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Professional curiosity in public protection

Gathering the knowledge

Iriss’s Professional Curiosity project has been seeking to develop a deeper understanding of this topic and its implications for the Public Protection workforce in Scotland. This report brings together both the literature review and findings from the discussion sessions that were core to the project. It is an overview of professional curiosity as it relates to Public Protection work across Scotland.

Published in

Reports

on 20 Mar 2026

Developing a learning and doing organisation – how Iriss can help

We often work with organisations in social work and social care on developing learning and support systems within their processes/procedures, and in their wider team support and behaviours. What we have found is that building a learning culture provides a strong platform to make progress and change. And we try to mirror that within Iriss…

Inside Iriss

Published on 17 Mar 2026

The Iriss Skills Sessions

We have just wrapped up our final Skills Session for the year (one of our Spaces to Grow activities), and it’s been a really excellent process for us internally at Iriss. The interest and feedback has been beyond what we expected, given that this is a new programme for Iriss. Having sold out every session has been amazing!

Skills Sessions

Published on 20 Nov 2025

‘Healing Pitch’, authentic voices and improving practice

At our second Iriss Skills Session, Dr Emily Whyte shared the creative and multi-disciplinary approach to working alongside care experienced young people, developed through her doctoral research at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU).

Skills Sessions

Published on 6 Oct 2025

First National Survey on Anti-racism in Social Work

the text no room for racism above a multicoloured selection of minimalist portraits

Iriss has published the first National Survey on Anti-racism in Social Work.

Commissioned by the Scottish Government, the survey polled attitudes and experiences of racism across social work professionals in Scotland. The survey has been published alongside the Scottish Government's action plan for tackling racism across the sector.

Published in

News

on 12 Aug 2025

The impact of Iriss 2024/25

The difference we've made

After a successful first year focusing on evidence-informed innovation (identifying the right thing to do) to help partners make changes, we decided to continue some of these projects, and invite more partners for 2024/25…

Published in

Reports

on 23 Jun 2025

Iriss work plan 2025/26

Our core work for the next year

Our 2025/26 work plan, devised with feedback and input from voices across the sector. We'd like to thank everyone who contributed as well as our partner organisations that collaborated with us in the past…

Published in

Reports

on 23 Jun 2025

Leading chronology improvement

Reflection and self-assessment tool

This tool is designed to help leaders to improve chronology practice. ‘Leader’ in this context means someone, regardless of positional authority, who wants to improve chronology practice…

Published in

Tools

on 11 Nov 2024

Iriss work plan 2024/25

Our core work for the next year

This year we will continue our core work of helping create the conditions for great social work and social care support to flourish. Our work plan was devised with feedback and input from voices across the sector…

Published in

Reports

on 19 Aug 2024

The impact of Iriss 2023/24

The difference we've made

While planning the work for 2023/24, we saw that there’s plenty of support for improvement (doing something better) in social work and social care support but a lack of dedicated focus on evidence-informed innovation…

Published in

Reports

on 19 Aug 2024