We are CELCIS
CELCIS is a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland.
We improve children’s lives by supporting people and organisations to drive long-lasting change in the services they need, and the practices used by people responsible for their care.

The home for Protecting Children

Find out more about child protection policy and practice in Scotland.
Visit Protecting ChildrenNews

Supporting child refugees and their families

Implementation Plan outlines commitments and actions to realising The Promise by 2030

Children's Social Work Statistics for Scotland published
Resources
Continuing Care: An exploration of implementation
Money Matters Access to Child Trust Funds and Financial Support
Joining the dots: Virtual School Head Teachers’ and Care Experience Teams’ Network - 2020-2021 Evaluation Report
Blog

Knowing about continuing care allows for early conversations
Hazel Rogers is new to fostering and here she discusses her journey to find out more about continuing care to give her the confidence to support the young…

The life of a foster carer
Anne-Marie Coyle has been a foster carer for over 15 years with the Kibble Intensive Fostering Service, which provides fostering for children and young people…

‘I am a foster carer’ - why do foster carers find it hard to say?
Why do I hesitate when people ask what I do to say I am a foster carer? What makes me wait and judge the person before saying I am a foster carer, yet it is a…

Caring for brothers and sisters: the invisible kinship families
As part of Kinship Care Week 2022 Lorna Stabler, a Researcher and PhD student at Cardiff University, writes about being a sibling carer and the research she is…

World Social Work Day 2022: the experiences of social workers during COVID-19
On this World Social Work Day, two social workers from East Ayrshire Council, in Scotland, share their thoughts and experiences of the impact of the pandemic on…

How do we hold the hand of the workforce?
Having marked the 2nd anniversary of the conclusion of Scotland’s Independent Review of Care, The Promise, there has rightly been a spotlight on what progress…