Seeing beyond the surface: a new guide from Our Hearings, Our Voices
Our Hearings, Our Voice released a new guide for adults who work with children and young people who have care and children’s hearings experience, and written by children and young people themselves.
The new guide, called Seeing Beyond the Surface, was launched at the Rise Up event held in the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow; it was created by children and young people with experience of the care system and the children’s hearings system through their own research and interactions with children and young people across Scotland.
The guide offers firsthand accounts of the things children and young people wish adults knew, including their frustrations and hopes. It is aimed at anyone working with children and young people, including teachers, social workers, and healthcare workers, and is designed to help adults listen to and learn from the children and young people they are working with.
The Rise Up event was organised in order to celebrate the work and achievements of hearings experienced children and young people, and was centred around ‘celebrating and listening to the voices of care and hearings-experienced children and young people.’ It was attended by representatives from across the sector, including the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Natalie Don-Innes, who said:
Care-experienced week provides an important opportunity to celebrate the whole community, including those with experience of the hearings system. Their voices have contributed to a valuable resource, developed by young people, for the adults that support them as they navigate the hearings system.