 gives young people appropriate access to their files and the ability to add to them • Alongside the pilot, work with LAs to develop guidance for practitioners about ownership of files and how to navigate children and young people inputting directly into them to avoid this adding to the recording burden on social workers • Set guidelines to ensure that Article 17 of the UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) Rights to Information are raised in every child’s plan Recommendations for LAs:  Engage with Children in Care Councils to understand more about what is important for young people when understanding their records and accessing them  Local authorities should develop a common set of writing principles for social workers and all professionals who contribute to records. The DfE can then enable and create a wider platform for these to be refined and shared 17 DfE Project 2A: User research into social worker inputted data to CMS  Ensure that Article 17 of the UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) Rights to Information are raised in every child’s plan  Explore the dichotomy of consumer need with regard to the use of the various forms within workflows. Where possible, make clearer the purposes of forms, the links between them, and the contribution expectations of the different practitioners Key message 5: Access to records should be simpler Links to theme 5 and Missing Chapters Access to records should be simpler, with more support for those accessing them and have less redaction. This would enable young people to access more of their records and reduce the burden on the LA caused by perceived redaction requirements. Recommendations for DfE:  Develop guidance which provides clear information to children in care and to care le