rs all working together, all working together with a focus on all the children in that locality... It has had a real benefit to family engagement and families feeling that they're able to build rapport and trust with the same people." – Frontline worker [LA], Wave 1 (February 2025) "The child protection chairs really enjoy that they're developing as a social worker as well as supporting the family. And the IRO roles are dedicated to that role of supporting and advocating for the children and young people. And so that's just worked incredibly well" – Strategic Lead [LA], Wave 1 (February 2025) "Social workers are telling us, particularly the changes around the CP chairs is helpful. And the introduction of learning mentors is really helpful." – Strategic Lead [LA], Wave 1 (February 2025) Communication The split in roles caused some concern amongst frontline staff about which route they should choose when they had previously done both. The LA established clear lines of communication with frontline staff and worked closely with team managers to support their workers through the transition, listening to their concerns, whilst ensuring a clear vision and rationale for why the changes were important. Strategically, the LA worked with DfE on the roles. The dialogue, supported by their frontline workers’ feedback proved a positive and empowering process for all. 34 "I've always felt really positive and proud of working for [LA]. They do value the opinions of the people that are delivering the services. We've got really strong partnership working, it's not just within the social care team. We've had really good buy-in from our police colleagues and our health and our education colleagues. The opportunity that we've had to explore Child Protection and the ability to look at best p