News
Our news helps everyone working with and for children in need of care and protection, their families and carers, and with care leavers, to keep up to speed with what's going on in the sector, here in Scotland, and further afield.
Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2020-21
28 July 2022
The Scottish Government has today (28 July 2022) published the national Education Outcomes for Looked After Children for 2020-21…
Supporting child refugees and their families
31 March 2022
This resource is designed to help people in Scotland working with and supporting children and families in professional, voluntar…
Implementation Plan outlines commitments and actions to realising The Promise by 2030
30 March 2022
The Scottish Government has published its Keeping the Promise Implementation Plan, setting out their actions and commitments to …
Children's Social Work Statistics for Scotland published
29 March 2022
The Scottish Government has published the latest official annual Children's Social Work Statistics for Scotland, covering the pe…
New research shows more progress is needed to implement Continuing Care in Scotland
17 March 2022
New research by CELCIS on Scotland’s policy of continuing care for young people has been published today, with recommendations t…
New Director of CELCIS appointed
25 January 2022
Claire Burns has been appointed as the new Director of CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection.
Progress report on Corporate Parenting in Scotland
10 December 2021
Scottish Ministers have published (9 December) ‘Caring for our children and young people: An update on Scotland's Corporate Pare…
Scotland’s Financial Redress Scheme now open
08 December 2021
In a statement to the Scottish Parliament (8 December 2021), Scotland’s Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced that the Fi…