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National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2023
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Active implementation | Author: The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has updated National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland which was published in 2021.
Children's Services Reform Research study: Mapping Integration and Outcomes Across Scotland: A Statistical Analysis
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Legislation | Author: CELCIS
For the third strand of the Children's Services Reform Research study, we have looked at whether there is an association between the approach…
Children's Services Reform Research study: Case Studies of Transformational Reform Programmes
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Legislation | Author: CELCIS
For the second strand of the Children's Service Reform Research study, we have developed six cases studies of a range of approaches to transf…
Children Services Reform Research study: Rapid Evidence Review
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Legislation | Author: CELCIS
This Rapid Evidence Review is the first strand of work within the Children’s Services Reform Research study. We gathered, analysed and synthe…
“Despite the cold weather, the Scottish people have given me one of the warmest welcomes in my life”: how supportive relationships help young refugees rebuild their lives in new places
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Mohamad
During this Refugee Week and Refugee Festival Scotland 2023, Mohamad, a young person who arrived in Scotland from Syria in 2016 as a child re…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s ‘Prescribing the minimum annual number of learning hours: consultation’
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Legislation | Author: Michael Bettencourt
A perspective on the potential impact on care experienced learners and the education workforce of a proposal to prescribe the number of learn…
Language matters
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Amy Miskimmin-Logan
Amy Miskimmin-Logan, Participation Development Worker at Our Hearings Our Voice (OHOV) shares the thinking behind the ‘Language Leaders’ proj…
The Promise Scotland reports on Scotland's Children's Hearings System
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Children's hearings system | Author: The Promise Scotland
‘Hearings for Children: The Redesign Report’ has been published by The Promise Scotland following the work of The Hearings System Working Gro…
How Our Hearings Our Voice members worked around COVID-19 restrictions to help children and young people
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people, COVID | Author: Jennifer Orren
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, this could have derailed plans children and young people from Our Hearings, Our Voice (OHOV) had been working…
Education Forum April 2023
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
In the first Education Forum meeting of 2023, Stacey Heather-Brash, Funding Awareness and Engagement Manager from Students Awards Agency Scot…
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 22 No 1
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Residential care | Author:
The latest issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care features topical issues, research and practice. Also read the latest Kilbr…
Data poses questions as well as answers, so what questions arise from Scotland's Child Protection 2021-2022 Statistics?
Year: | Topic:
Child protection, Local authority, COVID | Author: Dr Alex McTier
Dr Alex McTier, Evidence and Evaluation Specialist at CELCIS, takes a closer look at Scotland’s Child Protection 2021-2022 Statistics to unco…
The Impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Care Journeys in Scotland: An Analysis of the Administrative Data on 'Looked After' Children
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Kinship care, Looked after at home, Residential care, COVID | Author: Joanna Soraghan, Gillian Raab, Patricio Troncoso, Morag Treanor & Robert Porter
The future of social work in times of change
Year: | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Local authority, Voices of young people | Author: Kathryn Lindsay
Kathryn Lindsay is the Director of Children, Families and Justice Services and Chief Social Work Officer at Angus Council. In this blog post,…
World Social Work Day 2023: How social work teams in East Lothian have promoted staff wellbeing and development
Year: | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Local authority | Author: Rogan Higginbottom
On this World Social Work Day, Rogan Higginbottom, a senior workforce learning and development officer at East Lothian Council (ELC), shares …
A response from CELCIS to the Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill, Sections 24 and 25.
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Children's hearings system, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation | Author: Kate MacKinnon
CELCIS has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on the Children (Care and J…
How developing a love of reading is helping support care experienced children and young people in Dumfries and Galloway
Year: | Topic:
Education | Author: Alison Ferla
Alison Ferla is the Principal Teacher of the Care Experienced Education Team in Dumfries and Galloway, which focuses on improving the educati…
Supporting Roots: the needs of birth parents who have lost a child or children to ‘care’.
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Child protection, Corporate parenting | Author: The Scottish Government
This report provides a broad picture of the needs of birth parents who have lost a child or children to ‘care’, and of the support and servic…
Our Hearings, Our Voice, Our Magazine
Year: | Topic:
Children's hearings system, Voices of young people | Author: Amy Miskimmin-Logan
How young people came up with the idea to produce a magazine for all young people to read and help them understand what’s involved while wait…
Authentic co-production – it’s the right thing to do!
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Rosie Moore
Rosie Moore, Participation and Policy Advisor at CELCIS describes leading on a project that has participation at its core from the very begin…
Developing a village to care for the child (and the family)
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Moira Greentree
As a new report is published by The Why Not? Trust, their Director of Innovation Moira Greentree, discusses the value of finding out how many…
Births to care experienced teenagers and women aged 14-24 in Scotland
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: CELCIS
This new report commissioned by the Why Not? Trust, funded by Care Visions, with the work carried out by CELCIS aims to establish an estimate…
Supporting change in residential child care through the use of practice profiles and Active Implementation
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Active implementation, Residential care | Author: Aberlour Sycamore, CELCIS
In 2017 Aberlour Sycamore alongside CELCIS considered how consistent, high-quality residential child-care practice could be supported and imp…
Framework for Risk Assessment Management and Evaluation (FRAME) with children aged 12-17
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Harmful sexual behaviour | Author: The Scottish Government
When working with children where parts of their behaviour may cause or have
caused serious harm, the approach taken should be informed by thi…
A Guide to Youth Justice in Scotland: policy, practice and legislation
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Harmful sexual behaviour | Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice
This guidance from the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ), is aimed at practitioners and managers working with children an…
Harmful sexual behaviours by children
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Harmful sexual behaviour | Author: Kristina Moodie
This report, by the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ), aimed to examine any links between childhood experiences and harmf…
A legacy: how personal stories are shaped
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Olivia Khan
How legacy work helps children to document their lives: supporting a young person or child who has had to start again in creating their own l…
Childhood Trauma and the Poignance of Spirit
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Annmarie Campbell
In National Storytelling Week 2023, Annmarie Campbell, member of CELCIS's Strategic Advisory Board, explains what inspired her to turn to wri…
Children’s Commissioner for England report on the separation of brothers and sisters in care
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Brothers and sisters | Author: The Children's Commissioner, England
Children’s Commissioner for England has published ‘Siblings in Care’, investigating the number and circumstances of children in care who have…
The cost of surviving
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Financial Insecurity | Author: Christine Uwase
At this moment, it feels wrong to address what we’re living through as a cost-of-living crisis, since most people are barely living on what t…
‘Everybody has a different story’: How compassionate connections are helping to support birth parents
Year: | Topic:
Adoption, Health and Wellbeing, Stigma | Author: Melanie Thomson
This Adoption Week Scotland, Melanie Thomson, a Social Worker for the Bluebird Project at Scottish Adoption, which offers counselling and sup…
Staying connected: How connections – past and present – can help to write our own futures
Year: | Topic:
Adoption, Health and Wellbeing, Voices of young people, Brothers and sisters | Author: Tegan, Youth Ambassador at Scottish Adoption and Teen Talk Adoption
This Adoption Week Scotland, Tegan, a Youth Ambassador at Scottish Adoption and Teen Talk Adoption, discusses her experience of reconnecting …
Why the new John Lewis advert matters
Year: | Topic:
Adoption, Foster care, Permanence, Stigma, Voices of young people | Author: Samantha Fiander
It's long been understood now that there is a pressing need to ‘reframe’ care, something being taken forward with the support of the Each and…
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 21 No 2
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Residential care | Author:
This issue’s leading article was specially commissioned to celebrate the SJRCC’s 20th year from James Anglin, Emeritus Professor of Child and…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Social Services Council ‘Conversation on the Codes of Practice’
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Local authority | Author: Rosie Moore
We welcome this opportunity to contribute to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) ‘Conversation on the Codes of Practice’, a matter wh…
A response from CELCIS to Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Care Inspectorate’s consultation on the Draft Standards for Bairns’ Hoose
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Child protection, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Ruth Sills, Kate Mackinnon
CELCIS’s response to Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Care Inspectorate’s consultation on the Draft Standards for Bairns’ Hoose (Scott…
Education Forum October 2022
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
Emerging adulthood: Exploring the implications for Scotland's care experienced young people and those who care for, and support them
How students are helping to shape University-led and peer support for students with care experience
Year: | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Voices of young people | Author: Sam Upton
Sam Upton, President of the Strathclyde Care Experienced & Estranged Students Society, shares her thoughts on the support on offer to student…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s Physical intervention in Schools guidance consultation
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Disability | Author: Sarah Deeley, Michael Bettencourt, Linda O’Neill, Lizzie Thomson
CELCIS welcomes the opportunity to provide a response to the Scottish Government’s Physical intervention in Schools draft guidance consultati…
Don’t Pity Me! Thinking Differently about Vulnerability
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: David Woodier
Retired teacher, adoptive parent and blogger David Woodier explores the disuse of the word vulnerability and wonders if we need to look a lit…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s Consultation on the Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-25
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Disability | Author: Alex McTier, Lizzie Thomson
Our response highlights the importance of data as a resource to understanding children’s needs and experiences, and in doing so, ensure their…
Could a minimum income guarantee help Scotland to keep The Promise?
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Financial Insecurity | Author: Paul Sullivan and Lizzie Thomson
For Challenge Poverty Week 2022, Paul Sullivan, Sector Engagement Lead and Lizzie Thomson, Policy Associate at CELCIS look the impact the cos…
A Wellbeing Economy: Lifting our gaze for those leaving care
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, Financial Insecurity | Author: Jimmy Paul
For Challenge Poverty Week 2022, Jimmy Paul, Director at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) Scotland, which works to promote a Wellbeing …
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s Statutory School Uniform Guidance consultation
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: Linda O'Neill
CELCIS's response considers the impact and implications of local and national school uniform policies for children and young people with care…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s consultation on ‘A Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Scotland’
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Health and Wellbeing, Parental mental health, Voices of young people | Author: Kate Mackinnon
To help inform and influence the proposed strategy, our response outlines pertinent issues relevant for promoting the mental health and wellb…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s consultation on ‘A new Suicide Prevention Strategy for Scotland’
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Legislation | Author: Kate Mackinnon
We have responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on ‘A new Suicide Prevention Strategy for Scotland’. We welcome the attention to …
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s call for views on the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Legislation | Author: CELCIS
This short response to the Committee draws on the evidence and expertise developed for CELCIS’ comprehensive response to the Scottish Governm…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee’s call for views on Scotland's public finances
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Legislation, Local authority | Author: Kate Mackinnon
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee’s call for views on Scotland's public finances in …
Using my creativity and experience to help other young people make informed choices
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Ciara Waugh
Ciara Waugh is an art and design student who has been working with other young people to co-produce national information materials on the rig…
Committee on the Rights of the Child 2021 Day of General Discussion Children’s Rights and Alternative Care Outcome Report
Year: 2022 | Topic:
International, Voices of young people | Author: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Home Education guidance
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: Ruth Sills
CELCIS supports the review of existing Home Education guidance. In our consultation response we suggest ways in which the proposed draft coul…
Education Forum June 2022
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
For this CELCIS Education Forum, we were delighted to welcome Pauline Stratford from Skills Development Scotland (SDS), to speak about its r…
Grappling with the implications of The Promise for teaching social work in Scotland
Year: | Topic:
Active implementation, Corporate parenting, Local authority | Author: Autumn Roesch-Marsh, Ruth Emond, Helen Whincup
Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, Professor Ruth Emond and Dr Helen Whincup draw on their experiences in teaching Social Work students to consider how …
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s Consultation on a Children’s Care & Justice Bill
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Children's hearings system, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Kate Mackinnon, Paul Sullivan and Lizzie Thomson
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Children’s Care & Justice Bill. Here, we respond to proposals on changes to …
The power of participation: understanding the lives of young refugees through creativity
Year: | Topic:
International | Author: Paul Sullivan and Professor Ravi Kohli
As part of Refugee Week 2022, Paul Sullivan, Sector Engagement Lead at CELCIS, and Professor Ravi Kohli, a researcher at the University of Be…
Connections are key: the importance of relationship-based practice in supporting refugees and asylum seekers
Year: | Topic:
International | Author: Lorraine Ward
During Refugee Week, Lorraine Ward writes about why connections are key in helping young asylum seekers and refugees to build happy, fulfilli…
Everyone’s story is their own: learning from the personal narratives of young refugees
Year: | Topic:
Voices of young people | Author: Christine and Hamid
During Refugee Week, Christine and Hamid reflect together on their involvement in the Drawing Together project and NYPS, the experiences of r…
Knowing about continuing care allows for early conversations
Year: | Topic:
Foster care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Hazel Rogers
Hazel Rogers is new to fostering and here she discusses her journey to find out more about continuing care to give her the confidence to supp…
The life of a foster carer
Year: | Topic:
Foster care | Author: Anne-Marie Coyle
Anne-Marie Coyle has been a foster carer for over 15 years with the Kibble Intensive Fostering Service, which provides fostering for children…
‘I am a foster carer’ - why do foster carers find it hard to say?
Year: | Topic:
Foster care | Author: Sara Smith
Why do I hesitate when people ask what I do to say I am a foster carer? What makes me wait and judge the person before saying I am a foster c…
Love InC project final report
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Active implementation | Author: CELCIS, Aberlour, The Care Inspectorate and Includem
love inc project – learnings and resources
From the early stages of this Independent Care Review, there were strong, clear and passionate mes…
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 21 No1
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Residential care | Author:
Welcome to the spring 2022 issue of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care (SJRCC). This year marks the Journal’s 20th anniversary. T…
Education Forum March 2022
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
The latest CELCIS Education Forum was held online on Wednesday 30 March on the theme of using Scotland's Secure Care Pathway and Standards to…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee’s call for views to inform their inquiry into low income and debt problems
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Thomson
Our submission focuses on the impact of low income, debt and poverty on care leavers in Scotland. To mitigate this impact, we support the exp…
The Scottish Government’s Promise implementation plan 2022
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Legislation | Author: The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has produced an implementation plan setting out what it will do to Keep The Promise by 2030. This plan complements Th…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Social Services Council on ‘A register for the future’ consultation
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Local authority | Author: Rosie Moore
CELCIS has responded to the Scottish Social Services Council's consultation on ‘A register for the future’.
Briefing: Continuing Care: An exploration of implementation
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Brandi Lee Lough Dennell, Kenny McGhee, Robert Porter
This briefing highlights the key findings published in CELCIS’s research on the implementation of Continuing Care in Scotland.
The briefing d…
Continuing Care: An exploration of implementation
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Brandi Lee Lough Dennell, Kenny McGhee, Robert Porter
This research aims to identify and better understand what it is that enables and challenges the necessary improvements needed at national and…
Caring for brothers and sisters: the invisible kinship families
Year: | Topic:
Kinship care, Siblings, Brothers and sisters | Author: Lorna Stabler
As part of Kinship Care Week 2022 Lorna Stabler, a Researcher and PhD student at Cardiff University, writes about being a sibling carer and t…
World Social Work Day 2022: the experiences of social workers during COVID-19
Year: | Topic:
Local authority | Author: Irene Ward and David M Clarke
On this World Social Work Day, two social workers from East Ayrshire Council, in Scotland, share their thoughts and experiences of the impact…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Poverty’s inquiry into poverty and stigma: call for written evidence
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Stigma | Author: Lizzie Thomson
Our response highlights the impact of poverty-related stigma on children, young people and families in need of care and protection. Poverty-r…
A response from CELCIS to the UK Government consultation on data sharing to support early learning and childcare in Scotland
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Disability, Education, Local authority | Author: Kate Mackinnon and Alexander McTier
This consultation is a response to the UK Government’s Digital Cabinet Office on the draft Digital Government (Disclosure of Information) Reg…
Virtual School Head Teachers in Scotland: Practice Case Studies
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: Michael Bettencourt, Kimberley Keenan, Larissa Gordon, Emma Allen, Mary Jane Hunter, Leanne McIver, Gemma Watson, Linda O’Neill
This report provides an insight into the role of Virtual School Head Teachers (VSHTs) and
Care Experienced Teams (CETs) in Scotland through …
Money Matters Access to Child Trust Funds and Financial Support
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Adoption, Corporate parenting, Kinship care, Looked after at home, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: CELCIS
This briefing explains how to access Child Trust Funds, and any support that children or young people might need to access or manage their fu…
Evidence to inform the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee thematic session on kinship care
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Kinship care | Author: Lizzie Thomson
Evidence for the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee Committee’s thematic session on kinship care.
How do we hold the hand of the workforce?
Year: | Topic:
Active implementation | Author: Claire Burns
Having marked the 2nd anniversary of the conclusion of Scotland’s Independent Review of Care, The Promise, there has rightly been a spotlight…
A response from CELCIS to Scottish Parliament Education, Children and Young People Committee’s Call for views on the impact of the Scottish Attainment Challenge.
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education | Author: Linda O’Neill and Michael Bettencourt
CELCIS response to the Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on The Scottish Attainment Challenge. This response fo…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s stakeholder consultation on ‘Assessment of Wellbeing (GIRFEC)’ statutory guidance
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Legislation | Author: Lizzie Thomson
As Scotland’s national approach to improving outcomes and supporting the wellbeing all children and young people, GIRFEC is rights-based and …
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s policy position paper: Cross-border placements of children and young people into residential care in Scotland
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Children's hearings system, Legislation, Residential care | Author: Lizzie Thomson
In our response to the Scottish Government's recent policy position paper, we provide feedback on proposals concerning the recognition of Dep…
Developing practice for care records in Scotland
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Foster care, Kinship care, Local authority, Permanence, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, Brothers and sisters | Author: CELCIS
This briefing is for all practitioners involved in writing, managing and/or supporting access to care records.
The link between poverty, stigma, and the care ‘system’
Year: | Topic:
Foster care, Voices of young people, Financial Insecurity | Author: Tiegan Boyens
Tiegan Boyens uses her experiences, views and knowledge to help improve the lives of children and young people, tackle social justice issues,…
Scotland’s Virtual School Head Teachers’ and Care Experienced Teams’ Network
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
This booklet describes how the roles of the Virtual School Head Teacher's and Care Experienced Teams are developing in Scotland. It also set…
CELCIS Response to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s Inquiry into the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing | Author: Kate Mackinnon
This response to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s Inquiry provides information about some of the key issues around the health an…
Money matters, so why do we make it so hard to get financial support?
Year: | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Financial Insecurity | Author: Claire Burns
As families continue to struggle financially this winter, CELCIS's Director (Acting) Claire Burns looks at how financial support can get to p…
Scottish Government publish a progress report on Corporate Parenting in Scotland
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Corporate parenting | Author: The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government have published ‘Caring for our children and young people: An update on Scotland's Corporate Parenting 2018-21’, detai…
State of the Nation's Foster Care 2021
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Foster care | Author: The Fostering Network
This report from The Fostering Network, is based on a survey, which took place in the summer of 2021, and covered key practice and workforce …
CELCIS response to the Scottish Government’s stakeholder consultation on ‘Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) Refresh - Practice Guidance’
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing | Author: Lizzie Thomson
This consultation response provides feedback on ‘refreshed’ GIRFEC practice guidance materials about the Named Person, Lead Professional, usi…
Resources for parents, schools, colleges and practitioners supporting traumatically bereaved children and young people
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing | Author: UK Trauma Council
The UK Trauma Council (UKTC) and three child bereavement charities - Child Bereavement UK, Winston’s Wish and the Childhood Bereavement Netwo…
Leaving narratives unchallenged can only lead to injustice
Year: | Topic:
Adoption, Stigma | Author: Samantha Fiander
Reflecting on the impact of the media, and how it is used, in shaping public attitudes to care experience.
We all have a part to play in raising awareness of children’s rights: my experience at the 2021 UN Day of General Discussion
Year: | Topic:
International, Voices of young people | Author: Tiegan Boyens
In this blog post, Tiegan, who is adopted and lives in England, discusses her experience at the 2021 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’…
CELCIS Response to Scottish Government Education Reform Consultation
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Michael Bettencourt
This consultation document provides information and insights on the proposed changes to Education Scotland and the reform of the Scottish Qua…
Education Forum November 2021
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Education | Author: CELCIS
In this Education Forum meeting Jacqueline Cassidy, Director for Scotland for the the charity Place2Be explained the mission of the charity,…
Challenging the narrative of adoption: Who tells the story?
Year: | Topic:
Adoption | Author: Whatever Next?
The narratives around adoption narratives are changing, led by the voices involved. This Adoption Week Scotland, we look at what the award-wi…
Introductory guidance to implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Legislation | Author: The Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has issued guidance around children’s rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in …
Language and understanding at ‘the chalkface’
Year: | Topic:
Adoption, Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Leanne McIver
This Adoption Week Scotland, Dr Leanne McIver, Research Associate at CELCIS, discusses how greater inclusiveness for adopted children in poli…
Stand Up For Siblings Research into Practice Online Event
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Legislation, Voices of young people, Siblings | Author: Stand Up for Siblings
Gillian Henderson, Information and Research manager in the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA), discusses some of the research…
CELCIS’s response to the National Care Service Consultation
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Active implementation, Adoption, Child protection, Child sexual exploitation (CSE), Child trafficking, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Disability, Domestic abuse, Education, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Neglect, Parental alcohol and/or drug use, Parental mental health, Permanence, Residential care, Secure care, Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, COVID | Author: CELCIS
Proposals for a National Care Service in Scotland were published for consultation by the Scottish Government in August 2021.
CELCIS’s respons…
Joining the dots: Virtual School Head Teachers’ and Care Experience Teams’ Network - Summary of 2020-2021 Evaluation Report
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Michael Bettencourt and Dr Leanne McIver
This summary brings together the key findings of the Virtual School Head Teacher’ and Care Experience Teams’ Network 2020-2021 Evaluation Rep…
Joining the dots: Virtual School Head Teachers’ and Care Experience Teams’ Network - 2020-2021 Evaluation Report
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Education | Author: Dr Leanne McIver
This evaluation report brings together the findings of semi-structured interviews carried out in July/August 2021 with members of Scotland’s …
Genna Allan: You’ve Never Slept in Mine
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Genna Allan
In this blog, which appeared on the Stellar Quines website, Genna Allan discusses her experiences of being part of You’ve Never Slept in Mine…
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