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.
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Find out more about child protection policy and practice in Scotland.
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New pilot report on holding in residential child care
Updated National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland
New statistical analysis adds to research findings on children’s services reform for Scotland
Resources
Children's Services Reform Research study: Mapping Integration and Outcomes Across Scotland: A Statistical Analysis
Children's Services Reform Research study: Case Studies of Transformational Reform Programmes
Children Services Reform Research study: Rapid Evidence Review
Your Right to Continuing Care
Blog
“Despite the cold weather, the Scottish people have given me one of the warmest welcomes in my life”: how supportive relationships help young refugees rebuild their lives in new places
During this Refugee Week and Refugee Festival Scotland 2023, Mohamad, a young person who arrived in Scotland from Syria in 2016 as a child reflects on why…
Language matters
Amy Miskimmin-Logan, Participation Development Worker at Our Hearings Our Voice (OHOV) shares the thinking behind the ‘Language Leaders’ project which aims to…
How Our Hearings Our Voice members worked around COVID-19 restrictions to help children and young people
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, this could have derailed plans children and young people from Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) had been working on to provide…
Data poses questions as well as answers, so what questions arise from Scotland's Child Protection 2021-2022 Statistics?
Dr Alex McTier, Evidence and Evaluation Specialist at CELCIS, takes a closer look at Scotland’s Child Protection 2021-2022 Statistics to uncover what the…
The future of social work in times of change
Kathryn Lindsay is the Director of Children, Families and Justice Services and Chief Social Work Officer at Angus Council. In this blog post, she discusses how…
World Social Work Day 2023: How social work teams in East Lothian have promoted staff wellbeing and development
On this World Social Work Day, Rogan Higginbottom, a senior workforce learning and development officer at East Lothian Council (ELC), shares how social work…