Information for Young People in Care
The Young Person’s Guide to the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review
(England) Regulations 2010
This guide is about what things the law says councils in England must do for children and young people
who are looked after by them, often called being in care. This includes information about care plans, placement
plans, IRO's and lots of useful information.
https://www.rights4me.org/yourRights.cfm?id=43
The Young Persons Guide to Placement Moves
Some information on your rights regarding placement moves.
IRO Handbook 2011
It is all about Independent Reviewing Officers (known as “IROs”). They are the people who
chair reviews for children living in children’s homes or foster care (sometimes called
“looked after” or “in care”). They have an important role in deciding what happens in your future.
This Guide will help explain a “Handbook”, written by Government, which tells IROs what they
should be doing for children and young people like you.
https://www.rights4me.org/yourRights.cfm?id=44
A follow up includes young people's views on Independent Reviewing Officers:
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/childrens–views–independent–reviewing–officers
Children's and young person's guide to the inspection of children's homes
This guide for children and young people provides a brief summary of the children’s home inspection framework.
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/childrens–and–young–persons–guide–inspection–of–childrens–homes
Family Justice Review 2011
This Guide has been written for children and young people like yourself so that you can see the changes
that the Family Justice Review Panel think need making to family justice
https://www.rights4me.org/content/news/115/REPORT_GUIDE_Family_Justice_Review.pdf
Information for Young People about Safeguarding & Child Protection
Young Persons' Guide to the Munro Review of Child Protection 2011
Professor Munro was recently asked to make recommendations or suggestions, to the Government, that she
thinks will help keep young people safe and protected. This is a young person's guide to what she thought:
https://www.rights4me.org/reportView.cfm?id=464
Contacting Childline
Here you'll find info on a whole range of issues. Sometimes you can sort out a problem on your own.
But if you have a worry you can't cope with, don't bottle it up. It can really help if you talk to someone
in your family, a carer, one of your friends or maybe a teacher, or you can contact ChildLine at any time.
Call 0800 1111 or visit the website for lots of useful information:
http://www.childline.org.uk/Explore/UsefulLinks/Pages/Usefullinks.aspx
