mily Help Lead Practitioners (FHLP) and LCPPs was seen to be valuable both in supporting families and in the professional development of social workers. However, stakeholders across both Waves highlighted that more work was required to establish the interaction of these two roles. This was particularly important for newly qualified social workers in terms of developing skills and experience in child protection. Opportunities for skills development and the benefit to families of having a single point of contact were cited by practitioners in the qualitative research as advantages of the FHLP role. However, there were some mixed responses around who was best placed to carry out the role. Some staff within Health, at the time of the interviews, reported being daunted by the potential workload involved in the role, particularly in the earlier stages of the FFCP implementation. Some staff were also said to be reluctant to take on additional responsibilities that did not come with an increase in salary. The FFCP also focused on empowering families to come together, discuss their needs, and develop shared solutions to problems. At the time of interviews, all case study local areas reported offering Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) and Family Network Support Packages (FNSPs) to families as part of their wider strategy to involve wider family in decision-making. Findings showed that the rollout of FNSP funding across Wave 1 and 2 case study areas was slower due to some uncertainty around FNSP governance. However, more recent programme monitoring data suggests that the distribution of FNSPs has increased in some areas as staff have become more confident in using the funding. Early experience of delivering FFCP Wave 1 and Wave 2 areas showed a high degree of openness to innovat