Our staff

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Name	Title	Team	Get in touch	Bio
George Rintoul	Administrative Assistant	Admin	0141 444 8534	Bio George provides admin support for the Improving Care Experiences hub at CELCIS and brings several years of experience in similar roles with the Scottish Government, Perth and Kinross Council and Community Safety Glasgow. He has previously worked in video production and is currently studying a Masters in Film Curation. In his spare time he enjoys reading books, going to the cinema and listening to music.
Gordon Main	Consultant	Improving care experiences	0141 444 8508	Bio Gordon brings over 20 years of statutory social work practice, leadership and improvement work with children and their families to CELCIS. He provides consultancy, learning and development activity alongside organisations in order to improve care experiences. Having grown up with two adopted siblings, Gordon's commitment to looked after children is lifelong, as is his commitment to his family, his friends and to football.
Ian Milligan	International Project Advisor	International	0141 444 8521	Bio Ian is far more than our man overseas, although his training and consultancy work on international policy development and implementation projects has taken him all over the world. In addition to providing internationally recognised policy, practice and research expertise, Ian acts as a gateway to work being done by CELCIS and the wider care sector in Scotland for our overseas visitors. Now semi-retired, Ian has more time for anti-nuclear weapons activism, traditional music and his young grandson.
Jennifer Davidson	Executive Director	SMT	0141 444 8525	Bio Jennifer brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in children's services to CELCIS via Canada, the USA and the UK. She's worked both as a practitioner and an academic, in education and leadership positions. Jennifer has a particular interest in the lived experiences of looked after children, and in the development of tools which ensure that effective policies turn into supportive practice in alternative care, right around the world. A true internationalist, Jennifer brings a big bit of her native of Canada to her life here in Scotland.
Jillian Ingram	Child Protection Consultant	Improving Protection and Permanence	0141 444 8559	Bio
Jimmy Paul	Permanence Consultant	Permanence	0141 444 8573	Bio As a care experienced person himself, Jimmy feels right at home working for CELCIS. With the PACE programme, he's working with multidisciplinary teams across Scotland to support the streamlining of permanence processes. His own care experience has made Jimmy deeply committed to improving the lot of looked after children through earlier intervention, and with love from committed individuals and within systems. As well as acting as a spokesperson and commentator on children's care, Jimmy's a big fan of Liverpool FC, his kitten Tuco, and leadership books.
Joanne McMeeking	Head Improving Care Experiences	SMT	0141 444 8541	Bio Joanne is a qualified children and families' social worker with 25 years' experience in a wide range of local authority, voluntary and policy roles. Joanne heads up the Improving Care Experiences team at CELCIS which has a particular focus on core practice, assessment, planning and review for our looked after children. Joanne believes if you care, support, and carefully challenge people you will get the absolute best from them. Her growth and nurture agenda extends to the care she bestows on her beloved garden.
Judy Furnivall	Consultant	Consultancy	0141 444 8503	Bio During a long career, Judy has always striven to ensure that children facing multiple adversities have opportunities to recover and flourish. At CELCIS, she provides training and consultancy in key areas such as attachment, trauma and resilience, and aims to increase reflective capacity, emotional strength and better understanding amongst the adults who care for looked after children. She is studying for a PhD, and harbours a desire to see all of Shakespeare's plays before she shuffles off this mortal coil.
Kathleen Doyle	Head of Central Services	SMT	0141 444 8557	Bio In her role on the senior management team Kathleen takes a 360' view of CELCIS's work. Her focus is all about supporting strategic and successful delivery of CELCIS's work with its partners, by assessing how that work is communicated and implemented. Kathleen brings long experience in knowledge and information exchange and remains passionate about how evidence is best used in practice. She's a self-confessed yoga fanatic, its what she does to stay sane and balanced. A trained dancer, she occasionally finds time to trip the light fantastic.
Katie McGuigan	Finance and Business Development Advisor	Finance	0141 444 8583	Bio Katie has a great head for numbers. She keeps CELCIS right on the money with important financial, HR and contractual stuff. One of her most critical roles is to keep the staff up to speed with the dreaded Financial Management System. After bringing up five children, Katie has finally found some time for herself and uses it mainly for yoga and running. She's already completed the Berlin Half Marathon and is hatching plans to add swimming to her impressive activity repertoire.