s local areas, health and the police. • Introduce a Partnership Chair to facilitate discussions, encourage consistency and provide a clear mechanism for escalation, underpinned by a system of independent scrutiny to provide rigour and challenge. • In addition to this we want all pathfinder areas to: • Test a greater role for education at strategic level, spanning early years and childcare to further education and learning from existing practice at operational level. • Implement key enablers that support effective multi-agency working, system design and development. Minimum expectations: Engage children, families and communities in design and delivery Detail This must: • Include plans for direct, meaningful engagement and feedback across the system. • Include a clear communications and engagement strategy, building in accessible information on the service offer. • Include a diverse range of children and families, including: children with SEND, young carers; children with no recourse to public funds; teenagers and children 79 experiencing harm in their community; black, Asian and ethnic minority families; and fathers and supporting parents who have previously had a child removed by the Family Court. Minimum expectations: Develop a shared practice framework Detail This must: • Extend across the system of help and protection for children and families. • Align with the National Practice Framework for Children’s Social Care. • Articulate a shared vision, values and principles underpinning evidence-based models and service delivery (whole-family, strengths-based, etc). • Establish mechanisms for the consistent and well understood threshold for actual or likely significant harm across key agencies. Minimum expectations: Test a stronger role for education at strategic level Loca