Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children

Our free online course, Caring for Children Moving Alone, developed for professionals and volunteers responding to the needs of unaccompanied and separated children across the world

Supporting child refugees and their families

Our new online resource to help people in Scotland working with and supporting children and families in a professional, voluntary or personal capacity, and across Europe.

CELCIS, in partnership with Coram Voice, has launched a pilot of the ‘Bright Spots’ survey programme in Scotland

Meeting the Challenge

Examples of frontline practice in caring for children and young people during COVID-19

Are you worried about a child?

If you think a child might be in immediate danger you should always contact the police right away by dialing 999

Protecting children during COVID-19

Worried about a child? Find out who to talk to

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.

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News

Supporting child refugees and their families

31 March 2022

This resource is designed to help people in Scotland working with and supporting children and families in professional, voluntar…

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

30 March 2022

The Scottish Government has published its Keeping the Promise Implementation Plan, setting out their actions and commitments to …

Children's Social Work Statistics for Scotland published

29 March 2022

The Scottish Government has published the latest official annual Children's Social Work Statistics for Scotland, covering the pe…

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Resources

Continuing Care: An exploration of implementation

This research aims to identify and better understand what it is that enables and challenges the necessary improvements needed at national and local level to support children and young people to successfully transition to…

Money Matters Access to Child Trust Funds and Financial Support

This briefing explains how to access Child Trust Funds, and any support that children or young people might need to access or manage their fund.

Joining the dots: Virtual School Head Teachers’ and Care Experience Teams’ Network - 2020-2021 Evaluation Report

This evaluation report brings together the findings of semi-structured interviews carried out in July/August 2021 with members of Scotland’s Virtual School Head Teachers’ Network.

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