SIRCC is now a part of CELCIS (Centre for excellence for looked after children in Scotland)
Click here to visit our new website: www.celcis.org
General News
Allegations Against Residential Workers; Guidance on how Agencies Should Respond
Guidance on Allegations Against Residential Workers; How Agencies Should Respond, has been published on the Scottish Government website here in electronic format only. You can also view the guidance by typing the following into your browser
Emergency Planning for a Flu Pandemic: Services for Children and Young People in Residential Care Settings
SIRCC is offering the following guidance for residential child care providers to help them prepare an action plan to manage the potential effects of a flu pandemic on service provision.
Contents of this briefing
16-19 Choices e-prospectus launched
Skills Development Scotland (SDS), working in partnership with the Scottish Government, have recently launched their 16-19 Choices e-prospectus. 16-19 Choices is an accessible, searchable,
online directory of information on different types and levels of learning and progression opportunities.
This online directory would be a useful tool for staff in your authority who are supporting Looked After young people and care leavers in considering their options in moving on from school,
or possibly considering additional learning opportunities over and above what they are already involved in.
SSSC registration for the residential child care workforce
The Scottish Government has recently written to Directors of Social Work and residential child care providers in relation to the residential child care workforce meeting the SSSC registration criteria. If you require any support in planning how you or your workforce will successfully meet the requirements within the limited timescales ahead, please be in touch with SIRCC; we’re poised to help you and we offer a range of flexible educational options to help you and your workforce attain qualifications for residential child care.
Qualifications for Registration and Qualifications Audit - latest news
- Qualifications for Registration
Specialist Training Course - Bully-proofing Strategies, September 2011 - Places still available
Places are still available on the following course:
Last chance to sign up for intakes for the free 18-month SIRCC HNC!
The final free 18-month HNCs offered by SIRCC will begin in March 2011.
Research on Past Abuse and Human Rights
The Scottish Institute of Residential Child Care and the Care Leavers' Association have been commissioned to carry out a piece of research that will inform the development of a human rights framework for the design and implementation of an "Acknowledgement and Accountability Forum" on past abuse of children in care in Scotland. This research has been funded by the Scottish Human Rights Commission. The timescale for completion of this piece of work is January 2010.
CELCIS
