This handbook focuses on the agency support that is so necessary for enabling teams to succeed in using evidence to inform practice in services for vulnerable children and their families. It will help those with responsibility for planning how to improve the quality of practice in their agency, put in place the skills, facilities and culture to support evidence-informed practice.

This handbook is the work of countless staff from the 26 agencies who took part in its development and 'road-testing'. It includes a videoCD with examples of actions some agencies have taken, as well as tools, guidance, ideas, and web-based references and links for further information.