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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Ten years of impact for care experienced learners celebrated with launch of new national job profile for Virtual School Head Teachers
New national campaign to find more foster carers launched
Latest statistics published on children in care in Scotland
Latest child protection statistics for Scotland published
Resources
Towards modernising adoption in Scotland: A focused mapping review
Children's Services Reform Research study: Scotland’s Children’s Services Landscape: The Views and Experiences of the Children’s Services Workforce
Children's Services Reform Research study: Case Studies of Transformational Reform Programmes
Children's Services Reform Research study: Mapping Integration and Outcomes Across Scotland: A Statistical Analysis
Blog
Looking beyond the data at Continuing Care and Aftercare
The recently released Children’s Social Work Statistics for Scotland includes data about children in care and data on care leavers. Here, Kirsty Doull, CELCIS’s…
What has fostering for 20 years taught me about relationships?
In this blog post for Foster Care Fortnight, Amy , an intensive foster carer who provides care and support to children and young people with significant and…
Why face-to-face support matters to foster carers
In this blog post for Foster Carer Fortnight 2025, Anne Currie, Assistant Director for Scotland at The Fostering Network, discusses why the theme of ‘the power…
Is the picture getting any clearer?
CELCIS’s Data Lead, Micky Anderson, considers the latest children’s social work statistics in Scotland, looking at newly available data, and why additional…
How the Scottish Child Interview Model is improving experiences for children and young people
The Scottish Child Interview Model is a new model of practice for interviewing children who are victims or witnesses of crime, abuse, neglect or exploitation…
New indicators and new insights. What do the latest child protection statistics tell us?
In this blog post, Dr Alex McTier, Evidence and Evaluation Specialist at CELCIS, takes a closer look at Scotland’s Child Protection 2023-2024 Statistics to…