Welcome to the East Lothian EduHub for children and young people who are Care Experienced, parents/carers and professionals working with our Looked After children.

Here you will find information, advice and guidance on education supports,  best practice and hear about the multi-agency work which goes on in support of East Lothian's Looked After Children.

'Care experienced' is an umbrella term, defined by the Scottish Government,  that means any child or young person who is:

• Looked after at home through a Compulsory Supervision Order (CSO);

• Looked after away from home in a residential children’s house, in a foster placement or in a kinship placement (Looked After or Not Looked After)

• Previously looked after, where at some point in their lives they have had any of the above experiences. The child / young person may never have been formally looked after.

These are the main terms for being looked after but there are more types of care experience, such as, Adoption and/or Informal Kinship. 

The language we use to describe being in care is important; everyone needs to be respectful and inclusive in the words we use.

Please click on the following link to access more information regarding use of specific language and Care Experience 

GIRFEC in ELC 

As part of East Lothian Council's commitment to Getting it Right for Every Child the following sites/services are available  for access : 

• Education Pschology Service 

• Mental Health and Wellbeing 

• Young Carers Service 

• Families Together East Lothian 

• Child Planning Framework Locality Service 

• Education Outreach Service 

• Early Years Outreach Officer 

• Teachers of the Deaf 

• East Lothian Works 

• Connected Communities (the 2026 Youth Clubs Poster can be found here)

All information further information regarding the support services offered by the above and information regarding referrals can be found via the GIRFEC in East Lothian Site, click here to access

Hannah McBride  - DHT Equity & Inclusion, ELC Care Experience Strategic Lead - hmcbride@eastlothian.gov.uk 

Emergency Children's Services contact https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210585/protecting_someone_from_harm/11896/child_protection 

East Lothian Health & Social Care Partnership contact details  https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210558/social_care_and_health/12311/contact_us_elhscp/3 

All information regarding the support services offered by Children's Services can be found via in East Lothian Site, click here to access

There is also a further site named Fostering, adoption and looked after children, click here to access