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Dr Emma Young

Research And Evaluation Associate

Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection

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Personal statement

I am a social researcher at the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection (CELCIS) based in the department for Social Work and Social Policy.

I have knowledge and expertise that spans across both research, evaluation and the use of evidence to support policy and practice improvements.

I am passionate about undertaking research which positively impacts on individuals and their experiences of accessing help and support from society.

My primary research interest is on youth transitions from care, with a particular focus on parents with care experience. More broadly, I am interested in using evidence and data to support policy implementation, practice development, and systems improvement relating to services for children and families. Ìý

Alongside working at CELCIS, I completed a part-time PhD titled ‘Exploring professional responses to mothers in and leaving care in pregnancy and in parenthood’, within the Department of Social Work and Social Policy at the ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ. This study was funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council on the social work and social policy student-led doctoral training pathway.

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Prize And Awards

Recipient
30/11/2014

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Publications

Soraghan Joanna, , Anderson Micky, Anderson Carol Ann, , Bowman Adrian,
International Journal of Integrated Care Vol 25 (2025)
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(2023)
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(2023)
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(2023)

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Professional Activities

Peer reviewer
22/10/2025
Speaker
10/9/2025
Speaker
12/6/2025
Speaker
4/7/2024
Speaker
29/1/2024
Speaker
6/2/2023

Projects

Anderson, Micky (Principal Investigator) McGregor, Sharon (Co-investigator) Young, Emma (Co-investigator) Anderson, Carolann (Co-investigator)
02-Jan-2023 - 18-Jan-2025
Porter, Robert Benjamin (Principal Investigator) Young, Emma (Co-investigator)
The VIP work sought to address this using a participative research approach through which children and young people could share their knowledge and views to inform policy and practice improvements within the Hearings System. The work of the VIP project began in the spring of 2021 with funding to continue until spring 2023. In 2021 CELCIS applied to the HaSS knowledge exchange funding call to support the development of these recommendations into actionable plans for implementation. In December 2021 CELCIS were awarded £12, 148.89 through the HaSS knowledge exchange funding on the ‘impact case study development grants’ pathway. The VIP recommendations work ran through July and August 2022.
03-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
Ottaway, Heather (Principal Investigator) Porter, Robert Benjamin (Co-investigator) McTier, Alexander (Co-investigator) Anderson, Micky (Co-investigator) Young, Emma (Co-investigator) McIver, Leanne (Co-investigator) Fowler, Nadine (Co-investigator) Mackinnon, Kate (Co-investigator) Soraghan, Joanna (Co-investigator) Manole, Mihaela (Co-investigator)
A research project commissioned by Scottish Government with the aim of gathering evidence to inform decision-making about how best to deliver children's services in Scotland in light of the proposed introduction of the National Care Service
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
McTier, Alexander (Principal Investigator) Young, Emma (Researcher) Anderson, Carol Ann (Researcher)
Using secondary data, the research developed a methodology for estimating the number of births to care experienced teenagers and women in Scotland.
01-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2023
McTier, Alexander (Researcher) Young, Emma (Researcher) Thomson, Elizabeth (Researcher)
Research support provided to Scottish Government to inform the triennial National Corporate Parenting Report. The research includes a systematic review of organisation's Corporate Parenting Plans and their survey responses detailing their activity and impact over the 3-year period
01-Jan-2020 - 17-Jan-2021
Manole, Mihaela (Principal Investigator) Young, Emma (Researcher)
Learning effort which explored the views and experiences of adopted children and young people, parents and practitioners regarding the journey of the Scottish Adoption Therapy Centre. Commissioned by Scottish Adoption.
23-Jan-2020 - 19-Jan-2020

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Contact

Dr Emma Young
Research And Evaluation Associate
Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection

Email: emma.young@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 950 3683