tory of it. So, for example, I tend to look into a lot of the previous social workers notes. A lot of their statements I tend to use a lot because I'm in the looked after side and a lot of times those initial concerns came out of visits from let's say a child protection social worker”. (Practitioner) There was discussion about who the collected data is useful for and who it is used by. It is useful for the social workers themselves when taking on a new case, or reminding themselves of the details of a case, for practitioners with different roles and responsibilities in their team, for children and families to understand and to ensure the relevant support is put in place for them. Ultimately, data and information is reviewed by practitioners to enable them to understand the child or young person’s journey though care: “If I get a new case, I often look at visit records first. That’s normally the first place that I go to, to get a sense of how they’re doing... the visit record’s quite useful in terms of capturing that information.” (Practitioner) Finally, practitioners and data consumers were clear in understanding the impact that forms and paperwork can have. They highlighted specific paperwork as good examples of understanding the relationship that the child/young person has with their social worker and how they respond to them: “There's some fabulous examples of how children respond to it and have had the paperwork written to them.” (Data consumer) Missing Chapters Findings When asked what they think social workers should be recording about them, children and young people commonly described building an understanding and picture of who the child is and how best to work with them. They placed a higher importance on this than the business and practice side of record keepi