rents Recruiting, supporting and retaining foster carers and adopters is often managed by a distinct service with its own data needs. Stronger Families / Troubled Families Often there will be a single data role within this service, somewhat isolated from the core children’s data function. Early Help The level of support below the threshold for statutory safeguarding services, this covers a wide range of approaches. Family Support The new model proposed by the 2022 MacAlister review of CSC, which blends early help with some CSC services. Youth services Local youth services may have links with local safeguarding services, and/or may access data support for separate systems. Extra-Familial Harm There may be a separate “exploitation” hub or service supporting CSC with specialist support for specific children. Regional data work There may be a regional lead LA or person co-ordinating projects across multiple LAs, or leads for specific projects. Family Group Conferences A way to engage families in co-developing a support plan for a child or young person. Transitional safeguarding An approach to safeguarding adolescents and young adults across developmental stages. References: statutory returns data process The most important statutory return period commences in April each year, reporting the CIN Census and SSDA903 (for CLA) to DfE. The statutory returns data process as described by DfE is to produce data to the return specification from your local case management system (CMS), upload this to the relevant return site, review any validation errors reported by the return site, and either amend these or provide notes as to their causes. Finally, an LA representative must sign off the final return. In practice, the typical approach is to do as little work as possible within the re