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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National framework established to monitor Scotland’s progress on children’s social care
End Child Poverty Coalition says the UK Government’s Child Poverty Strategy will need to be assessed against eight key tests
Scottish Government publishes vision for adoption in Scotland
Recent developments in adoption services give new insights for improving practice in Scotland
Resources
Towards modernising adoption in Scotland: A focused mapping review
New research highlights the need for increased support for Scotland’s kinship families
Non-compulsory care for children and young people in Scotland: Learning from experiences of Section 25
Children's Services Reform Research Concluding report
Blog
Working together to strengthen practice in residential child care: The power of observation, reflection and feedback
In the second in this series of blogs posts Marc Blyth, Lead Learning Co-Ordinator at children’s charity Aberlour Sycamore, which provides residential child…
Working together to strengthen practice in residential child care: Laying the groundwork for change
Marc Blyth, Lead Learning Co-Ordinator at children’s charity Aberlour Sycamore, which provides residential child care across Scotland, discusses how developing…
Whose experiences are we relying on to explain what the reality of adoption feels like for adoptees?
In this blog post, Dr Polly Cowan, a Practice Manager at Scottish Adoption and Fostering, explains how the organisation’s Young Ambassadors developed a new…
Developing a new resource to help support adoptive families caring for brothers and sisters
In this blog post, Dr Christine Jones, an adoptive parent and researcher who worked to ensure the rights of care experienced brothers and sisters are protected…
Taking action to improve the collection of statistics about disabled children in Scotland
In this blog post, Dr Alex McTier, Evidence and Evaluation Specialist at CELCIS, explains what’s behind a new project to help better understand the needs of…
Challenging the narrative: How a new media toolkit is helping tell the stories of care
Sophia Alexandra Hall is deputy digital editor at the Big Issue and the author of the Media Toolkit for Journalists and Care Experienced People, which shares…