The Adoption and Fostering Alliance (AFA) Scotland
The Adoption and Fostering Alliance (AFA) Scotland is an independent, charitable organisation dedicated to improving outcomes for children in care by providing support to all those working in the field of adoption, fostering and the care of looked after children. AFA draws on the extensive experience and expertise of its multi-disciplinary team to offer a consultancy, advice and training, including the delivery of two post graduate level course for social work practitioners.
It also provides direct services to many agencies, for example chairing adoption panels or undertaking service reviews. As a membership organisation, AFA Scotland helps to give agencies and individual members a national and regional voice, contributing to the development of policy and practice at a local and national level. AFA Scotland’s website provides information about the range of services provided and contact details for anyone looking for advice or wanting to explore the possibility of commissioning AFA to provide training or other services.
Website: www.afascotland.com
Email: info@afascotland.com
Telephone: 0131 322 8490
Social Media
Twitter: www.twitter.com/afascotland
It also provides direct services to many agencies, for example chairing adoption panels or undertaking service reviews. As a membership organisation, AFA Scotland helps to give agencies and individual members a national and regional voice, contributing to the development of policy and practice at a local and national level. AFA Scotland’s website provides information about the range of services provided and contact details for anyone looking for advice or wanting to explore the possibility of commissioning AFA to provide training or other services.
Website: www.afascotland.com
Email: info@afascotland.com
Telephone: 0131 322 8490
Social Media
Twitter: www.twitter.com/afascotland
Outdoor Woodland Learning School
Outdoor Woodland Learning School CIC is a non-profit social enterprise dedicated to providing an alternative approach to education for children with additional support needs who are struggling within their mainstream setting or special school.
We work beginning from the perspective of the child and their needs. We incorporate a P.A.C.E. approach into our outdoor work as well as techniques such a collaborative and proactive problem solving, intensive interaction and outdoor sensory integration. All our staff are highly skilled and have the child’s needs at the heart of their work. Many of us also have personal experience of the challenges of neurodiversity. Committed and passionate, we have helped many children to work with their challenges to access education as well as supporting schools to create a more inclusive approach. We will be completing our National Autistic Society accreditation in November 2018 and we were finalists in the National Autistic Society professional awards 2018. We regularly provide workshops about the success of our work at highly visual conferences and will be speaking again in November 2018 at the Scottish Autism conference.
OWLS CIC provides intensive support for children with ASN, mentoring for school staff, support for parents, workshops and educational consultancy.
Website: www.owls-learn.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/owls2012/
We work beginning from the perspective of the child and their needs. We incorporate a P.A.C.E. approach into our outdoor work as well as techniques such a collaborative and proactive problem solving, intensive interaction and outdoor sensory integration. All our staff are highly skilled and have the child’s needs at the heart of their work. Many of us also have personal experience of the challenges of neurodiversity. Committed and passionate, we have helped many children to work with their challenges to access education as well as supporting schools to create a more inclusive approach. We will be completing our National Autistic Society accreditation in November 2018 and we were finalists in the National Autistic Society professional awards 2018. We regularly provide workshops about the success of our work at highly visual conferences and will be speaking again in November 2018 at the Scottish Autism conference.
OWLS CIC provides intensive support for children with ASN, mentoring for school staff, support for parents, workshops and educational consultancy.
Website: www.owls-learn.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/owls2012/
Give us a break!
Give us a break! (GUAB!) is an eight session groupwork programme, developed jointly by South Lanarkshire Council Psychological Service and NHS Lanarkshire, in collaboration with Macmillan Cancer Support. It was developed for young people who are experiencing on-going difficulties following an significant adverse event and thus encompasses both non-bereaved and bereaved individuals.
GUAB! offers young people an opportunity to make sense of their loss in a supportive group environment. It aims to increase factors contributing to resilience and help young people develop a possibility-orientated outlook through recognising their strengths; expressing their feelings regarding important life events; identifying goals; developing effective coping strategies and celebrating their progress.
The GUAB! Programme is based on the model of Solution Focused Brief Therapy, an approach developed by de Shazer (1985) which supports individuals to recognise their personal strengths and use these to identify a future where the problem is reduced.
GUAB! offers young people an opportunity to make sense of their loss in a supportive group environment. It aims to increase factors contributing to resilience and help young people develop a possibility-orientated outlook through recognising their strengths; expressing their feelings regarding important life events; identifying goals; developing effective coping strategies and celebrating their progress.
The GUAB! Programme is based on the model of Solution Focused Brief Therapy, an approach developed by de Shazer (1985) which supports individuals to recognise their personal strengths and use these to identify a future where the problem is reduced.
Scottish Adoption
Scottish Adoption, established in 1923, is a national organisation delivering a holistic range of high quality, innovative adoption services to all affected by adoption in Scotland and further afield. At present the bulk of our services are delivered across Edinburgh & the Lothians through Service Level Agreements with local authorities within the area, along with a range of inter-agency work with organisations in other parts of Scotland.
We are driven by the key principle that all children should be supported to grow up in safe, loving, caring and nurturing families and that everyone affected by adoption should be able to access a comprehensive and holistic range of adoption support services. Our services are driven by our belief in working in partnership, valuing diversity and treating individuals with respect.
We work with every aspect of the adoption triangle – adopted children, adopted families and birth families – and tailor services to meet individual need.
Website: www.scottishadoption.org
Email: info@scottishadoption.org
Telephone: 0131 553 5060
Social Media
Twitter: www.twitter.com/scotadoption
Facebook: www.facebook.com/scottishadoption
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+ScottishadoptionOrg
We are driven by the key principle that all children should be supported to grow up in safe, loving, caring and nurturing families and that everyone affected by adoption should be able to access a comprehensive and holistic range of adoption support services. Our services are driven by our belief in working in partnership, valuing diversity and treating individuals with respect.
We work with every aspect of the adoption triangle – adopted children, adopted families and birth families – and tailor services to meet individual need.
Website: www.scottishadoption.org
Email: info@scottishadoption.org
Telephone: 0131 553 5060
Social Media
Twitter: www.twitter.com/scotadoption
Facebook: www.facebook.com/scottishadoption
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+ScottishadoptionOrg
Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA)
The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is the national voice of childminding in Scotland. Founded in 1985, SCMA is a national charity and membership organisation that promotes childminding as a quality childcare service, through its Vision for childminding, which is: “Quality childminding… building confident children within a family childcare experience”. This vision was developed by SCMA’s Elected Members, who are all current active childminders.
SCMA has over 4,500 members, which represents around 83% of childminders in Scotland. Membership of a trusted organisation like SCMA gives you peace of mind, invaluable support and a chance to make a difference. It says that you're professional, informed and committed to quality. As members, childminders become part of something bigger than their own business, joining a well-established networking organisation that provides access to wide range of services and benefits. In addition to a social and business event calendar, membership also provides access to a range of professional services to suit childminders in Scotland.
Working on behalf of its membership, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and plays a big part in influencing change at Scottish Government level to ensure new legislation is proportional and fits with the needs of childminders.
Website: www.childminding.org
Social Media:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ScotChildmind/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ScotChildmind
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/scottish-childminding-association
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCsMsY1DqRSvNaq7r8pUhbXw
SCMA has over 4,500 members, which represents around 83% of childminders in Scotland. Membership of a trusted organisation like SCMA gives you peace of mind, invaluable support and a chance to make a difference. It says that you're professional, informed and committed to quality. As members, childminders become part of something bigger than their own business, joining a well-established networking organisation that provides access to wide range of services and benefits. In addition to a social and business event calendar, membership also provides access to a range of professional services to suit childminders in Scotland.
Working on behalf of its membership, SCMA helps to improve the wellbeing and outcomes for Scotland’s children and plays a big part in influencing change at Scottish Government level to ensure new legislation is proportional and fits with the needs of childminders.
Website: www.childminding.org
Social Media:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ScotChildmind/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ScotChildmind
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/scottish-childminding-association
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCsMsY1DqRSvNaq7r8pUhbXw
Starley Hall
At Starley Hall we understand that our children and young people have often lived through traumatic and disrupted experiences of care and education. Drawing on our understanding of adverse childhood experiences such as poor attachment to primary carers and traumatic experiences such as domestic violence and abuse, we recognise the importance of creating a safe and attuned environment across care and education to meet our young people’s need for safety both environmentally and relationally.
We also understand that many of our young people display features of developmental trauma, often resulting in a variable pattern of strengths and limitations. Taking a developmental approach we believe in creating a nurturing and attuned approach to care, meeting a young person’s need for safety and attachment first and foremost, before building upon their skills. From a safe and secure base, we also recognise the importance of building foundations in their capacity to understand their emotional experiences and to negotiate the social world, providing the basis for further development and growth.
Across the care and education environment, we recognise that both physical and emotional safety, alongside trusted attachments with adults who can understand and contain the emotional experiences our young people face, paves the way for further development, growth and ultimately resilience to face the future and achieve their potential.
Website: www.starleyhall.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/StarleyHall
We also understand that many of our young people display features of developmental trauma, often resulting in a variable pattern of strengths and limitations. Taking a developmental approach we believe in creating a nurturing and attuned approach to care, meeting a young person’s need for safety and attachment first and foremost, before building upon their skills. From a safe and secure base, we also recognise the importance of building foundations in their capacity to understand their emotional experiences and to negotiate the social world, providing the basis for further development and growth.
Across the care and education environment, we recognise that both physical and emotional safety, alongside trusted attachments with adults who can understand and contain the emotional experiences our young people face, paves the way for further development, growth and ultimately resilience to face the future and achieve their potential.
Website: www.starleyhall.co.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/StarleyHall
