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CELCIS publications

Towards modernising adoption in Scotland: A focused mapping review

This review of current adoption legislation, policy and practice considers what works well, what challenges and issues there are, and what factors sho…

Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 2024. Overview analysis to inform prevention and response

CELCIS was asked by Scottish Government to provide an overview analysis of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE). The aim of this focussed mappin…

Blog

Working together to strengthen practice in residential child care: The power of observation, reflection and feedback

In the second in this series of blogs posts Marc Blyth, Lead Learning Co-Ordinator at children’s charity Aberlour Sycamore, which provides residential…

Working together to strengthen practice in residential child care: Laying the groundwork for change

Marc Blyth, Lead Learning Co-Ordinator at children’s charity Aberlour Sycamore, which provides residential child care across Scotland, discusses how d…

Spotlight

PACE Quality improvement homepage

Quality Improvement methodology has been proven to enable real and positive change, and was therefore selected by the Scottish Government to be used i…

My journey from care leaver to author

On World Book Day UK, Kirsty Capes, author of the upcoming novel, ‘Careless’, and marketer at HarperCollins, discusses how her childhood experience in…