A mindfulness project for young people had been on our to-do list for a while and the time seemed exactly right when the whole world began to change because of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the past those who worked in fostering services often felt that understanding the views of children was the job of the child’s social worker and that their role was purely to support, train and monitor the foster carer.

We love to promote Scotland’s approach to participation and children’s rights, so we were excited to see the outcome of the Scottish Care Review, published last week and including a ten-year plan.

When Jill was a manager in social care she used to dream about ways in which technology could support everyday work, especially with the most vulnerable children who use our services.

How would you like to know in real time which children using your services feel unsafe, unhappy or unsettled where they live?

We were inspired by the exhibition Who Cares: Stories of Looking After Children in Southwark  looking at the highly skilled and often invisible work of foster carers, including their beautiful portraits.