Action for Children Start Questionnaire for the Child/Young Person. The comments you are being asked to provide will be used in the Foster Carers review of approval. 1. Before you arrived to live here were you given enough information about the placement? (please tick) Yes No 2. When you were welcomed were the following arrangements explained: Contact with your Family Yes No Contact with Friends Yes No Pocket Money Yes No House Rules Yes No School Clothing Yes No 3. What other information would have been helpful? 1
4. Was there anything you would have liked to have been asked about, but were not? 5. Are you able to do things you enjoy whilst you are living here? 6. What are the things that you enjoy doing? 7. What do you like most about living here? 8. Do you think living here has helped you in any way? Helped me a lot Helped me a little Made no difference to me Made things worse for me 2
9. If it helped you a lot or a little, please can you say how being here has helped you? 10. If it made no difference to you or made things worse, is there anything we can do to help? 11. What would you like to change about living here? 12. If there are things you do not like about your placement or do not feel happy there do you feel able to tell someone? Not applicable 13. If yes, who would you tell? 3
14. How is your Action for Children social worker/link worker ( Link workers name ) involved in your placement? I see them at meetings I see them when they visit my foster carer I talk to them on my own 15. Would you be able to talk to your Action for Children social worker/link worker (Link workers name ) if you were unhappy about anything? 12. If you have told someone about things you did not like at your placement, did they improve, stay the same or get worse? Improved/got better Stayed the same Got worse Not applicable 16. If things got better, what helped? 4
17. Is there something else that might help/have helped? 18. Does anyone talk to you about meetings before they happen? 19. Who talks to you? Carer Your social worker Action for Children social worker Someone else Please say who 20. Do you feel able to say what you want at meetings about you? Always Sometimes Not at all 21. If you are not able to say what you want to say, why is this? 5
22 Have you received a copy of the young person s handbook? 23 Is yes, did it make sense to you? All of it made sense Some of it made sense None of it made sense 24. Do you know how to make a complaint if things go wrong? 25 Do you have someone you trust that you can talk to? 26. Are you able to tell us who this is? (If so, please tick each one that applies) Foster carer Someone in your family Your social worker Action for Children social worker Teacher Friend Other 6
Please say who 27. If you do not have someone to talk to, would you like someone? 28 Is there anyone with whom you would have liked to maintain contact but were not able to? 29. If no, please tell us why you were unable to maintain contact. Name: Signature: Date: Who answered this questionnaire? Child/young person on their own Parent/carer answered on behalf of child/young person Child/young person with questions explained by parent/carer/social worker 7
For parents/carers who answered the questionnaire on behalf of the child/young person Thank you for helping this young person to complete the questionnaire. We aim to provide safe, enjoyable and effective placements; therefore it is important that we gather the views of children and young people. Because this questionnaire is designed for children and young people who have a range of communication methods, it would be helpful if you would answer the following questions (please use additional sheets if necessary). How did you assist the young person to understand the questions? How have you been able to gather the answers to the questions? Has the young person said or done anything which gives you a clue to how they are feeling about their placement? Is there anything about the placement that you think makes the young person feel unhappy, anxious, confused, frustrated or sad? If so how might this be changed? Is there anything that the young person particularly enjoys about the placement? Signed Date 8
Relationship to child/young person Please return to Project Manager. 9