Choice and participation
You have the right to:
- be involved in drawing up your care plan
- have a say in the choice and kind of placement that is best for you
- have the chance to visit the placement before3hand (unless it is an emergency placement)
- have any move arranged on a planned basis
- make informed choices, recognising the rights of other people to do the same
- know about the range of choices available
- take part in all of the meetings that affect your care and have a say in decision (for example, children protection case conferences, Looked-After Children and pathway Reviews and Hearings or Panels)
- choose your won friends, visit friends and have friends visit you - within limits agreed with staff and carers
- know about your rights in a way that you can understand and have access to other information that is important to you
- have information about the council's services for children and young people
- speak about any worries or complaints that you have and to be helped to get things sorted
- you can also take a complaint to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.