, we want to: • Give family-led plans a central position in practitioners’ plans wherever possible. • Offer and embed family group decision-making (FGDM) throughout the reformed system, with the family group conference (FGC) model being offered at the point pre-proceedings letters are issued. • Introduce new Family Network Support Packages (FNSPs) to provide practical and financial support to enable family networks to help children stay safe and thrive at home. 88 • We are also separately piloting FNSPs in seven additional local areas, to isolate the impact of this novel policy. The pilot launched in June 2023 and receives support from the same delivery and evaluation partners as the Pathfinder. We are working with the delivery partner to share learning across this and the pathfinder programme. Minimum expectations: Develop model(s) of integrating family group decision making (FGDM) in and throughout new family help and child protection systems Detail Local areas must: • Offer all families FGDM by default and engage family networks at every decision point. • Ensure their FGDM model meets the features set out in Working Together 2023 and ensure FGDM is facilitated by an independent coordinator. This means the coordinator cannot have any decision-making responsibility, or history of this, for the family. The coordinator may be employed by the LA but be independent from the specific case or employed by a commissioned service. • Clearly set out how FGDM will be integrated throughout the system, including as part of family help and child protection conferences, and the role of different practitioners within this. • Establish a mechanism for involving family networks in child protection conferences. • Establish the appropriate timing of FGDM at different points in the system/