Our staff

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Name	Title	Team	Get in touch	Bio
Lizzie Morton	Policy Associate	Policy	0141 444 8504	Bio As the Improving Care Experiences team's policy person, Lizzie plays a proactive role supporting CELCIS to influence, shape and set policy to ensure that the needs of looked after and vulnerable children are included where appropriate. Her special area of expertise is Corporate Parenting legislation, an area which complements her background in children and families social work, and work with homeless women. Lizzie lives in a menagerie of dog, cat and husband, and her favourite part of the day is coming home to her hubby's fantastic food.
Lorraine Sillars	Improving Care Experiences Programme Lead	Improving care experiences	0141 444 8580	Bio Lorraine's been a registered social worker for 25 years, and still is. She's always worked with children and families, either in social work or learning and development settings. She remains a huge fan of the potential power of group work to bring out individual and collective strengths, and for solving problems. A dedicated gig-goer and music lover, Lorraine prefers small, sweaty and sticky-floored venues over gigantic arenas, but she'll go to see her all-time favourite band Admiral Fallow any time, any place.
Louise Henry	Improving Care Experiences Consultant	Improving care experiences	0141 444 8503	Bio
Louise Hill	Policy Implementation Lead	Policy	0141 444 8598	Bio Listening to and learning from children and young people has been central to Louise's work across research, policy and practice. In her role she brings people together to improve and implement national and local policies that will make a meaningful difference to children and young people's everyday lives. Louise prides herself in being an exceptionally good tea drinker who continues to lobby hard for the return of the tea (and cake) trolley in the office.
Louise Young	Reception/Admin Support	Admin	0141 444 8506	Bio
Lynsey Delaney	Administrative Assistant	Admin	0141 444 8562	Bio Lynsey is admin for Professional Development Services and works to assist with international projects and provide support for the many learning and development opportunities available at CELCIS. She brings her experience from her various administration roles in the education sector which has developed an appreciation of lifelong learning. Away from work, Lynsey is happiest when spending time with her family and friends.
Mairi Watson	Administrative Assistant	Admin	0141 444 8542	Bio Mairi is the Administrative Support for the Protecting Children Team at CELCIS having been with the Permanence and Care Team (PACT) since 2012. Mairi is also the Secretariat Support for Child Protection Committees Scotland so with her sensible, down-to-earth approach, Mairi keeps the busy team organised and working efficiently.
Maria Flores-McGinty	Projects and Systems Adminsitrator	Programme Management Office	0141 444 8539	Bio
Marian Flynn	Health Consultant	Health and wellbeing	0141 444 8509	Bio As a trained social worker who spent many years in children and families services, Marian brings an interdisciplinary approach to her health and wellbeing work for CELCIS. She is especially keen to encourage thinking which recognises the whole child and the interconnectedness of health with a child's other needs. In her partnership work with practitioners and managers, she works towards a collective understanding of how early trauma can affect children, and their ability to learn, grow and thrive through a process of repair and recovery.
Melissa Van Dyke	National Expert Advisor on Implementation	Implementation science	0141 444 8551	Bio With a PhD in applied anthropology and a Masters in Social Work, along with a background in child protection social work and youth justice, Melissa brings her passion for the science and practice of implementation and systems improvement from the USA to Scotland in 2015. She continues to be inspired by Scotland's progressive vision for addressing the unmet needs of children and families and is excited to be building a team of implementation specialists at CELCIS to support local areas to address neglect and enhance wellbeing and to fully and effectively implement GIRFEC.