The Leading Improvements for Looked-After Children (Lilac) project trains young people to assess care standards in local authorities, charities and the private sector. Along with inspectors, the young people rate care services against seven standards that scrutinise areas including care planning and staff.
Jane Wilson, the newly appointed national co-ordinator for the Lilac project, said: "The whole ethos is about involving young people in their own care."
The inspections have been piloted in York, West Sussex, independent fostering agency Fostering Outcomes and The Adolescent and Children's Trust.
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