k that's quite a big thing and I think it does help to get a little bit more cooperation and it gives them the freedom to say 'I hear what you're saying. I understand why we need to 55 do this work but actually doing it in that way is not going to work for me. Can we find an alternative way?' Whereas I think in the past it would have been, you've got to do this piece of work, without the consideration as to, 'that's not going to work for me' or why it's not going to work for the family. I think there's much more opportunity to discuss that now and make things more accessible for families while still getting those important pieces of work undertaken." – Frontline worker [LA], Wave 1 (November 2025) Perceived reduction in the number of children in proceedings and subject to child protection plans: Delivery teams highlighted that the number of children in proceedings and on child protection plans had reduced, which they felt was driven by the multi-agency model as well as other support and services. 17 “What we have noticed through the multi-agency working is that our number of children in proceedings have significantly reduced. Our number of children subject to plans in a safe way have reduced…and also our number of children in care, and that's because we're able to support those children in a much better way. Some of that's about the services and support we have here, like the Strengthening Families Teams, but a lot of that is about how that's joined up with [this] model.” – Strategic Lead [LA], Wave 1 (February 2025) 1717 17 Please note that quantitative analysis of relevant data sets has not been conducted as part of this evaluation and is not able to confirm these qualitative observations. 56 7. Summary of key learnings and implications Key learnings Response to the F