News and events

We are delighted to announce the second ever rural social work conference in Scotland. This free online conference will explore hidden issues and injustices in rural communities and the role of rural…
"A supportive toolkit for the social care workforce"
On 21 March 2024 (13:00 - 14:00 GMT) Iriss will be holding an event focusing on child poverty in rural settings, and the role of rural social workers and other community stakeholders. The event will…
Tuesday 20 February is National Adult Support and Protection Awareness Day. This year will have a dual focus on raising awareness of how to support adults that may be at risk, and also a focus on the…
Iriss is continuing its work implementing innovation and change in social work and social care, and is looking for project partners for 2024/25. We work alongside our partners to tackle existing…
In partnership with Scottish Government, Iriss has designed and developed a new course supporting professionals with Child Protection Planning Meetings. This course is designed to better help…
The Scottish Social Services Awards are an opportunity to celebrate some of the great work found across the sector. We here at Iriss were honoured to host the event with funding from the Scottish…
We're asking everyone who works in ASP to share what you find useful in your work — training resources, reports, guidance, videos, podcasts, documents…
A post on work placement at Iriss by Sydney Oosterhoff.
Iriss is pleased to publish a new resource: the Adult Support and Protection National Large Scale Investigation Framework.