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Iriss Conference, June 2024: a day working with Iriss

We invite you to bring your social services problem, idea or hope for change along and work with us to do something about it. This will be a day of useful tools and practical workshops designed to help you: Grow your early ideas Lead change Work effectively with the complex and complicated…
Published 17 Apr 2024 in Events
Social media

Updated social media guidance

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has recently updated its social media guidance for the workforce. It's great to see and is welcomed by Iriss given that we've been promoting the use of…
Published 23 Oct 2017 in News
Mindreel

Mindreel - films on mental health

The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2017 kicks off this week until 29 October.  What better time to plug Mindreel, a valuable learning resource that provides access to over 100 films that…
Published 9 Oct 2017 in Features
Self Management

Self Management Week 2017

As part of Self Management Week 2017 (2-6 October) a cross-sector group of information and library service staff will be coming together to promote the various ways in which people living with long…
Published 21 Sep 2017 in News
Shamus McPhee

Travellers, human rights and social work's role

Reflections and resources from an event to discuss Travellers, human rights and social work's role in Scotland.
Published 12 Sep 2017 in Post-event summaries
Personal learning network

Grow your Personal Learning Network

Today we launch a ‘Grow Your Personal Learning Network’ online course / workshop for social services staff. It is for anyone interested in learning more about the web and social media to support…
Published 7 Sep 2017 in News
Community social work

Celebrating community social work

Do you know of a good example of community social work? If so, we'd love to hear from you – or colleagues you know. We want to celebrate community social work in Scotland, showcasing what it is and…
Published 5 Sep 2017 in News
Outcomes tool

Outcomes & CO. Tell us what you think

Have you used our Outcomes & CO tool? We’d love to hear what you thought of the tool, how it was (or will be) used and any other feedback you’d like to share. Your feedback will inform further…
Published 16 Aug 2017 in News
Right Decision

The Right Decision

We're looking forward to launching our new Evidence Search and Summary Service in the coming weeks. As part of The Right Decision campaign - which aims to raise awareness of the role of the NHS…
Published 2 Aug 2017 in News
Social Services Awards

Celebrating Social Services Awards

Held in June at Crieff Hydro, the Social Services Awards 2017 celebrated the breadth of inspiring and life-changing work carried out by the sector. From the 155 organisations, teams and individuals…
Published 1 Aug 2017 in News
Health and Social Care Standards

Play a part in implementation of new Health and Social Care Standards

This year, Iriss is working with the new Standards for Health and Social Care Implementation Team to help test out some of the standards in practice. We are working to build an evidence base that…
Published 17 Jul 2017 in News

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