We are CELCIS
CELCIS is a leading improvement and innovation centre in Scotland.
We improve children’s lives by supporting people and organisations to drive long-lasting change in the services they need, and the practices used by people responsible for their care.
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Find out more about child protection policy and practice in Scotland.
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Fostering and adoption statistics for Scotland 2024-2025
England’s Children’s Commissioner outlines vision for care
Audit of Scotland’s promise to reform children’s care published
Education Outcomes for Looked After Children 2023/24
Resources
National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2023
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Government consultation on ‘Financial transparency and profit limitation in children's residential care’
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee's Call for Views on the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill
Supporting planning for the future of foster care in Scotland
Blog
How do we define care? Bridging cultural gaps in developing a universal definition of care experience
In this blog post for Care Experienced Week, Maryam, who was a CELCIS Consultant with lived experience of care involved in considering the Scottish Government's…
Legislating for change for children and the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024
Debbie Nolan, Practice Development Advisor at the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ), and Kate Mackinnon, Policy Associate at CELCIS, discuss…
Looking beyond the data at Continuing Care and Aftercare
The recently released Children’s Social Work Statistics for Scotland includes data about children in care and data on care leavers. Here, Kirsty Doull, CELCIS’s…
What has fostering for 20 years taught me about relationships?
In this blog post for Foster Care Fortnight, Amy , an intensive foster carer who provides care and support to children and young people with significant and…
Why face-to-face support matters to foster carers
In this blog post for Foster Carer Fortnight 2025, Anne Currie, Assistant Director for Scotland at The Fostering Network, discusses why the theme of ‘the power…
Is the picture getting any clearer?
CELCIS’s Data Lead, Micky Anderson, considers the latest children’s social work statistics in Scotland, looking at newly available data, and why additional…