Iriss

This evidence review was commissioned by Life Changes Trust to explore the evidence around the contribution of community-led approaches to social care and support to human rights and equalities outcomes.

Explores the involvement of service users in quality assurance and service evaluation processes and identifies potential benefits and approaches to service user participation.

A family worker at the Citadel Youth Centre opened up a community based support to families previously reluctant to engage with professional services.

A peer mentoring and support network co-produced with young people.

A tool to support practitioners, individually and in groups, reflect on their views and values when continuing to care for young people who are leaving care.

Explores the evidence around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), their impact on educational outcomes and what interventions may be effective.

Looks at the limited available evidence on how the social care workforce in Scotland can be further developed to deliver self-directed support.

Examines a wide-range of materials on how community-based interventions have been effective in supporting young people's social and emotional wellbeing.

Focuses on evidence of the indirect impact on children from living with the effect of adult to adult coercive control.

An approach that offers space for a group of people to collaboratively explore ideas and ask rich and meaningful questions of each other.