Improving help and child protection: revised framework

This consultation will inform updates to Working together to safeguard children, Children’s social care national framework and policy underpinning the development of multi-agency child protection team regulations.

We would like to hear your views on whether the proposed updates are:

• clear and easy to understand
• practical to implement
• likely to improve outcomes for children and their families

This proposals include measures to strengthen support for families, such as:

• making better use of family networks
• improving multi-agency child protection arrangements for all children
• supporting better decision-making across safeguarding partners

The consultation is aimed at parents and carers, and people who work in:

• local authorities
• health
• police
• education
• voluntary organisations

We have set up a separate survey specifically for children and young people to share their views.