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In the second blog of our ‘Spotlight on best practice’ series, we look at the joint inspection of services for children and young people in the City of Edinburgh Council completed in June 2019. Here’s what’s working well in Edinburgh in delivering services for young people leaving care and the practices that are driving improvements in performance. Read more
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have recently published a new psychological training plan. Find out more on our news piece here. Read more
Papoula and Norma recently took a trip down to Brighton to hear all about relationship-based practice in Brighton and Hove Council's Children's Services department. Find out what we learned in this blog. Read more
In May 2019, Dr Karen Treisman returned to Glasgow to deliver our full-day training course 'Navigating the Iceberg'. Find out three ways that we are taking forward this work on organisational change towards trauma-informed practice. Read more
The Scottish Government has published a Practice Note, developed in partnership with CELCIS and COSLA, to clarify issues around the Care Experienced Bursary. Read more
Here’s what’s working well in Fife in delivering services for care leavers and the practices that are driving improvements in performance. Read more
The Scottish Government has published the 2017-18 Children's Social Work Statistics for Scotland. Read our summary of the figures here. Read more
Our Policy and Communications Manager, Liam Furby, provides an overview of what you need to know regarding The Care Inspectorate's new framework for care homes for children and young people and residential schools. Read more
Given the unique pressures involved for staff working in a secure care setting, Talking Hope ask the important question: 'Who cares for the carers?' Click to find out more and read 'Who Cares for the Carers? Holding Hope Behind the Scenes' Read more
CPAG Scotland and Staf published this updated joint briefing on giving benefits advice to care leavers. Find out more and download the briefing. Read more
The Bright Spots programme was developed by Coram Voice and the University of Bristol to improve the well-being of children and young people in care by identifying and promoting practices that have a positive influence on them. This report summarises the findings from the responses to the Bright Spots' Your Life, Your Care survey in six local authority areas in England. Read more
Since the announcement of care leavers' exemption from paying Council Tax, we have received a number of queries from young people, unsure of how to claim exemption, or whether they are eligible. We approached the Scottish Government and Local Authorities across Scotland to find out more. Read more
This report by the Accounts Commission says councils now spend £3.1 billion on social work, providing services to many vulnerable people in Scotland. Find out more and download this report. Read more
Published in 2007, this report highlighted the need to improve the learning and development for everyone who works with Scotland's looked-after children and care leavers. Find out more and download this report. Read more
Charis delivered an engaging and interactive workshop based on short filmed interviews with young people. Delegates were encouraged to consider the conditions under which they would share their own personal stories and painful memories. Find out more and download Charis' presentation. Read more
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. Read more
Saffron Rohan and Simone Smith led a session on 'What does a really good care system look like?' at our Annual Conference 2017. This fun and interactive session encouraged active discussion and participation. Find out more and download their presentation. Read more
In this fascinating workshop, Carole Dearie asked 'Why are we still getting it wrong for girls?' at our Annual Conference 2017. She explained how challenging girls use relational aggression and why trauma group work with girls is such a bad idea. Find out more about this workshop and download the presentation. Read more
Leni Rademacher and Shae Stewart facilitated one of the workshops at our Annual Conference 2017, giving a detailed breakdown of how Falkirk Children's Services developed its Continuing Care operational guidance in response to the legislation. Find out more and download their presentation. Read more
During our Annual Conference 2017, Tim Keilty gave us his unique insights on the topic of 'What would it take - adventurous social work'. Find out more and download his presentation. Read more
In 2006, Staf published this document which provides a number of quality indicators for best practice to support young people who are or have been looked after. Read more