Supporting the workforce

Alison leads The Promise Scotland’s Support Team which is focused on engaging with a wide range of organisations to #KeepThePromise. This includes:

• Building new ways of working
• Identifying and sharing/communicating effective practice
• Facilitating networking events
• Nurturing Communities of Interest, and
• Driving reformed local and national activity

Alison’s background is in Children’s Services with experience as Head of Children, Families and Justice Services in a local authority, and previously in Education as a former Head Teacher of two secondary schools. She also serves as a non-executive Board Member at Ayrshire College.

Asima works alongside colleagues across the organization to deliver services and provide advice and support on all aspects of finance, risk, HR and business planning.

She also leads on:

• regulatory requirements ensuring legal and financial compliance, and
• organisational risk management and mitigation processes.

Careen listens to and collaborates with people and organisations across Scotland to drive forward the change needed to #KeepThePromise.

She’s passionate about relationship-based practice, leading teams to support positive outcomes and driving change through partnership working and collaboration.

She also acts as Promise Delivery Partner for Falkirk.

To #KeepThePromise, we need to do data and evidence differently.

As the Doing Data Differently Manager, Celeste oversees projects around improving data in Scotland.

The first of these is The Promise Data Map, which will allow us to understand what information is collected and shared throughout Scotland.

Chloe leads The Promise Scotland’s policy work. She helps to make sure that Scotland's policy and legislative framework and scaffolding is effective at upholding and enabling the implementation of The Promise.

She works to support the translation of these laws and policies into practical changes for children and families.

Claire's job is to understand where Scotland is in its journey to #KeepthePromise by 2030.

With her colleagues, she works to collate and analyse data from many different sources. They use what they find from that data to drive accountability, innovation and change.

Claire leads the Insights Team and is a member of The Promise Scotland’s Senior Leadership Team. The work she leads splits into two parallel programmes:

• data, information and evidence used to track and monitor Scotland’s progress to #KeepThePromise and,
• data, information and evidence as improvement tools across the change landscape.

Clare has a background in early childhood education and innovation. She is passionate about unlocking learning that will drive change to keep the promise.

As a Promise Delivery Partner, she covers:

• East Ayrshire,
• North Ayrshire, and
• South Ayrshire.

Emma supports the Policy Lead and broader public affairs team to develop evidence-based policy positions and advice.

By doing this, she helps decision makers make sure the conclusions of the Independent Care Review are embedded across Scotland’s policy and legislative developments to #KeepThePromise.

Fiona has worked in Community Learning and Development with young people, adults and families. She is passionate about people having a voice, which helps shape better outcomes for all.

Fiona covers:

• Dumfries and Galloway,
• East Renfrewshire,
• Renfrewshire, and
• South Lanarkshire.

Gillian supports The Promise Scotland's Chair and Chief Executive by planning and organising their time.

She also:

• leads on governance and assurance processes
• supports the Directors of the Promise Scotland, and
• co-ordinates meetings and support for The Oversight Board.

Greig’s background is in child and family social work, and he has worked with families throughout his career. He is passionate about using restorative practices to support families. 

As a Promise Delivery Partner, Greig works in partnership with:

• Angus,
• Fife,
• Dundee, and
• Perth and Kinross.

Hannah’s role is to provide policy and communications support to inspire action to #KeepthePromise.

She works with her colleagues to ensure the right information is delivered to the right people, clearly and effectively.

Her experience lies in digital communications and storytelling which she uses to highlight Scotland's journey of change to a place where children and young people grow up loved, safe and respected.

Laura’s background covers residential childcare, youth justice and activism. Following on from her work with the Care Review, enabling voice continues to be the golden thread through all she does.

As a Delivery Partner, she works in partnership with:

• Edinburgh, and
• North Lanarkshire.

Laura has a background in the third sector, leading participation to influence policy, practice and systems change. It’s important to her that Scotland offers inclusive and equitable support— to children, young people, families, and the workforce.

Laura covers:

• Argyll and Bute,
• East Dunbartonshire,
• Glasgow,
• Inverclyde, and
• West Dunbartonshire.

Louise’s background covers quality assurance and senior leadership within the third sector— and throughout her career, she’s worked alongside children and families.  Equality and inclusion remain important to Louise, with a particular focus of intersectionality.

She also covers:

• East Lothian,
• Midlothian,
• Scottish Borders , and
• West Lothian.

Mhairi provides organisational support to the whole Promise Scotland Team, focusing on finance and HR. Heading up the administration team, she's never without a list, coffee and IT tips and tricks.

Morag works with colleagues across Scotland to ensure that there is clear accountability to #KeepThePromise nationally and locally.

She makes sure that The Promise Scotland’s own governance and operations are excellent, and runs the secretariat that supports The Oversight Board.

Rachael helps people tasked with change – or keen to influence it – with access to support and programmes that help them #KeepThePromise.

She has a focus on connecting people with lived experience – whether that’s children, young people or families – to influence and design. Together, they find creative ways to problem-solve, including design thinking approaches.

Rachel has worked in social work supporting children and families across her career.  She cares deeply that families get the right support at the right time.

Rachel covers:

• Aberdeen City,
• Aberdeenshire,
• Clackmannanshire, and
• Stirling.

Rebecca analyses data for the Insights team around how Scotland can improve, within the work programs:

• Using Money Differently— how Scotland can spend money more effectively, and
• Doing Data Differently— how Scotland can gather data in a way that's centred on children and families.

Her work includes:

• supporting projects,
• designing and structuring projects, and
• analysing text of reports and publications.

The Promise Scotland manages several online tools. Robert works to make sure these tools will:

• be clear,
• be accessible, and
• work together in a way that makes sense to their users.

Steph works with others to understand how data, evidence, and research can be used to improve things so that Scotland can #KeepThePromise. 

Her job is to make sure that this work stays rooted in what the Independent Care Review heard about what matters to children and families.

Thomas and his colleagues seek to get alongside all those looking to keep the Promise, to respond to their support needs in order to best drive the necessary required change.

It is a privilege to lead the Promise Delivery Partners in this work, which currently has a focus on supporting local areas and organisations funded from The Promise Partnership.

Thomas is currently on secondment to Staf (Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum) where he is leading the Moving on Change Programme.

Tom has a background working alongside the care experienced community in both the third and public sector. He is passionate about fresh approaches to enabling relationships between the workforce and children, young people and families.

Tom covers:

• Highland,
• Moray,
• Orkney,
• Shetland, and
• Na h-Eileanan Siar.