Melissa Van Dyke, Ph.D., joined the CELCIS team in 2015, as the International Expert Advisor on Implementation at the Centre for Excellence for Children’s Care and Protection (CELCIS), with a focus on building capacity to apply an implementation-informed approach to complex change to deliver socially significant outcomes.  Currently, along with a continuing advisory role with CELCIS, Melissa is also the Director of the Active Implementation Research Network (AIRN) and is on the Board of Directors for the Global Implementation Society (GIS) where she serves as President.  Melissa continues to provide leadership on grants and contracts to build capacity in governmental and NGO organisations, communities, and systems in the United States and internationally, to support effective implementation of evidence-based and evidence-informed programmes and policies. 

Fiona Dyer

As Director, Fiona leads CYCJ towards its ambition of ensuring that Scotland’s approach to children and young people in conflict with the law is rights-respecting, contributing to better outcomes for children, young people and communities. This involves supporting professionals from all disciplines who work with children and young people on the cusp of or involved in offending by promoting best practice based on up-to-date evidence and research. Before joining CYCJ Fiona was seconded to the Scottish Government youth justice team for three years, and prior to this worked for ten years as a social worker and social work manager within the fields of youth and criminal justice.

Helen Smith
Dr Smith came to Scotland in 1992 to go to medical school in Dundee and has never left. She is one of two psychiatrists in Scotland currently dual trained in Forensic and Child and Adolescent psychiatry. She has worked as a consultant psychiatrist in the Adolescent Inpatient Unit and North of Scotland Tier 4 Network, then the Community Forensic CAMHS service in Glasgow. This serviced reached into secure care units in the Glasgow area. She was part of the Expert Review of mental health care into YOI Polmont and is currently working with the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to develop a mental health strategy for young people in custody. Dr. Smith is developing Foxgrove (National secure adolescent inpatient Unit which will be built in Irvine). This will be for young people aged 12- 18 years with mental health difficulties that present a significant risk to other people. She is clinical director of CAMHS in Ayrshire and Arran and the current Chair of the CAMHS faculty of Royal College of Psychiatrist in Scotland.

Victoria McInulty
Victoria McInulty is the newly appointed service manager for Foxgrove national secure adolescent inpatient service. She is a registered mental health nurse and has been for 16 years. Early work included addictions and subsequently management within a low secure forensic environment. Throughout her career Victoria has always had a passion for learning more about adverse childhood experiences and associated trauma and developing resilience within given patient groups. It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm she is involved in the development of foxgrove and working alongside Dr Helen Smith and the rest of the senior management and clinical team endeavouring to provide care and treatment to those aged between 12-18 years with mental health difficulties.

Claire Colman
Claire joined Lothian and Borders Police in 2003 and undertook a variety of roles including community partnership work and the full breadth of public protection. Following the formation of Police Scotland in 2013, Claire played a key role in development and delivery Police Scotland’s staff survey and engagement, focusing on staff wellbeing and development. In 2018, Claire moved into the area of Learning & Development, completing a BA (Hons) in Adult & Continuing Education and Teaching and CIPD professional qualification in Online Digital Learning and was the lead developer and delivery for learning for the multi award winning Contact Assessment Model. The implementation of this model now provides the ability to better assess risk and vulnerability at the first point of contact. Claire also holds the lead for learning & development, engagement and evaluation within the Mental Health Pathway (MHP) and Modernisation, Contact and Engagement projects too. MHP, is a collaboration between Police, NHS24 and Scottish Ambulance Service who’s key objective to providing people with a compassionate and supportive Mental Health journey to better support. LinkedIn Twitter

Founder and Project Manager for the mulit-award winning community charity I Am Me Scotland. Carol has a background in Human Resource Management and over 20 years experience of working in the public and private sector. I Am Me Scotland is a grass roots charity that aims to “Change attitudes and behaviours so that disabled and vulnerable people, in Scotland, can feel safe in their communities”