tings enabled real-time discussion of any emerging concerns. For example, police stakeholders noted that if a young person was arrested the night before, the case could be brought to the MACPT meeting the next morning. This often led to same-day strategy discussions- a much faster process compared to the pre-Pathfinder approach, where referrals would have gone through the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)14. "From a police side we used to always have to wait for a MASH referral to get through to children's social care and a strategy meeting to happen which could take up to a week before we could get involved, whereas now we're able to have the earliest opportunity to say what we've noticed on our side. A decision can be made in the morning about how quickly we need to have the strategy meeting which could even be that day. Things are happening quicker now those lines of communication are a lot quicker because of the daily meeting"- Frontline worker [Police], Wave 2 (February 2025) • Improved Understanding of Risk: In addition to daily meetings, the MACPT holds fortnightly group supervision sessions. These sessions focus on a specific case, with each partner agency sharing their views on the level of risk to the child. This has helped build mutual understanding of different professional perspectives and how risk is assessed across agencies. 14 Co-located hub of agencies enabling real time information sharing, decision making and communication. 42 These practices have supported more timely and informed decision-making, and have contributed to stronger shared ownership of safeguarding concerns across partner services. “I think that has definitely caused a shift in our way of thinking, because we all have different views on how we assess risk, and when we have those disc