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Whether we\u2019re talking about improving educational attainment<\/a> in school, focusing on wellbeing, or securing permanence<\/a> for looked after children, at CELCIS we know that helping children and young people to establish, develop and sustain healthy, positive relationships is really important. Nurturing, stable relationships for children and young people is at the heart of our work to improve their journey through care, and ultimately this will give them the best chance of a better and brighter future. Because this is key to looked after children\u2019s health and wellbeing<\/a>, relationship-based practice is woven through all aspects of our work.<\/p>\n And it\u2019s certainly the case in our throughcare and aftercare<\/a> work. For instance, our contribution to the development of the Staying Put Scotland Guidance<\/a> (Scot Govt. 2013) emphasised the need to nurture and sustain positive relationships, particularly when young people are moving from care to independence. It\u2019s really encouraging to see the government guidance acknowledge and promote this.<\/p>\n I\u2019m currently researching how the Staying Put policy is used within residential care. I\u2019m looking at this across a number of local authorities, and one of the initial findings is the emphasis and importance placed on relationships as a key foundation to Staying Put.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why we were really proud to support Iriss and be part of the \u2018Relationships Matter\u2019 JAM<\/a> in January 2015. Since then we\u2019ve been working with a number of key organisations at local and national level. Every presentation we\u2019ve delivered at learning and development sessions with frontline practitioners, strategy and planning meetings with senior officers, or national events and conferences, we\u2019ve highlighted and discussed the importance of relationship-based practice. We\u2019ve heard and shared inspirational stories where workers (and young people) are \u2018reclaiming\u2019 the power of relationships as the<\/em> life-changing factor for young people, hopefully inspiring, empowering and encouraging others.<\/p>\n It\u2019s often said that what goes around comes around, and if you wait long enough things come back into \u2018fashion\u2019. Well, it\u2019s perhaps wrong to suggest that relationship-based practice has been \u2018out of fashion\u2019 but a culture of risk-averse practice and managerialism make it a little more difficult to own and promote it. Sadly, the losers in that situation are some of our most vulnerable young people.<\/p>\n What I find really encouraging though is that thanks to this website and other channels, we\u2019re now having regular conversations about how we put relationships back into the heart of practice. That can only be good news for our looked after young people and care leavers.<\/p>\n To find out more about our work visit us at: http:\/\/www.celcis.org<\/a><\/p>\n Kenny McGhee, Throughcare & Aftercare Lead, CELCIS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Whether we\u2019re talking about improving educational attainment in school, focusing on wellbeing, or securing permanence for looked after children, at CELCIS we know that helping children and young people to establish, develop and sustain healthy, positive relationships is really important. 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