OfSTED: Children in care give their Messages for Munro

Children’s Rights Director, Dr Roger Morgan, publishes the Messages for Munro report which finds that children in care feel social workers must do more to listen and consider their views.

The Messages for Munro report sets out the evidence collated from consultations with 179 children and young people in care and care leavers which fed into the Munro Review of Child Protection.

Only 50% of children in care who responded felt their social worker or caseworker took notice of their wishes and feelings. And over half (53%) thought their wishes and feelings did not usually or never made a difference to the care decisions made about them. Yet the law states that children should be able to voice their views when major decisions are made about their lives and have them properly taken into account. As one child explains: ‘I kind of wonder what happens when we tell them things’.