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Hoarding Disorder: Towards a unified approach beyond disciplines

This Insight explores how transdisciplinary collaboration across health, social work, social care, housing, environmental health, emergency services, third sector support and other related professionals can transform practice and reduce low-value interventions for people with hoarding disorder…
Published 19 Jan 2026 in Insights

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Sibling relationships in care

Iriss Outline

Provides an overview of the literature on how to best support the relationships of siblings in care.
Published 16 Jan 2023 in Outlines

Social work and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)

Insight 68

Examines how and why fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are relevant to social work and the implications for practice. 
Published 14 Dec 2022 in Insights

The importance of workplace learning for social workers

Insight 67

Provides social workers – and those concerned with their learning and development – the opportunity to consider ideas from workplace learning theory. This is alongside research and evidence from the…
Published 5 Dec 2022 in Insights

Accommodation based support for adults with mental health conditions

Iriss Outline

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence around accommodation based support for adults with mental health conditions.
Published 25 Nov 2022 in Outlines

Disability and extra living costs

Iriss Outline

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence on extra living costs that people with disabilities face.
Published 25 Nov 2022 in Outlines

Understanding disguised non-compliance in social work

Insight 66

An examination of what disguised non-compliance is, what the research tells us, and what it means for social work practice.
Published 26 Sep 2022 in Insights

Care home quality assurance in COVID-19

A review of care home quality assurance materials

A review of care home quality assurance materials from 17 local authority areas in Scotland to understand how improvement is best supported during periods of acute crisis. It draws out:
Published 13 Sep 2022 in Reports

Multi-agency adult support and protection conferences (case conferences)

An online learning resource

A course supporting professionals to understand and improve practice in multi-agency adult support and protection conferences.
Published 29 Aug 2022 in Online learning materials

Working with women with learning disabilities who have experienced gender-based violence

Insight 65

Explores the prevalence of abuse, risk factors, types of abuse and the implications for the social work and social care workforce.
Published 23 Aug 2022 in Insights

An overview of self-neglect

Iriss Outline

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the literature around self-neglect.
Published 1 Aug 2022 in Outlines

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