Our Team

Jo Derrick

Chief Executive Officer Read more

Alex Comrie

Administration Officer Read more

Jack Dudgeon

Policy & Communications Assistant Read more

Katrina Gallacher

Project Development Worker - Care Experienced Community Read more

Ruth Kerracher

Youth Justice Participation Lead Read more

Kevin Lafferty

Participation Consultant Read more

Louise Mitchell

Finance Officer Read more

Sarah Quinn

Youth Justice Participation Worker Read more

Dawn Robb

Learning, Evidence & Impact Lead Read more

Sandra Veitch

Operations Manager Read more

Chris Walsh

Throughcare & Aftercare Workforce Lead Read more

Marion Willshaw

Senior Digital Communications Officer Read more

Latest

Youth Justice Voices Members Share Experiences of Legal Support in new study

Youth Justice Voices was commissioned to lead on participation and engagement of Clan Childlaw's study on Legal Support for children and young people in conflict with the law. The study and its findings make for important reading.
NLN recruitment

Job opportunity for care experienced induvial aged 14+
The Real Toolkit is 1

The Real Toolkit has reached its first birthday! Project lead, Katrina Gallagher shares her thoughts on the past year and thanks all those who have made the Toolkit what it is.
Understanding the rights of children and young people in conflict with the law

Young people with care and justice experience in collaboration with Staf and our Partner's at Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ) have produced a Whole Systems Approach guidance for children and young people in conflict with the law.

Young Funder's Grant

Applications for the Young Funder's Grant are now closed. Alternative sources of funding are included here.
The Promise explained: what the Care Review means for the workforce

Scotland’s Independent Care Review has published its final conclusions. Five reports have been published and the main report ‘The Promise’ runs to 124 pages. To keep our members informed, we will set out the conclusions in a series of brief summaries.
Local Elections 2022: Manifesto Round-Up

A look at the five main parties and their manifestos heading into the local elections 2022
Grants of up to £750 available to care experienced young people

We are delighted to announce our Young Funder's Grant is now open for applications.
Relationship Based Practice: What does it really look like?

Mary Glasgow facilitated one of our workshops at our Annual Conference 2017, setting out the principles of a restorative, child-centred and family-minded approach that aims to mitigate the effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences. Find out more and download Mary's presentation.
Our history

Find out more about Staf's history, and the exciting work we are undertaking today.
GIRFEC: A Guide to Getting it Right for Every Child

GIRFEC (or Getting it Right for Every Child) is the national approach in Scotland to improving outcomes and supporting the wellbeing of our children and young people by offering the right help at the right time for the right people. Find out more about the GIRFEC approach.
Shannon's Box

Created by Shannon when in role as our Youth Facilitator, Shannon's Box is designed to make entering care a little easier for children and young people. Find out more about this project.
Implications of Continuing Care Report

Staf has been working as part of a consortium of colleagues from across the sector which has been meeting about the implementation of Continuing Care. Following our Implications of Continuing Care focus group in February 2018, we produced a report looking at the issues and the good practice taking place across Scotland.
Current Members

Staf currently has 70 members, including local authorities, third sector organisations and private sector care providers.