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Child sexual exploitation
Child trafficking
Domestic abuse
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Harmful Sexual Behaviour
Neglect
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Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill
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2024
May
When data tells us the what but not the why
When data tells us the what but not the why
CELCIS’s Data Lead, Micky Anderson, takes a look at the latest social work statistics in Scotland for clues about what is happening in the support for children in need of care and protection and their families.
Topic :
Adoption
,
Corporate parenting
,
Foster care
,
Kinship care
,
Looked after at home
,
Neglect
,
Permanence
,
Residential care
Author :
Micky Anderson
2024
May
“It’s about…believing our own words”: Bringing together the voices of care experienced people
“It’s about…believing our own words”: Bringing together the voices of care experienced people
Rebekah Pierre is a care experienced writer, author, social worker, and editor of a new anthology, ‘Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System As Told By People Who Actually Get It’, which brings together stories, essays, poems and letters by 100 care experienced children and adults. In this conversation with CELCIS, she discusses the process of developing this anthology and how she hopes the book will help shift the narrative of care experience.
Topic :
Adoption
,
Corporate parenting
,
Foster care
,
Health and Wellbeing
,
Kinship care
,
Local authority
,
Looked after at home
,
Residential care
,
Stigma
,
Throughcare and aftercare
,
Voices of young people
,
Brothers and sisters
Author :
Rebekah Pierre
2021
Aug
Walking in Fred’s shoes
Walking in Fred’s shoes
Alison Cowper, Service Manager with the Independent Care and Review Team (Children and Families) at Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership talks about how ‘what does this mean for Fred?’ influenced their work with CELCIS when process mapping their current system.
Topic :
Active implementation
,
Foster care
,
Kinship care
,
Local authority
,
Residential care
,
Throughcare and aftercare
Author :
Alison Cowper
2020
Aug
COVID-19 – An opportunity to connect with time
COVID-19 – An opportunity to connect with time
Elaine Hamilton, Service Manager at Nether Johnstone House describes how lockdown due to the current emergency health crisis has changed the thinking, outlooks, and actions of both the young people and the team that surround them.
Topic :
Health and Wellbeing
,
Residential care
Author :
Elaine Hamilton
2019
Oct
‘Why didn’t you f*cking restrain me’: when physical restraint can meet a child’s need
‘Why didn’t you f*cking restrain me’: when physical restraint can meet a child’s need
John Radoux, a child and adolescent counsellor who grew up in care and works in children's homes discusses why we need to reevaluate attitudes to physical restraint.
Topic :
Residential care
Author :
John Radoux
2019
Oct
Can theory be an ally in efforts to reduce physical restraint?
Can theory be an ally in efforts to reduce physical restraint?
Erica Barr is a House Leader with South Ayrshire Council. Here she discusses the need to link theory with practice to improve our understanding of children and young people.
Topic :
Residential care
Author :
Erica Barr
2019
Oct
Unintended consequences: Restraint and criminalisation of looked after children
Unintended consequences: Restraint and criminalisation of looked after children
The criminisation of children in residential care. We need to be careful when changing practice as there can be unintended consequences.
Topic :
Residential care
Author :
Debbie Nolan
2019
Oct
Should our young people be experiencing physical restraint at any level?
Should our young people be experiencing physical restraint at any level?
David Grimm asks if physical restraint should be used at all in residential child care, using his own experience of care to discuss the ability to adapt to the needs of individuals young people.
Topic :
Residential care
Author :
David Grimm
2019
Oct
Physical Restraint in Residential Child Care: A Watershed Moment?
Physical Restraint in Residential Child Care: A Watershed Moment?
Laura Steckley explains how people are coming together to consider how to apply what we know about both experience and theory to address the practice of restraint in residential care.
Topic :
Active implementation
,
Residential care
Author :
Dr Laura Steckley
2019
Oct
We need to talk about physical restraint
We need to talk about physical restraint
Joanne McMeeking heads up the Improving Care Experiences team at CELCIS. Here she explains why we need to put physical restraint in residential child care under the spotlight.
Topic :
Residential care
Author :
Joanne McMeeking
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