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From isolation to belonging - from surviving to thriving, through connection and community
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Melody
In this blog post for Care Experience Week 2024, Melody*, a consultant with lived experience at CELCIS offers her thoughts on this year’s the…
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on ‘Moving On’ from Care into Adulthood
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: CELCIS
CELCIS has responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation exercise seeking examples of good practice and solutions to issues challenging…
Evaluation of the Lifelong Links trial in Scotland
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Dr Robert Porter and Dr Nadine Fowler
An evaluation of the trial commissioned by Family Rights Group (FRG), has been published by CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children’s …
Accessing Records in Scotland Report
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Legislation, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Social Work Scotland
A new report published on 8 July 2024, provides more information on what people with care experience in Scotland have experienced regarding t…
“It’s about…believing our own words”: Bringing together the voices of care experienced people
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Adoption, Corporate parenting, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Local authority, Looked after at home, Residential care, Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, Brothers and sisters | Author: Rebekah Pierre
Rebekah Pierre is a care experienced writer, author, social worker, and editor of a new anthology, ‘Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System A…
Response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government consultation on policy proposals for a Care Leaver Payment
Year: 2024 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Kate MacKinnon, Kirsty Doull and Katherine Anderson
CELCIS has responded to the Scottish Government's consultation on policy proposals far a Care Leaver payment. Our response is underpinned by …
How lived experience of care is helping drive Scotland’s progress towards keeping The Promise
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: David Anderson
David Anderson is the Co-Chair of the Oversight Board, an independent group set up to report on the progress and pace in Scotland as it journ…
Exploring leadership opportunities for the care experienced community
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Barry Black, Gary Brown and Sarah Rogers
For this Care Experienced Week we took some time with Barry Black, member of the National Leadership Network (NLN) steering group, and Gary B…
Authentic co-production – it’s the right thing to do!
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Rosie Moore
Rosie Moore, Participation and Policy Advisor at CELCIS describes leading on a project that has participation at its core from the very begin…
Developing a village to care for the child (and the family)
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Moira Greentree
As a new report is published by The Why Not? Trust, their Director of Innovation Moira Greentree, discusses the value of finding out how many…
Births to care experienced teenagers and women aged 14-24 in Scotland
Year: 2023 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: CELCIS
This new report commissioned by the Why Not? Trust, funded by Care Visions, with the work carried out by CELCIS aims to establish an estimate…
The cost of surviving
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Financial Insecurity | Author: Christine Uwase
At this moment, it feels wrong to address what we’re living through as a cost-of-living crisis, since most people are barely living on what t…
Could a minimum income guarantee help Scotland to keep The Promise?
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Financial Insecurity | Author: Paul Sullivan and Lizzie Thomson
For Challenge Poverty Week 2022, Paul Sullivan, Sector Engagement Lead and Lizzie Thomson, Policy Associate at CELCIS look the impact the cos…
A Wellbeing Economy: Lifting our gaze for those leaving care
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, Financial Insecurity | Author: Jimmy Paul
For Challenge Poverty Week 2022, Jimmy Paul, Director at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) Scotland, which works to promote a Wellbeing …
Using my creativity and experience to help other young people make informed choices
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Ciara Waugh
Ciara Waugh is an art and design student who has been working with other young people to co-produce national information materials on the rig…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Government’s Consultation on a Children’s Care & Justice Bill
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Children's hearings system, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Kate Mackinnon, Paul Sullivan and Lizzie Thomson
CELCIS’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Children’s Care & Justice Bill. Here, we respond to proposals on changes to …
Knowing about continuing care allows for early conversations
Year: | Topic:
Foster care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Hazel Rogers
Hazel Rogers is new to fostering and here she discusses her journey to find out more about continuing care to give her the confidence to supp…
A response from CELCIS to the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee’s call for views to inform their inquiry into low income and debt problems
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Thomson
Our submission focuses on the impact of low income, debt and poverty on care leavers in Scotland. To mitigate this impact, we support the exp…
Briefing: Continuing Care: An exploration of implementation
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Brandi Lee Lough Dennell, Kenny McGhee, Robert Porter
This briefing highlights the key findings published in CELCIS’s research on the implementation of Continuing Care in Scotland.
The briefing d…
Continuing Care: An exploration of implementation
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Brandi Lee Lough Dennell, Kenny McGhee, Robert Porter
This research aims to identify and better understand what it is that enables and challenges the necessary improvements needed at national and…
Money Matters Access to Child Trust Funds and Financial Support
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Adoption, Corporate parenting, Kinship care, Looked after at home, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: CELCIS
This briefing explains how to access Child Trust Funds, and any support that children or young people might need to access or manage their fu…
Developing practice for care records in Scotland
Year: 2022 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Foster care, Kinship care, Local authority, Permanence, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, Brothers and sisters | Author: CELCIS
This briefing is for all practitioners involved in writing, managing and/or supporting access to care records.
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…
Genna Allan: You’ve Never Slept in Mine
Year: | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Genna Allan
In this blog, which appeared on the Stellar Quines website, Genna Allan discusses her experiences of being part of You’ve Never Slept in Mine…
Mentoring in practice: An MCR Pathways mentor and young person share their journey together
Year: | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Lorna Tilsley and MCR Pathways mentee
On this National Mentoring Day, a young person who is currently a mentee with MCR Pathways and their mentor, Lorna Tilsley, discuss how their…
Walking in Fred’s shoes
Year: | Topic:
Active implementation, Foster care, Kinship care, Local authority, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Alison Cowper
Alison Cowper, Service Manager with the Independent Care and Review Team (Children and Families) at Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partn…
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…
The cost of the implementation gap for young people
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people, Financial Insecurity | Author: Megan Sutherland
Megan Sutherland is Vice Chair of Who Cares? Scotland. She recently moved home and found it wasn’t easy to register as exempt from paying Cou…
Digital inclusion as a right leaves me hopeful
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Olivia Khan
Olivia Khan is a Rural Business graduate who worked at the Champions Board in South Ayrshire before moving to Berlin. Olivia stays connected …
The digital divide| The impact on the rights of care leavers in Scotland
Year: 2021 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh, Kenny McGhee and Dr Fern Gillon
Findings from research carried out to understand care leavers’ experiences of digital exclusion before and during the COVID-19 restrictions i…
Therapeutic Parenting in adoption
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Adoption, Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Fiona Aitken
For Adoption Week Scotland this year, Fiona Aitken, Director of Adoption UK Scotland, looks at why therapeutic parenting is so important for …
Continuing Care and the Welfare Assessment: Practice Note
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Children's hearings system, Foster care, Legislation, Local authority, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Kenny McGhee (CELCIS), Julia Donnelly (Clan Childlaw), Alison Jamieson (Care Inspectorate)
This Practice Note clarifies the legislative requirements when undertaking a Welfare Assessment to support planning for a looked after young …
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…
Scottish Care Leavers Covenant Alliance ‘Collaborative Voice’ Briefing
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: SCLC Alliance
A briefing paper on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on care leavers and care experienced young people, including key issues and solutions…
Raising the age of referral to the Children’s Reporter – CELCIS Consultation Response
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Child sexual exploitation (CSE), Child trafficking, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Emotional abuse, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Neglect, Parental alcohol and/or drug use, Parental mental health, Physical abuse, Secure care, Sexual abuse, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Paul Sullivan, Kate MacKinnon, Rosie Moore, Elaine Adams
CELCIS has responded to the Scottish Government Care and Justice consultation on raising the age of referral to the Children’s Reporter to 18…
Reimagining the way we nurture and stay connected during COVID-19.
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Megan Pirie
Food and other essential items are something that we have always had available for our young people in the Youth Team, Aberdeen but we were a…
Experiences of virtual Children’s Hearings: A rapid consultation – Report for Young People
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Adoption, Child protection, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Emotional abuse, Foster care, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Permanence, Residential care, Secure care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Robert Porter, Fiona Mitchell, Fern Gillon, Emma Young, Nina Vaswani
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, which came into force in April 2020, altered several procedural requirements for Children’s Hearings in …
Experiences of virtual Children’s Hearings: A rapid consultation – Report for Parents and carers
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Adoption, Child protection, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Emotional abuse, Foster care, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Permanence, Residential care, Secure care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Robert Porter, Fiona Mitchell, Fern Gillon, Emma Young, Nina Vaswani
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, which came into force in April 2020, altered several procedural requirements for Children’s Hearings in …
Experiences of virtual Children’s Hearings: A rapid consultation report
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Adoption, Child protection, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Emotional abuse, Foster care, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Permanence, Residential care, Secure care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Robert Porter, Fiona Mitchell, Fern Gillon, Emma Young, Nina Vaswani
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, which came into force in April 2020, altered several procedural requirements for Children’s Hearings in …
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…
The Care Experienced Student Bursary – helping to change lives in East Renfrewshire
Year: 2020 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Foster care, Local authority, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Katie Matthews
How the Care Experienced Bursary is making a difference in the lives of care experienced young people.
Young People Leaving Care - A Four Nations Perspective
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Child protection, Corporate parenting, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: The British Academy
The British Academy has undertaken a programme of work that seeks to re-frame debates around childhood in both the public and policy spaces a…
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,
Scotland - Jersey Participation Project
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author:
Information from a recent Scottish delegation of care experienced adults who travelled to Jersey to work alongside their counterparts.
Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathway
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: A Way Home Scotland
This report and recommendations have been developed to improve the housing journey of care leavers in Scotland, and prevent homelessness for …
Children Without Parental Care and Alternative Care: Findings from Research
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Foster care, International, Permanence, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Dr Chrissie Gale
This short paper contributes evidence regarding the situation of children without parental care and provision of suitable alternative care in…
Response to Education and Skills Committee call for evidence on the Disclosure (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Foster care, Kinship care, Legislation, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Morton
Our response provides evidence to support the Committee’s scrutiny of the Disclosure (Scotland) Bill, designed to strengthen and simplify the…
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…
Response to Scottish Government’s consultation on improving Temporary Accommodation Standards
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Scottish Care Leavers Covenant
The Scottish Care Leaver’s Covenant support recommendations to extend the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Order 2014. …
The Care Leaver Experience: Uganda
Year: 2019 | Topic:
International, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: The Uganda Care Leavers Project
The Care Leaver Experience - A Report on Children and Young People’s Experiences in and after Leaving Residential Care in Uganda. A report b…
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…
An Independent Evaluation of Quarriers Coaching for Life
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Child protection, Corporate parenting, Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Nadine Fowler, Louise Hill, Charlene Plunkett, Vicki Welch (on the Annotated Bibliography only)
Report from the CELCIS evaluation of Quarriers Coaching for Life, a mentoring programme for care experienced young people.
Principles of Good Transitions - improving post-school transitions
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Scottish Transitions Forum, ARC Scotland
Providing clear guidance to improve the quality of care and support for young people with additional support needs who are making the transit…
Response to the Scottish Government’s Consultation on the Job Grant
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Morton
The Job Grant is designed to provide assistance to young people to meet the initial costs of starting work. We support its introduction, and …
Inform Briefing - Access to Care Records
Year: 2019 | Topic:
Adoption, Child protection, Children's hearings system, Corporate parenting, Emotional abuse, Foster care, Kinship care, Legislation, Local authority, Looked after at home, Permanence, Residential care, Secure care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Morton
We have produced a briefing for corporate parents about the rights of care experienced people to access their records, the importancce of rec…
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.
Care experience at Christmas
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Alastair Redpath
In this blog post, Alastair Redpath, Co-Chair of the Independent Care Review’s Stigma Work Group, considers why Christmas might not be all jo…
Response to Public Petitions Committee Inquiry into mental health support for young people in Scotland
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: CELCIS
Our evidence highlights the need for greater focus on meeting the mental health needs of care experienced children and young people, through …
Consultation response on the Continuing Care (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Legislation, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Morton
Response to the Scottish Governments consultation on the Continuing Care (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019, which will ensure the continued eli…
Inspired Youth - The One Percent
Year: 2018 | Topic:
REACH, Stigma, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Inspired Youth
The powerful voices of care experienced young people in this film explore the journey from care to independence through a character they crea…
Prepare for Leaving Care Practice Guidance
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Active implementation, International, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Chrissie Gale, Nigel Cantwell, Kenny McGhee, Kate Skinner
The Practice Guidance has been developed with the aim of building knowledge and skills of professionals, carers and other stakeholders respon…
Unconscious bias in the interview room
Year: 2018 | Topic:
REACH, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Joe Rankin
Joe Rankin of the Nevis Group talks about whether young people should tell future employers that they're care experienced. With video of Jame…
We can all learn about how young people can thrive in employment
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, REACH, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Tommy McDade
Tommy McDade from Barnardo's Scotland talks about a programme that is supporting young people into the world of work for the first time.
Labels are for clothes not people
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Foster care, Health and Wellbeing, Kinship care, Local authority, Looked after at home, REACH, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Claire Burns
Introducing issue 12 of REACH, which explores stigma, language, perception and the representation of care and care experience.
Study of independent supported accommodation providers in Scotland
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Local authority, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: James Frame
We've published a qualitative study to examine independent supported accommodation commissioned by local authorities in Scotland.
Supporting the implementation of Council Tax exemption for Scotland’s care leavers: Good practice note
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Local authority, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Kenny McGhee
This practice note outlines key considerations and a range of measures for local authorities to take as Corporate Parents to ensure consisten…
Initial evaluation of the ‘Why Not?’ initiative developed by Care Visions
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Dr Vicki Welch, Kenny McGhee
This short document provides a summary of initial learning from data gathered for an evaluation of the Why Not? initiative. The study was com…
In and beyond the care setting: relationships between young people and care workers: A literature review
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Health and Wellbeing, Legislation, Local authority, Residential care, SIRCC, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Vicki Welch, Nadine Fowler, Ewan Ross, Richard Withington, Kenny McGhee
The report summarises important learning from academic and other literature about relationships between young people and those caring for the…
Aberlour Life Works Service – a qualitative evaluation
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Looked after at home, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Dr Charlene Plunkett, Dr Vicki Welch
This mixed-methods evaluation describes the person-centred model that has evolved within the life works service.
Care leavers and council tax exemption
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Legislation, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Kenny McGhee
A briefing detailing the legislation exempting youg care leavers from paying council tax in Scotland.
Storing up trouble: a postcode lottery of children’s social care
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Child protection, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children
This report builds on the findings of the APPGC's first inquiry into the state of children’s social care in England and examines if where a c…
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…
Commitment must be matched by deeds, not just words
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Foster care, Kinship care, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Kenny McGhee
Kenny McGhee continues the conversation from Gordon Main’s recent blog Commitment, like love, is not enough.
When is a child no longer a child?
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Local authority, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Steve Harte, City of Edinburgh Council
From care to adulthood: messages from research
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Professor Mike Stein
Professor Mike Stein gives a summary of his keynote speech on research in relation to corporate parenting, at the Scottish Care Leavers Coven…
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…
Continuing care - supporting the rights of young people
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Rachel Farrier, Clan Childlaw
Rachel Farrier of Clan Childlaw talks about the issues some young people face in accessing continuing care.
Legislative challenges for care leavers
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Legislation, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Harvey Gallagher
Harvey Gallagher of the Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers, reflects on positive legislation, problems with provision, and challen…
Empowering and supportive relationships
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Andy Carter, Thempra Social Pedagogy
This video explains the meaning behind the idea: enabling holistic learning and well-being through empowering and supportive relationships.
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…
Poverty of ambition
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Legislation, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Chris, Team Manager, throughcare and aftercare
A throughcare and aftercare team manager is concerned is concerned about the gap betwen the ideals of Corporate Parents and the reality for w…
CHAMPS is changing lives
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Maryellen Fegan
Maryellen Fegan chairs the Highland Champions (CHAMPS) Board. In this blog she describes what she believes it has achieved.
We're talking about people, not systems
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: David Graham
David Graham , UK National Director of the Care Leavers’ Association explains the association’s work, the differences he finds north and sout…
Young people leaving care still need support
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Victoria Bogle, the Good Shepherd Centre
Victoria Bogle talks about how the Good Shepherd Centre fulfils its role as a corporate parent to youngsters moving on from the centre.
Access and opportunity for young people
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Emma Aeppli
As a corporate parent East Renfrewshire Council is as concerned as any other parent that its young people can get into work and be productive…
Analysis of consultation on The Continuing Care (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Legislation, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Scottish Government
Findings from a public consultation on the extension of the higher age limit for eligibility for continuing care.
Scottish Care Leavers Convenant conference report
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Kenny McGhee
A summary of the Walking the Walk conference by the Scottish Care Leavers Covenant Alliance Group.
Response to consultation on housing costs for short-term supported accommodation
Year: 2018 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Legislation, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Morton; Katherine Gilmour (Barnardo’s Scotland)
The Scottish Care Leavers Covenant responds to UK wide consultation on short-term supported accommodation.
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.
Response to consultation on Free Bus Travel for Modern Apprentices
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Morton
Response to Scottish Governments consultation considering proposals for free bus travel for Modern Apprentices.
Response to consultation on the Continuing Care Amendment Order 2018
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Corporate parenting, Legislation, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Lizzie Morton
Response to Scottish Governments consultation the Continuing Care (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018, which will ensure the continued eligibilit…
Care leavers and benefits: giving good advice
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: CPAG, Staf
An updated briefing on welfare benefits for over 16s looked after away from home or in continuing care.
Claiming after care - Care leavers and the benefits system
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Throughcare and aftercare | Author: The Children's Society
Report by The Children's Society provides evidence of the financial difficulties faced by care leavers in England.
Doctor Who and the care experienced new companion
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Education, Foster care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Leanne Mattu
Leanne Mattu, Research Associate at CELCIS, explores what Bill Potts’ character does and does not tell us about being in foster care
One Moana is all we need…
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Helen Johnston
Care leaver Helen Johnston compares her life to a Disney movie
I wanted to be a social work superhero
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Local authority, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Jennifer McKean
What does relational based practice look like in reality, for a busy statutory team?
Just do it!
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Education, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: Louise Martin
Louise Martin, the University of Strathclyde’s Widening Access Support Officer, and Jennifer Lynch Care leaver talk about going to university…
Analysis of the consultation on continuing care
Year: 2017 | Topic:
Foster care, Kinship care, Residential care, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Scottish Government
Summary of the responses to the public consultation on the Draft of the Continuing Care (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017.
The cost of being care free
Year: 2016 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare, Voices of young people | Author: David Ayre, Lucy Capron, Helena Egan, Anastasia French and Lucy Gregg
The impact of poor financial education and removal of support on care leavers (England)
Moneywise Project report
Year: 2015 | Topic:
Health and Wellbeing, Throughcare and aftercare | Author: Norma Brown
The care leaving team at Falkirk Council received funding to mitigate against the effects of the Welfare Reform Act on care leavers.
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