relationships based – developing strong relationships between practitioners and families to make change 2. Evidence-based – using evidence-based interventions to support change 3. Strengths-based – doing more of what works and less of what doesn’t, building on strengths 4. Self-reflective – thinking about own beliefs and values and their influence on practice 5. Confidently holding risk – whilst working with families to minimise risk thr