No Child 2020: A new website – created by children, for children – explains the care system
“Young people are always on their phones and if a young person is at home and reads our page and is worried about something, they can contact us.”
All of the ideas for the website came from children and young people, says Gray. “We gave the kids pieces of paper and we asked them what they would like to see on this website. The kids really knew what they wanted and needed.” Hundreds of children from all over the State were consulted about what the website should say and how it should look and like a dog with a bone, the children did not let go of it. “There was nothing ever like this,” says Dunne. “The information that we had; we couldn’t understand it. We wanted somewhere where kids could actually find out what was happening to them.”
Dillon Owen , says that he is considering going to college now to follow a career in web design. The world of third level has opened up before everyone, they agree.“A social worker is different to every young person. My social worker was different to another social worker,” says Casey.Everyone’s experience sounds different. We agree that like many things these days, experience of social workers can be fluid.
“Yes,” says a young girl still dressed in her school uniform who can’t be named because she is in care. “At last adults speaking up for children when they can speak up for themselves is not a thing. It will only get better.” She thinks people are now listening to children living in cared-for situations.Haines thinks the website gives “children the information they need at the level they need it”. She should know because she moved around a lot, she says.
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