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Short videos filmed, commissioned or licensed by IRISS.

Creative storyboard based on Insight 17
Published: 
May 2013

Creative storyboard based on Insight 17 - Culture change in the public sector - written by Michelle Drumm (IRISS). It depicts how organisational culture change can be enabled and sustained and offers some evidence for how culture change happened in the Highlands in relation to the Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)  Highlands Pathfinder programme.

Read Insight 17 - Culture change in the public sector.

Creative storyboard

This storyboard (animated video) aims to explain what action research is and how it can help to improve public services.  It uses the example of Cedar (Children experiencing domestic abuse recovery) to talk through how action research can be useful and offers some hints and tips for those thinking about undertaking action research themselves. 

The storyboard was written and narrated by Cathy Sharp (Research for Real) with support from IRISS.  Animation by graham@ogilviedesign.co.uk

What can we learn from those former prisoners who have successfully “desisted” from criminal behaviour or “gone straight?”

This film has been produced as part of a project to share knowledge and improve understanding about why people desist from offending. For details about the wider project and for an opportunity to comment on the film visit the Discovering Desistance Blog. We have also produced an evidence summary to complement the film, called How and why people stop offending.

¿Qué podemos aprender de los exreclusos que han dejado atrás la delincuencia y se han rehabilitado?

Este documental forma parte de un proyecto cuyo objetivo es fomentar el conocimiento y el entendimiento sobre los motivos por los que las personas dejan de delinquir. Si desean más información del proyecto o realizar un comentario sobre el documental, visiten el blog Discovering Desistance.

Was können wir von jenen Ex-Straffälligen lernen, die sich erfolgreich distanziert haben von ihrer kriminellen Vergangenheit oder “anständige Bürger” wurden?

Dieser Film wurde als Teil eines Projekts produziert, das sich zum Ziel setzt, Wissen zu teilen und das Verständnis dafür zu fördern, warum Menschen letztlich den Ausstieg aus der Kriminalität schaffen. Um mehr zu erfahren über das Projekt oder um einen Kommentar zum Film zu hinterlassen, besuchen Sie den Discovering Desistance Blog.

Mitä voimme oppia entisiltä vangeilta, jotka ovat menestyksekkäästi irrottautuneet rikollisuudesta ja päässeet kaidalle polulle?

Tämä elokuva on tuotettu osana projektia, jonka tarkoitus on auttaa ymmärtämään, miksi ihmiset irrottautuvat rikollisuudesta. Discovering Desistance Blog sisältää lisätietoja projektista, ja sen kautta voit myös kommentoida elokuvaa. Elokuvaa tukemaan on luotu myös tietopaketti, jonka nimi on How and why people stop offending.

Quels enseignements peut-on tirer des anciens prisonniers qui ont réussi à renoncer au crime ou qui ont « retrouvé le droit chemin » ?

Ce film a été produit dans le cadre d’un projet visant à partager les connaissances que l’on a des raisons qui poussent certains à abandonner le crime et à en améliorer la compréhension.

What can we learn from those former prisoners who have successfully “desisted” from criminal behaviour or “gone straight?”

This film has been produced as part of a project to share knowledge and improve understanding about why people desist from offending. For details about the wider project and for an opportunity to comment on the film visit the Discovering Desistance Blog. We have also produced an evidence summary to complement the film, called How and why people stop offending.

a cost effective approach to improving learning retention

Keith Quinn, Senior Education and Workforce Development Adviser with SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council), describes an e-learning model which uses the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) console to deliver on‑the-spot training in the workplace. Markers (like a barcode) are inserted into training manual or materials.  When the PSP is pointed at the marker it triggers a video to illustrate the learning point.

Interview April 2012

At the end of March 2012, the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW) awarded its annual Social Worker of the Year Award 2011 to Sandy Watt, mental health officer at North Lanarkshire Council.

At the award ceremony Sandy was described as “skilled, courteous, ethical and effective” in working with people with mental health challenges.