Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland

The Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland or CELCIS is an organisation that supports the well-being of children.

History

CELCIS was established in 2011 with the intention being to provide a holistic approach, rather than serving a specialist part of the professionals who deal with looked after children.[1] It was established to facilitate collaboration and therefore works with a range of organisations to improve outcomes relating to the lives of looked after children in Scotland. The centre was preceded by the Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care (SIRCC), which was a centre of excellence that had been set up in 2000.

Types of work that CELCIS are involved with include supporting policy implementation, oversight of the looked after children strategic group and the provision of training, information resources and consultancy.[2] Since August 2012 they have a specific responsibility for identifying the development needs of professionals working with looked after children.[3]

The Centre are funded by the Scottish Government.[4] They are hosted by the University of Strathclyde.[5]

The Independent Chair of the Centre is Professor Alexis Jay.[6]

International Work

In 2012 they were commissioned by the International Social Service to produce the “Moving Forward” report which aims to embed children’s rights in alternative care provision.[7] In 2014 they were commissioned by SOS Children’s Villages to produce "Drumming Together for Change: A Child’s Right to Quality Care in Sub-Saharan Africa" report based on a synthesis of eight assessments of the implementation of the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children in Benin, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [8]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ "Centre for excellence for looked after children in Scotland". Scottish Government. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Kidner, Camilla (26 October 2011). "SPICe Briefing: Educational Attainment of Looked After Children" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. p. 12. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Looked After Children Strategic Implementation Group" (PDF). Coalition of Care and Support Providers. January 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Governance: Direction, scrutiny, accountability". Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Knowledge Exchange. Improving outcomes in the care system" (PDF). University of Strathclyde. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "2013 Archive: New Independent Chair for CELCIS". University of Strathclyde. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Cantwell, N.; Davidson, J.; Elsley, S.; Milligan, I.; Quinn; N. (2012). "Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’" (PDF). Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Chiwaula, L.; Dobson, L.; Elsley, S. (2014). "Drumming Together for Change: A Child’s Right to Quality Care in Sub-Saharan Africa'" (PDF). Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

External Links

Official website

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