orker2. These children, young people and families deserve the highest standards of practice, from compassionate and skilled practitioners, who can support them to address the challenges they face. Local authorities provide this support in partnership with other agencies, including the police, health, and education. Local authorities cannot meet the needs of all children, young people and families alone, they need to collaborate with others to draw on the knowledge, skills and expertise of other agencies. For this reason, whilst this guidance is about local authority children’s social care, the responsibilities of all agencies to contribute to effective multi-agency working is reflected as the first enabler to good outcomes. Helping whole families to bring about change can be motivating and inspiring, but the work that practitioners do every day is complex, nuanced and demanding. In this environment, where decisions can have significant consequences, everyone needs a shared vision for what children’s social care should achieve, as well as a clear and common view about what is needed to make that happen. The National Framework is statutory guidance from the Department for Education and is central to setting direction for practice in children’s social care as part of the reforms set out in Stable Homes, Built on Love. The National Framework brings together the purpose of local authority children’s social care, the principles by which children, young people and families should be supported, the enablers that should be in place so the system is effective, and the outcomes that should be achieved so that children and young people can grow up to thrive. The National Framework puts the voices of children, young people and families at the heart of practice, so they can have a sa