Simple changes that deliver big improvements when involving looked-afterchildren in decisions about their care can be made without extraspending, a new study reveals.
The Scottish Executive-funded study, My Turn to Talk?, examined effortsto involve children in care in decision making. The study first reviewedprevious studies of children's participation and followed it up byinterviewing nine looked-after children and eight children'sprofessionals from two Scottish local authorities.
The findings suggest that existing efforts to involve looked-afterchildren in decisions about their care need to be improved and childrenoften feel uninvolved in the process.
Several problem areas were identified by the researchers, the charityChildren in Scotland. One problem was that the caseload of socialworkers meant they could not spend the time needed to really find outwhat the children wanted.
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