I base this on my recent experience of working with local authorities, and other sources such as conversations with judges, and the “soft” information in inspection reports. But as any study of serious case reviews and service evaluations reveal, all too often children were neither seen nor heard, or the use of their contribution was, at best, tokenistic.
At an individual level, ensuring consistent good practice in listening to children is one of those Sisyphean tasks practitioners must live with. However, we also clearly have much to learn in using children’s voices systemically, either to provide quality assurance or to drive strategic change.
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