1. The purpose of CELCIS in supporting the sector Dr Graham Connelly Research & Qualifying Courses’ Manager

2. www.celcis.org

3. Brief… Clarify the purpose of CELCIS (focus on educational outcomes and connections with/support for the work of the voluntary sector). What are the challenges? How do we envisage moving forward?

4. The purpose of CELCIS and the Centre’s approaches

5. Improve the experiences and outcomes of looked after children through a collaborative and inclusive approach to partnership working Our vision…

6. We will… Place the interests of children and families at the heart of our work Promote the highest aspirations for the quality of care experience for looked after children Work through partners to improve the care experience and outcomes for all looked after children Be a focal point for the sharing of knowledge and the development of best practice Provide a wide range of services to improve the skills of those working with looked after children

8. Core themes… Care planning Commissioning Workforce development Improving learning outcomes Improving health outcomes

9. Priorities Corporate parenting Family and community support Permanence, stability and transitions Diversity and disability Advocacy and human rights Leadership and management

10. Challenges?

11. www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/29800.aspx Education & Culture Committee of the Scottish Parliament: Inquiry into the Attainment of Looked After Children

12. Average tariff score of S4 pupils 2004/05 to 2009/10

13. 2009-2010 (%) At home78.7 Local authority homes84.9 Foster care (LA)96.3 Foster care (purchased)95.9 All children93.2 Attendance of children continuously looked after for 12 months (June 2011)

14. Local authority variation: Range and Scottish average for placement type and educational outcomes 2009/10

15. What has not improved or got worse? Few care plans over the period 2005-09 took a long term view of the needs of the child (SWIA, 2010) There are weaknesses in identifying individual support needs, and the majority of care plans do not focus clearly enough on outcomes (HMIe, 2010) There were fewer support staff in schools in 2010 than in 2007 (Scottish Government, 2008, 2011). Schools are not always sufficiently aware of relevant training materials and are not always confident in addressing the needs of looked after children and young people(HMIe, 2010a) SPICe Briefing for Education & Culture Committee 25.10.11

16. Moving forward

17. Planning for success Having people who care about you Experiencing stability Being given high expectations Receiving encouragement & support Being able to participate and achieve Happer, H. (2006). Celebrating success. Edinburgh: SWIA http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/129024/0030718.pdf

18. Authority level intervention

19. ADVICE FOR EDUCATION SERVICES: “ You will want to know who your looked after children and young people are and to work closely with carers, including foster, kinship and residential carers; and/or birth family to meet the children or young people’s needs.” ADVICE FOR DESIGNATED MANAGERS: “…must know which pupils are looked after and, in the same way as for all other pupils, maintain confidential files in relation to each of them; sharing relevant information on a need to know basis.” www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/08/29115839/0 www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/09143710/0 School level support

20. Teacher / classroom level support

21. Thank You g.connelly@strath.ac.uk