 voices of those directly impacted at the forefront of the research. Grounded in participatory methodology, the project empowered care-experienced individuals as co-researchers, advocates, and experts in their own lives. The findings from the Missing Chapters project have been interwoven throughout the findings from phase two of this research and synergies between the two projects identified. Please see appendix three to read the full Missing Chapters report. 59 DfE Project 2A: User research into social worker inputted data to CMS 6. Conclusions The project set out to test the assumption that the volume of data collected is a burden and that this burden could be alleviated by cutting some data items. The research disproved this assumption and found that it is in fact the way that data is collected and recorded which creates a burden on social care practitioners. Our research suggests that greatest impact on reducing social worker burden can be achieved by improving the usability and functionality of CMS and the form design. Alongside this, increasing business support resources available to social work practitioners would further reduce the burden of collection. The research did not identify any data that was currently not being recorded that could add significant value if it was collected. This could, however, be an area for future investigation as there could be more to explore within other forms and teams. The research did find that a large amount of data is collected as supporting evidence for statutory and ‘local’ data requirements. A recommendation is to review the approach to statutory data changes to better involve the full range of LA perspectives. All practitioners told us that the data they collect is useful and supports good social work practice and it ultima