Scotland launches national framework to track progress on children’s social care

Date: 22nd January 2025
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, General principles, General measures of implementation

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A new tool to monitor Scotland’s progress in improving social care for children has been unveiled. The Promise Progress Framework was developed by The Promise Scotland, the Scottish Government, and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). 

The Framework outlines key national indicators and outcomes based on ten vision statements from The Promise, the findings of the Independent Care Review. 

Claire Stuart, Head of Insights at The Promise Scotland, described the Framework as a way to organise and understand data about Care Experienced children and young people. It helps individuals and organisations identify areas needing more attention and evidence. Staurt noted; 

“However, national data can’t tell the whole story. The most important next step is knowing if care experienced children and young people are feeling the impact of the promise being kept. For example, the indicator on the number and rate of children in the ‘care system’ in Scotland during the year cannot tell you what life is like for the children who are in care, or those who are on the edges of care. 

Welcoming the publication of the Framework, Dr Heather Ottaway, Head of Evidence and Innovation at CELCIS, said: 

"Bringing together into one place all the current national quantitative data we have on the experiences of Scotland's children and young people in need of support, care and protection, is an important step as we all work to improve outcomes. 

"CELCIS continues to explore and raise both the opportunities and challenges concerning national and local data collection and analysis, through our research and as part of The Promise Collective.” 

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