Caring for Vulnerable Children online course

Date: 26th April 2016
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

Places are now available for registration on CELCIS's free online course which teaches approaches involved in caring for vulnerable children.

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New Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments (CRWIA)

Date: 12th April 2016
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

New Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments (CRWIA) have been published by the Scottish Government.

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‘7 Golden Rules for Participation’ update

Date: 7th April 2016
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: CYPCS

The Commissioner's Office has redesigned its Golden Rules pack for children, with the addition of a new pack designed for work with young people.

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My World Outdoors – Good practice in early years

Date: 7th April 2016
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Recreation, play and cultural activities
Author: Care Inspecorate

The Care Inspectorate's new resource shares good practice in how early years services can provide play and learning wholly or partially outdoors, as a guide for those who provide services, people who commission them, and parents of children who attend them.

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Best ways to implement corporate parenting duties

Date: 7th April 2016
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

CELCIS have recently published a series of corporate parenting resources, marking one year since the official enactment of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

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Update to CRWIA resources

Date: 29th March 2016
Category: Child rights impact assessments
Author: Scottish Government

The Scottish Government resource page for Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessments (CRWIA) has been updated to include guidance, templates and training materials.

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New National Improvement Hub for Early Learning

Date: 29th March 2016
Category: Awareness-raising, Education, including vocational education, Training
Author: Education Scotland

Education Scotland have launched a new improvement hub to support learning from early years onwards.

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Year of the Dad conference now online

Date: 29th March 2016
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care
Author: Year of the Dad

The conference took place on February 12th 2016 at the University of Edinburgh. Year of the Dad have created a day of reflection, dialogue and stimulation for academics, policy-makers and practitioners.

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Child Rights Toolkit

Date: 16th March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation, General principles
Author: European Commission

The EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit provides practical tools and guidance to realise children's rights across all sectors of development cooperation in the post-2015 era.

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Looked after and Learning: A new practical resource

Date: 16th March 2016
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Looked after children
Author: Centre for Excellence for Looked after Children

CELCIS has published a fantastic new resource for teachers, schools, local authorities and all those involved with looked after children in their classrooms and learning environments. Schools have an enormous role to play in raising the attainment of some of Scotland's most vulnerable children.

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National GIRFEC project touchpoint

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: National Third Sector GIRFEC Project

The National Third sector GIRFEC project has produced two touchpoint guides for organisations to help preparations for three parts of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2015 which come into force in August 2016: Named Persons; the Child's Plan; and Wellbeing assessment.

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Getting it right for Looked After children: strategy and PACE project

Date: 2nd March 2016
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Looked after children
Author: Scottish Government

The national strategy for Looked After Children has been refreshed and the Permanence and Care Excellence (PACE) programme has been extended.

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Young Muslims discuss their right to practise religion in new podcast

Date: 16th February 2016
Category: Non-discrimination
Author: CYPCS

The Commissioner's office has worked with Roshni to produce a podcast with young Muslims in which they talk about their rights, their religion and their experiences of how both are treated in Scotland.

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New stop and search information video

Date: 16th February 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Awareness-raising
Author: Police Scotland

This new video from Police Scotland provides information on Stop and Search and details of what members of the public can expect and their rights if they are stopped and searched.

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Police Scotland: Stop and Search Information Leaflet

Date: 6th January 2016
Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms
Author: Police Scotland

Police Scotland has published a printable version of its leaflet on stop and search, explaining what members of the public can expect, and their rights if they are stopped and searched.

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New Children's Hearings System guide – ‘Helping Me Make Choices’

Date: 6th January 2016
Category: Access to appropriate information, General measures of implementation, Respect for the views of the child
Author: Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration

A new guide to help professionals working with children and young people in the Hearings System, has been published.

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New and revised GIRFEC webpages

Date: 6th January 2016
Category: Access to appropriate information, General measures of implementation
Author: Scottish Government

Scottish Government have released new and revised GIRFEC webpages through which to access relevant information.

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Free Online Handbooks

Date: 6th January 2016
Category: Access to appropriate information
Author: Child Poverty Action Group

CPAG Scotland have made available 2 handbooks online: 'Benefits for Students in Scotland' and 'Children's Handbook Scotland'.

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Permanence And Care Excellence in Aberdeen

Date: 8th December 2015
Category: Looked after children
Author: Scottish Government

Practitioners in Aberdeen have been using improvement methodology in the Permanence And Care Excellence (PACE) programme to reduce drift and delay and bring about better outcomes for looked after children.

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Third Sector touchpoints

Date: 8th December 2015
Category: General measures of implementation
Author: Barnardo's Scotland

Touchpoints are checklists to help Third sector organisations prepare for parts 4,5 and 18 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, due to come into force in August 2016. These relate to the provision of Named Persons, the Child's Plan and the assessment of Wellbeing.

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