re supports children and young people by building relationships so that key people in the lives of children and young people, who form their family network, can help to provide safety, stability, and love. Involving family networks needs to happen at every stage, when children and young people are supported by children’s social care, including if they are going to, or have, entered care. When children are being raised by someone in their family network, we refer to this as kinship care. Summary of this outcome Often there are wider family relationships and networks that exist and can provide much- needed help when families experience challenging problems. These relationships can be a source of practical support that allow parents and carers to increase their capacity to meet the needs of their children and young people. In some situations, where it is not safe for children or young people to stay living with their parents, or they are on a journey to be reunified with their parents, kinship care can be the best option to keep children and young people connected to those they know and love. Kinship care can be any situation in which a child is being raised by a family member who is not their parent or a friend – it can be temporary or long-term. For other children and young people who are in or leaving care, family networks might be small or limited, and practitioners will offer support to strengthen safe connections and establish lifelong loving relationships. Family networks can help parents and carers to address their own needs, and offer stability for children and young people, but they might need the help of practitioners to make this happen. Children’s social care needs to consider how to unlock family networks and identify kinship carers to be a source of support,