Louise Hill: Corporate Parenting

The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 puts the concept of Corporate Parenting onto a statutory basis in Scotland. In this series of short videos, Dr Louise Hill explains what Corporate Parenting is, and how the new Act will affect the Corporate Parents listed in Schedule 4.

You can view the short videos on YouTube by clicking on the links below.

Resources

CELCIS: Defining Corporate Parenting (external website)

CELCIS: How well is Corporate Parenting understood? (external website)

CELCIS: How the new Act supports organisations (external website)

CELCIS: The duties of Corporate Parents (external website)

CELCIS: What difference will Corporate Parenting make? (external website)

CELCIS: The difference between 'Power' and 'Duty' (external website)

CELCIS: Getting Corporate Parenting right (external website)

CELCIS: Timetable for Guidance (external website)

CELCIS: The opportunities of Corporate Parenting (external website)

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