

Upcoming learning and events
We support ongoing learning and the exchange of knowledge and good practice in a wide range of ways and offer an excellent programme of seminars, conferences and events throughout the year.
CELCIS and sector events
Thursday 15 January 2026
Emerging Insights Series: AI and Children’s Social Care - What could AI mean for children’s social care?
To begin this new series of webinars, we’ll be setting the scene and considering what AI might mean for children’s social care in particular, by exploring some of the fundamental questions and potential opportunities and challenges of how AI is being used in practice, and, in responding to the care and protection needs of children and young people, and supporting their families,
looking at what is beginning to be understood about the influences and impacts of AI in children’s and young people’s lives.
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Emerging Insight Series: AI and Children's Social Care - Can AI improve decision-making and outcomes when it comes to children's care and protection?
This webinar will examine examples of where systems utilising AI have been built to be used to assist decision-making in responding to children’s care and protection needs. We’ll look at international case studies from the US, UK, and Canada, how these have been working, and exploring the safeguards considered, impacts, and what can be learned from these experiences.
Thursday 12 February 2026
Emerging Insights Series: AI and Children’s Social Care - What are the impacts of using AI transcription tools in social care?
This webinar will explore the experiences and attitudes towards using AI tools in note taking, meeting transcription and summarising actions in social work practice, as well as the wider impacts these technologies have on care. We’ll hear from frontline experiences and new research into how social workers and local authorities are deciding when and how to use these tools.
Courses
Caring for Children Moving Alone: Protecting Unaccompanied and Separated Children
Learn about how to support and respond to the needs of unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children. Our free online training course is open to anyone working in or with an interest in the care and protection needs of unaccompanied and separated children and young people.


