Dr Gill Robinson (Vice Chair)

Gill is Professional Advisor for Young People's Strategy with the Scottish Prison Service, working with SPS staff and partners to support changes to 'use the time a young person spends in custody to enable them to prepare for a positive future'. She chairs the Improving life Chances Implementation Group of the Youth Justice Improvement Board.

Gill was a teacher and researcher and subsequently was involved in inspection and improvement in a range of sectors of education and justice, and the development of Curriculum for Excellence.

In addition, Gill has the following roles:

Member, Youth Justice Improvement Board
Member, Life Chances Implementation Group (Youth Justice)

Latest

Development opportunity for care experienced people

We are currently looking for care experienced people to help shape and inform the 'Learning Channel' which will host the legacy work of the Life Changes Trust
Lived experienced wanted for new OU Course

We're looking for those with care/lived experience to help develop a new trauma informed and relationship based practice Open University Course.
Participation Practitioner's Forum

Thursday 28th September 2023 | 10am - 11.30am | Online (Zoom)
Local Authority Manager's Forum

Wednesday 27th September 10am - 12pm| Online (Microsoft Teams)

SallyAnn Kelly (Chair)

CEO, Aberlour Child Care Trust
Rosie Moore

Policy and Participation, CELCIS
Melissa Hunt

Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
Jennifer McKean

Service Manager, Operations & Community Children’s Services within East Renfrewshire HSCP
Mhairi MacRaild

Independent Consultant
Paul Orr

Senior Practitioner with West Dunbartonshire Council
Simone Smith

Student

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.
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.
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.
Local Elections 2022: Manifesto Round-Up

A look at the five main parties and their manifestos heading into the local elections 2022
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.
Financial Support for Care Leavers
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.
Care-Experienced Voice

Staf has always had the voice of care-experienced young people at its heart. From the Debate Project to Project Return, The Real Toolkit and Youth Justice Voices our young people's voices have always influenced our work. Find out more about the voice of care-experienced young people.