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CELCIS's response to the Scottish Government’s Post-School Education and Skills Reform: Consultation on Legislation

Year: 2024 | Topic: Education | Author: Linda Peat, Michael Bettencourt
CELCIS's response to the Scottish Government’s Post-School Education and Skills Reform: Consultation on Legislation
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Education Forum May 2024

Year: 2024 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
At this Education Forum, attendees heard from Emma Mcginlay and Tony Mitchell, from the National Engagement and Partnership Team of Social S…

Learning more about Scotland’s Virtual Schools

Year:  | Topic: Education | Author: Michael Bettencourt and Dr Leanne McIver
For over five years, the role of Virtual School Head Teachers (VSHTs) in Scotland has been evolving and in 2024 is established as a key part …

Survey results on the formal exclusion of care experienced children and young people in Scotland

Year: 2024 | Topic: Education | Author: Virtual School Head Teachers' Network
The Virtual School Head Teachers' Network, which CELCIS has facilitated since 2019, has published the findings of a survey of local authoriti…
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Education Forum February 2024

Year: 2024 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
At this meeting of the Education Forum we learned about a partnership project called the Keeping The Promise Award Programme, which was origi…
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Education Forum September 2023

Year: 2023 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
For our September Forum meeting, we were delighted to welcome Kyle Fleming, Head of Education, and Eileen McColl, Education Manager, of Erski…

Virtual schools for care-experienced learners in Scotland: Reflections on an emerging concept in a new context

Year: 2024 | Topic: Education | Author: Leanna McIver and Michael Bettencourt
This paper offers comparison and reflection on the role and function virtual schools in England and Scotland.
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A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee’s inquiry into Additional Support for Learning (ASL)

Year: 2023 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation | Author: Linda O'Neill
CELCIS's response, based on research evidence, practice experience, and feedback from longstanding cross organisational networks, maintains a…
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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…
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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…

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…

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…

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…
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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…
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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…

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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…

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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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Education Forum - September 2021

Year: 2021 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: CELCIS
At our latest Education Forum meeting. We were delighted to welcome Claire O'Hara, Programme Director, and Michael Wield, Programme Co-ordina…
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Education Forum – May 2021

Year: 2021 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
At our May 2021 Education Forum meeting we were delighted to welcome four Attainment Advisors from Education Scotland who shared information,…
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Education Forum – March 2021

Year: 2021 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
Our first Education Forum meeting of 2021 was held online in March with the theme of ‘Widening Participation and Access to Further and Higher…
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CELCIS's commitment to keeping The Promise

Year: 2021 | Topic: Active implementation, Adoption, Child protection, Child sexual exploitation (CSE), Child trafficking, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Disability, Domestic abuse, Education, Emotional abuse, Fabricated or Induced Illness in children, Female Genital Mutilation, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Historical abuse, International, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Neglect, Online safety, Parental alcohol and/or drug use, Parental mental health, Permanence, Physical abuse, Residential care, Secure care, Sexual abuse, Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: CELCIS
Learn more about CELCIS’s response and our offer to work in collaboration with The Promise and those working to support children, young peopl…
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‘You can never get enough books into the hands of enough children’

Year: 2021 | Topic: Education | Author: Kirsty Hill
On World Book Day UK, Kirsty Hill, Regional Director at the Dollywood Foundation UK, discusses why reading for pleasure is crucial for childr…
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The role of the Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experienced Team Network and its members, March 2019 - December 2020

Year: 2021 | Topic: Education | Author: Leanne McIver
Several local authorities in Scotland have chosen to allocate funding from the Care Experienced Children and Young People Fund towards the es…
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Gathering evidence and producing estimates for care experienced pupils during the SQA 2021 exam diet

Year: 2021 | Topic: Education | Author: Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experience Team Network
This document has been produced by the Virtual School and Care Experienced Team National Network with the intention of providing supportive, …
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Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experienced Teams' Phone Survey

Year: 2021 | Topic: Education | Author: Leanne McIver and Linda O’Neill
A phone survey was carried out by the CELCIS Education Team in October 2020 with the members of the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Ca…
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Exploring the roles and responsibilities of Virtual School Head Teachers and Care Experienced Teams in Scotland

Year: 2021 | Topic: Education | Author: Sarah Deeley and Linda O’Neill
This paper has been produced as part of a series of discussions undertaken by the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Care Experienced Tea…
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CELCIS’ Response to the Scottish Government’s Consultation on the Revision of the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland

Year: 2021 | Topic: Active implementation, Child protection, Education, Neglect | Author: Ruth Sills, Susan Mitchell, Michael Stewart, Louise Henry, Ruth Sills, Aileen Nicol, Kate Mackinnon
CELCIS have responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the revised national guidance for child protection in Scotland. We welcome…
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Exploring feedback around membership of the Virtual School Head Teacher and Care Experienced Team Network: Discussion findings from a facilitated workshop [Paper Two]

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education | Author: Sarah Deeley and Linda O’Neill
In October 2020 CELCIS convened and facilitated a virtual workshop with the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Care Experienced Team (CET…
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Exploring the unique role of the Virtual School Head Teacher or Care Experienced Team in relation to supporting children and families during COVID-19: Discussion findings from a facilitated workshop [Paper One]

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education | Author: Sarah Deeley and Linda O’Neill
In October 2020 CELCIS convened and facilitated a virtual workshop with the Virtual School Head Teacher (VSHT) and Care Experienced Team (CET…
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Children 'get animated' in lockdown

Year:  | Topic: Education, Voices of young people | Author: Nikki Hepburn
Nikki Hepburn, Art teacher at Harmeny Education Trust, is a residential school providing care and education to children aged 5-14 who have ex…
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Education Forum - November 2020

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
Resources from the November 2020 meeting of the CELCIS Education Forum.
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Information about the Care Experienced Students Bursary

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education | Author: Hub for Success
Here are the answers to some commonly asked questions about the Care Experienced Students Bursary (CESB) and higher education and further ed…
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An evaluation of the We are Citizens! Ensemble care experienced theatre company project

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Dr Louise Hill, Dr Leanne McIver & Dr Brandi Lee Lough Dennell
In 2018 the Citizens Theatre, in partnership with CELCIS, was awarded funding from the Life Changes Trust’s Creative and Active Lives initiat…
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CELCIS response to call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill

Year: 2020 | Topic: Active implementation, Education, International, Legislation, Local authority, Voices of young people | Author: Kate MacKinnon, Paul Sullivan, Rosie Moore, Elaine Adams, Miriana Giraldi, Kirsty Deacon
CELCIS strongly supports this progressive approach to promote systemic change through legislation for the promotion of children’s rights thro…
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Under the spotlight of COVID-19: Real change is possible

Year: 2020 | Topic: Active implementation, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Permanence | Author: Claire Burns
Claire Burns, Director of CELCIS (Acting), takes a moment to consider how much we have learned that we didn’t know before the COVID-19; how t…
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Bridging the digital divide for care experienced young people in Scotland: If not now, when?

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Kenny McGhee and Dr. Autumn Roesch-Marsh
This report has been produced by CELCIS and the University of Edinburgh and investigates how Scotland’s care leavers have been affected by di…
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Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee’s Inquiry into support for vulnerable children during the Coronavirus outbreak’

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Linda O'Neill
The Scottish Parliament's Education and Skills Committee is seeking information around the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on vulnerable c…
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‘Supervision in Education – Healthier Schools For All’ - Barnardo’s Scotland

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Barnardo's Scotland
Barnardo's Scotland has published a new report 'Supervision in Education - Healthier Schools for All', which calls for better emotional and m…
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WAC ensemble member Chloe talks about Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?

Year: 2020 | Topic: Education, Voices of young people | Author: Chloe
First published by Citizens Theatre, 30 January 2020.
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Independent Care Review reports

Year: 2020 | Topic: Active implementation, Adoption, Child protection, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Education, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Neglect, Permanence, Residential care, Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Independent Care Review
Scotland’s Independent Care Review published its findings and recommendations,
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Education Forum - November 2019

Year: 2019 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
Resources from the November 2019 meeting of the CELCIS Education Forum.
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Looked After children and young people and rights to education: Accessing the right to Coordinated Support Plans

Year: 2019 | Topic: Education | Author: Nick Hobbs
This article was first published by The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland on 23 October 2019
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CELCIS response to Scottish Funding Council’s Consultation on the Widening Access and Retention Fund

Year: 2019 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education | Author: Linda O'Neill
The Scottish Funding Council are reviewing the best use of the Widening Access and Retention Fund in higher education. We consider changes wh…
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An Ayrshire school where care experienced young people’s views are taken seriously

Year: 2019 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Voices of young people | Author: Dawn Parker
South Ayrshire CHAMPS Board is working in partnership with Belmont Academy in Ayr to bring care experienced young people together and support…
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How can it be that ‘being a student with care experience is very daunting’ and ‘…..supportive, inclusive, diverse and fun… a joy actually’?

Year: 2019 | Topic: Education, Voices of young people | Author: Linda O'Neill
Why is there such a dichotomy in these two direct accounts from students with care experience? What makes the experience daunting? What makes…
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Are care leavers really more likely to go to prison than university?

Year: 2019 | Topic: Education, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Dr Neil Harrison
This blog post by Dr Neil Harrison was first published on the ExChange Wales website on 14 August 2019. ExChange is an all-Wales network that…
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Young people in the care system deserve help to enter university

Year: 2019 | Topic: Education, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Iain MacRitchie
Iain MacRitchie is the founder of MCR Pathways, a school-based mentoring programme which supports young people in or on the edges of the care…
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‘Being a student with care experience is very daunting’ Findings from a survey of care experienced students in Scottish colleges and universities

Year: 2019 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation, Voices of young people | Author: Linda O’Neill, Neil Harrison, Nadine Fowler, Graham Connelly
The first Scotland-wide survey of care experienced students in Scotland’s colleges and universities, on behalf of the Scottish Funding Counci…
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‘Children have a right to education – regardless of immigration status’

Year: 2019 | Topic: Child protection, Child sexual exploitation (CSE), Child trafficking, Education, International | Author: Jennifer Davidson, Chrissie Gale
This article was first published by TES on the support teachers can offer unaccompanied and separated children.
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Response to the Financial Education for Young People’s inquiry into children in care and financial education

Year: 2019 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Morton
We contribute to the Westminster APPG’s inquiry into care experienced children and young people’s access to financial education.
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No wrong path

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, REACH | Author: University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow student, Jamie, grew up in care. In this short film he talks about the challenges on his path through education.
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How Seamab sees it

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, REACH, Residential care, Voices of young people | Author: Joanna McCreadie
The team at Seamab reflect on their experiences of working in social care and misconceptions about the care and support of children and young…
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Education Forum - October 2018

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
Resources and presentations from the CELCIS Education Forum meeting in October 2018
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Early Intervention Foundation report: Realising the Potential of Early Intervention

Year: 2018 | Topic: Child protection, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Local authority | Author: Early Intervention Foundation
This report from the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) explains the concept of early intervention and how it works to support child develop…
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University can be a tricky place if you have been in care

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Legislation | Author: Graham Connelly
This blog post explores the findings of a recent briefing from CELCIS about going to university from care.
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Creative Consortium: Children and young people in residential care engagement in music

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing, Residential care | Author: Charlie Gracie, Moyra Hawthorn and Michelle McCue
A research project which addressed how looked after children and young people accessed music opportunities, if at all, what barriers there we…
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An air of calm

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Residential care | Author: Mark Brotherton
Mark Brotherton, Educational Psychologist, explains how strong relationships between carers and psychologists have been nurtured.
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Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 17 No 3

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Residential care, Voices of young people | Author: Graham Connelly
In this issue, we present three peer reviewed articles, five commentaries, and a book review. These cover a wide range of topics and experien…
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Connecting Voices on listening to the voices of care experienced young people

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing, Local authority | Author: CELCIS
Jim Lyon from East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership talks about the importance of listening to the voices of care experienced youn…
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Joining up the dots – why data analysis is vital in understanding and supporting care experienced young people

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education | Author: Dr Neil Harrison
Dr Neil Harrison argues that we need to use better data to better understand care experienced young people entering higher education.
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Beyond the Headlines: Going to university from care

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Legislation | Author: CELCIS
This is the first in a series of our Beyond the Headlines briefings to provide further information and analysis on some commonly reported sta…
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Consultation response: Review of Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and Creation of a Family Justice Modernisation Strategy

Year: 2018 | Topic: Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation | Author: Lizzie Morton
CELCIS response to Scottish Government’s consultation on the review of legislation relating to children and their families in Scotland.
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A care leaver's path to university

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing, Residential care, Voices of young people | Author: Derek
Many paths to higher education are not straightforward. A care experienced student talks about overcoming such challenges.
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Parents in Partnership at Auchenharvie Academy

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing, Local authority | Author: CELCIS
Liz and Reena, parents of pupils at Auchenharvie Academy have been involved in a project where the attend their children’s school to learn mo…
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Kieran Morrell on Parents in Partnership at Auchenharvie Academy

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing, Local authority | Author: CELCIS
Kieran Morrell, Family Learning Worker, talks about how Parents in Partnership (a model for parental involvement in the school curriculum) is…
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Seeing and Shifting the Roots of Opinions - Mapping the Gaps between Expert and Public Understandings of Care Experience and the Care System in Scotland

Year: 2018 | Topic: Adoption, Child protection, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Education, Foster care, Kinship care, Local authority, Looked after at home, Permanence, Residential care, SIRCC, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: The Robertson Trust, Life Changes Trust, CELCIS
This report presents findings from a project sponsored by and conducted in close partnership with The Robertson Trust, Life Changes Trust and…
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Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 17 No 2

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Historical abuse, Residential care | Author: Graham Connelly
In this issue - a special edition coinciding with the 19th annual Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care (SIRCC) conference - you will …
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Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 17 No 1

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Historical abuse, Residential care | Author: Graham Connelly
In this issue you will find the usual mix of peer-reviewed papers, commentaries and book reviews. Included in the collection are: the text of…
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National Ambition for care leavers

Year: 2018 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Fiona Burns and Nick Stansfield, Scottish Funding Council
The Scottish Funding Council speak about National Ambition, their three-year improvement programme to support care experienced young people i…
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The importance of consistent relationships

Year: 2018 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Residential care | Author: Andrew Skinner, Hillside Residential School
Andrew Skinner is a unit manager at Hillside Residential School for boys with emotional, social and behavioural problems. Corporate parenting…
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Embedded support for university

Year: 2018 | Topic: Education, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Peter Tormey, Edinburgh Napier University
Peter Tormey, part of the Widening Particpation team at Edinburgh Napier University has responsibility for care-experienced youngsters studyi…
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You live and you learn

Year: 2018 | Topic: Active implementation, Education | Author: Amanda Lawler
Amanda Lawler explains why CELCIS really cares about training and learning.
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Response to Scottish Government consultation on Excellence and Equity for All

Year: 2018 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Legislation | Author: Dr Graham Connelly
CELCIS response considers how the draft ‘Guidance on the Presumption of Mainstreaming’ reflects the needs of looked after children and those …
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Response to consultation on the provisions of the Education (Scotland) Bill

Year: 2018 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Legislation | Author: Linda O’Neill
CELCIS responds proposed amendments to the Education (Scotland) Bill and the impact on the educational experiences and outcomes of looked aft…
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A fair financial deal for care experienced students

Year: 2017 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Throughcare and aftercare, Financial Insecurity | Author: Dr Graham Connelly
How the Student Support Review Group is trying to ensure care experienced students have a fair standard of living.
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Education Forum - November 2017

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education | Author: CELCIS
Notes and presentation from the November 2017 Education Forum meeting.
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Designated Manager Survey: Summary Findings

Year: 2017 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education, Legislation, Local authority | Author: Linda O’Neill, Richard Withington, Graham Connelly
The report sets out the main findings of a national survey of Designated Managers in educational establishments within Scotland.
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Response to consultation on Section 70 of Education (Scotland) Act 1980

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education, Legislation | Author: Linda O’Neill
Response to the Scottish Government consultation on Section 70 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980
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Response to consultation on Extending Children's Rights

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education, Legislation | Author: Graham Connelly
A response to the Scottish Government consultation on assessing children with additional support needs’ capacity to use their rights, and con…
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Response to consultation on measuring the attainment gap and milestones towards closing it

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education | Author: Linda O’Neill
CELCIS response to Scottish Government consultation on measuring the attainment gap and milestones towards closing it
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Response to Fair Funding Consultation

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education | Author: Linda O’Neill
Response to Scottish Governments consultation on proposed funding arrangements to achieve excellence and equity in education. We highlight th…
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Let’s stop referring to children by acronyms

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education | Author: Graham Connelly
Dr Graham Connelly discusses the use of acronyms when talking about looked after children and children in care.
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Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 16 No 2

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education, International, Residential care | Author: Graham Connelly (Editor)
This issue contains a collection of four peer-reviewed research articles, three shorter commentaries, a paper previously published in the Ind…
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Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care Vol 16 No 3

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education, Historical abuse, Residential care | Author: Alan Macquarrie (guest editor)
In this special history issue, we begin with Professor Roy Parker’s last article, published posthumously. We include an obituary of him. This…
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What you have to say about our Caring for Vulnerable Children MOOC

Year: 2017 | Topic: Child protection, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Local authority | Author: Sarah Hume-Anthony
Course moderator Sarah Hume-Anthony gives a snapshot of the interactions on the CELCIS MOOC.
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Response to Scotland's consultation on ‘Independent Review of Financial Support for Students in Scotland’

Year: 2017 | Topic: Corporate parenting, Education | Author: Graham Connelly
Response to Scottish Governments consultation on the review of financial support for students. We support the general findings of the review,…
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Response to Scotland’s Ten Year Strategy for the Learning Provision for Children and Young People with Complex Additional Support Needs

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing | Author: Richard Withington
A response to Scottish Government’s consultation on Scotland’s Ten Year Strategy for the Learning Provision for Children and Young People wit…
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I'm excited about a shindig and slice of cake

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education, Voices of young people | Author: Charlie Gracie
Charlie Gracie tells of a new creative writing comp for looked after children
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Parents In Partnership Programme evaluation 2017

Year: 2017 | Topic: Education, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Looked after at home | Author: Linda O'Neill, Leanne Mattu, Richard Withington and Vicki Welch
An evaluation report of the CELCIS Parents In Partnership programme, a parental and carer involvement model implemented in three high schools…

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