Gathering experiences of Children’s Hearings in Scotland during COVID-19

At CELCIS we want to understand the views and experiences of people who participated in, or wanted to participate in, a Children's Hearing in Scotland during COVID-19. We would like to hear from young people over the age of 12, families, panel members, social workers, safeguarders, reporters, solicitors, advocacy workers, and anyone else involved. The information and feedback provided will be used to assist in improving everybody's experiences of hearings.   Read More ...

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Independent Care Review Evidence Framework

The Independent Care Review (ICR)'s evidence framework, comprising of research and evidence collated and analysed throughout the review’s three years of work as it undertook a root and branch review of care system in Scotland.   Read More ...

Author : The Independent Care Review

CELCIS response to the Scottish Parliament's Equalities and Human Rights Committee Inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Equalities and Human Rights

CELCIS' response to the Scottish Parliament's Equalities and Human Rights Committee Inquiry into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Equalities and Human Rights.   Read More ...

Author : Paul Sullivan, Kate MacKinnon, Rosie Moore, Elaine Adams

Reseach on children and young people’s experiences of the justice system in Scotland during COVID-19

New research undertaken by the Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (CYCJ) into children and young people’s experiences within Scotland’s justice system operating under the COVID-19 restrictions.   Read More ...

Author : Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice

Maintaining Momentum - upping the pace of change for Children’s Hearings in Scotland

Elaine Adams, Learning and Development Lead at Children’s Hearings Improvement Partnership, writes about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Children’s Hearings in Scotland and what this might mean for hearings in the future   Read More ...

Author : Elaine Adams

Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA) Corporate Plan 2020-23

The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA) has published its new Corporate Plan for 2020-23, driven by the organisation's strategic aims: care, connect and protect.   Read More ...

Author : Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA)

Children’s Hearings Scotland’s new corporate plan

Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) has published a new three year Strategic Outlook, which identifies the key areas where CHS will focus its efforts: children’s rights, high quality hearings, an empathetic and effective panel, and working collaboratively with partners.   Read More ...

Author : Children's Hearings Scotland (CHS)

Independent Care Review reports

Scotland’s Independent Care Review published its findings and recommendations,   Read More ...

Author : Independent Care Review

Rights Respecting? Scotland’s approach to children in conflict with the law

Many children who are in conflict with the law in Scotland do not experience ‘justice’ in the true meaning of the word. Scotland would benefit from thinking about children in conflict with the law from the perspective of rights. This represents a shift from focusing on children as troubled, challenged, vulnerable and challenging, which whilst often well-meaning and containing a partial truth, can encourage negative unintended consequences which disproportionately affect and stigmatise the most disadvantaged children.   Read More ...

Author : Claire Lightowler, Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice

Progress on Better Hearings report - Children's Hearings Improvement Partnership (CHIP)

The Children’s Hearings Improvement Partnership (CHIP) has published its Progress on Better Hearings report. This looks at the work taking place to meet the standards set out in the research report Next Steps to Better Hearings to improve the experience of children and families   Read More ...

Author : Children's Hearings Improvement Partnership (CHIP)

Talking Hope

A report by Emma Miller and Katherine Baxter for the Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (CYCJ) and the University of Strathclyde on behalf of the Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures (IICF).   Read More ...

Author : Dr Emma Miller and Dr Katherine Baxter

Secure Care in Scotland

Report of the Secure Care Strategic Board to Scottish Ministers   Read More ...

Author : Secure Care Strategic Board

Inform Briefing - Access to Care Records

We have produced a briefing for corporate parents about the rights of care experienced people to access their records, the importancce of records to understanding their family and identity, and the duties and best practices for corporate parents when dealing with requests to access them. This briefing highlights experiences, views and needs of care experienced people, alongside research evidence, and discusses key issues for best practice.   Read More ...

Author : Lizzie Morton

PACE Data Community Workshop - Milestones, measures and aims: How to incorporate the Data ‘ask’ into the system

The PACE Community is engaged in driving forward improvement for looked after children, and recently hosted a PACE Data Community Event, Milestones, Measures & Aims. How to incorporate the Data 'ask' into the system which looked at how data can practically be captured and analysed to drive and evidence improvement in achievement of early permanence for our looked after infants, children, and young people. The aim of the session was to look specifically at the key milestones on the journey to permanence and the data issues that these pose. We learned from examples of how local authority partnership areas have sought to address and overcome particular data issues, and shared general learning from CELCIS resulting from implementation of the PACE programme.   Read More ...

Author : CELCIS

Gathering PACE 2018

The CELCIS annual Gathering PACE event took place at the Perth Convert Hall on Wednesday 7 November 2018, where we welcomed 96 delegates to the event from across Scotland.   Read More ...

Author : CELCIS

Practice Exchange Workshop: Pre-birth planning, Assessment and 'Getting it right from the start'

The PACE (Permanence and Care Excellence) team at CELCIS hosted a Practice Echange Workshop on 15 November 2018 in Glasgow, with almost 70 delegates attending from local authorities and organisations throughout Scotland. The workshop theme was “Pre-birth planning, Assessment and “Getting it right from the start”, and included a keynote presentation by Alan Sinclair, author of 'Right from the Start', as well as talks by Linda Davidson, examples from practice from Shona Irvine, Helen Runciman and Julia Donaldson and group discussion sessions. The basis of this event was the Early Years Framework, which was published in 2008 as a ten year plan. Ten years on, we consider what the current landscape looks like in Scotland and reflect on the ambitions of the Early Years Framework, what has been achieved, what best practice might look like and how we can work towards this.   Read More ...

Author : CELCIS

Information is power

Laura Conachan explains how the Children's Hearing System can be improved by seeing the bigger picture.   Read More ...

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Consultation response: Review of Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy

CELCIS response to Scottish Government’s consultation on the review of legislation relating to children and their families in Scotland.   Read More ...

Author : Lizzie Morton

It’s a family affair

How a Maori model of improving care has been transformative for a family in Glasgow.   Read More ...

Author : Karen Frew

Living in the room for improvement

Claire Burns introduces the evidence into practice theme of the new issue of our REACH publication.   Read More ...

Author : Claire Burns