The Permanence and Care Excellence (PACE) programme

This report provides an insight into the Permanence and Care Excellence (‘PACE’) programme – a Quality Improvement programme underway from 2014-2020 which engaged with local authority partnerships in 27 of the 32 Scottish local authority areas.   Read More ...

Author : CELCIS

Continuing Care and the Welfare Assessment: Practice Note

This Practice Note clarifies the legislative requirements when undertaking a Welfare Assessment to support planning for a looked after young person to ‘stay put’ in a care placement under Continuing Care arrangements.   Read More ...

Author : Kenny McGhee (CELCIS), Julia Donnelly (Clan Childlaw), Alison Jamieson (Care Inspectorate)

Voluntary Accommodation of Infants, Children, and Young People in Scotland (Section 25): An initial exploration

Findings in relation to the purpose, frequency, and variation in us of section 25 orders.   Read More ...

Author : Micky Anderson, Brandi Lee Lough Dennell, and Robert Porter

Assessment of prospective kinship, foster and adoptive carers and progress of permanence planning during Covid-19 Lockdown

A summary of local experience and learning during the Covid-19 crisis across Scotland March to August 2020   Read More ...

Author : CELCIS

Raising the age of referral to the Children’s Reporter – CELCIS Consultation Response

CELCIS has responded to the Scottish Government Care and Justice consultation on raising the age of referral to the Children’s Reporter to 18.   Read More ...

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

Beyond the Headlines: Understanding Data

This is the third in a series of briefings – Beyond the Headlines – that has been providing further information and analysis on commonly reported statistics relating to children and young people in need of care and protection in Scotland.   Read More ...

Author : CELCIS

Finding the ‘invisible’ adopters

Pride month 2020 was a bit different from previous years. The restrictions in place in various ways around the world to address the ongoing coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic meant that many of the usual parties, parades, and protests were cancelled, postponed, or moved online. One constant however was the opportunity to reflect on how far the LGBT+ community has come – and importantly, how far there is still to go.   Read More ...

Author : Leanne McIver

Experiences of virtual Children’s Hearings: A rapid consultation – Report for Young People

The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, which came into force in April 2020, altered several procedural requirements for Children’s Hearings in Scotland. This consultation exercise considered the experiences of those involved in Children’s Hearings undertaken using video-conferencing in order to inform consideration of whether virtual hearings can facilitate participation by those who cannot, or prefer not to, attend Hearings in person. This short report highlights for young people what young people said about their experiences of Children’s Hearings when surveyed for this consultation.   Read More ...

Author : Robert Porter, Fiona Mitchell, Fern Gillon, Emma Young, Nina Vaswani

Experiences of virtual Children’s Hearings: A rapid consultation – Report for Parents and carers

The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, which came into force in April 2020, altered several procedural requirements for Children’s Hearings in Scotland. This consultation exercise considered the experiences of those involved in Children’s Hearings undertaken using video-conferencing in order to inform consideration of whether virtual hearings can facilitate participation by those who cannot, or prefer not to, attend Hearings in person. This short report highlights for parents and carers what parents and carers said about their experiences when surveyed for this consultation.   Read More ...

Author : Robert Porter, Fiona Mitchell, Fern Gillon, Emma Young, Nina Vaswani

Experiences of virtual Children’s Hearings: A rapid consultation report

The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, which came into force in April 2020, altered several procedural requirements for Children’s Hearings in Scotland. This consultation exercise considered the experiences of those involved in Children’s Hearings undertaken using video-conferencing in order to inform consideration of whether virtual hearings can facilitate participation by those who cannot, or prefer not to, attend Hearings in person.   Read More ...

Author : Robert Porter, Fiona Mitchell, Fern Gillon, Emma Young, Nina Vaswani

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

Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee’s Inquiry into support for vulnerable children during the Coronavirus outbreak’

The Scottish Parliament's Education and Skills Committee is seeking information around the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on vulnerable children. CELCIS responded to this inquiry, sharing information on how services are responding to and supporting the needs of children and families in need of care and protection.   Read More ...

Author : Linda O'Neill

The Care Experienced Student Bursary – helping to change lives in East Renfrewshire

How the Care Experienced Bursary is making a difference in the lives of care experienced young people.   Read More ...

Author : Katie Matthews

Young People Leaving Care - A Four Nations Perspective

The British Academy has undertaken a programme of work that seeks to re-frame debates around childhood in both the public and policy spaces and break down academic, policy and professional silos in order to explore new conceptualisations of children in policy making.   Read More ...

Author : The British Academy

Independent Care Review reports

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

Author : Independent Care Review

Children Without Parental Care and Alternative Care: Findings from Research

This short paper contributes evidence regarding the situation of children without parental care and provision of suitable alternative care in an international context.   Read More ...

Author : Dr Chrissie Gale

A family social work service emerges in Tajikistan: Putting Families First project

An interim evaluation of the Putting Families First project in Tajikistan based on interviews with government officials, parents, social workers and baby home staff.   Read More ...

Author : Dr Ian Milligan

Response to Education and Skills Committee call for evidence on the Disclosure (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1

Our response provides evidence to support the Committee’s scrutiny of the Disclosure (Scotland) Bill, designed to strengthen and simplify the disclosure system to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded. We support proposals which advance children’s rights and transform the approach to childhood convictions. We also consider changes to the PVG scheme in relation to kinship carers.   Read More ...

Author : Lizzie Morton

Continuing Professional Development - Permanence training Programme

A new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course on permanence for social workers in England has been launched by Research in Practice (RiP) While the course is based on English legislation, much of the content is useful for all practitioners engaged in permanence practice.   Read More ...

Author : Research in Practice