Michelle Drumm

Welfare advisers in health and social care services

Iriss.fm, Episode 208

Roundtable discussion on the embedding of welfare advisers in health and social care services.

Published in Iriss.fm on 20 Jul 2018

Freshly Squeezed: Tommy Whitelaw

Iriss.fm, Episode 207

An interview with Tommy Whitelaw, a carer, activist and inspiration.

Published in Iriss.fm on 12 Jul 2018

Jo McFarlane's journey to recovery

Iriss.fm, Episode 205

The moving story of Jo McFarlane, a writer, poet and public speaker. She provides an engaging story of her early life and journey to recovery, peppered with powerful, and often comic, poetry.

Published in Iriss.fm on 28 Jun 2018

Perceptions of social work education and practice

Iriss.fm, Episode 204

Martin Kettle of Glasgow Caledonian University gives an overview of research on newly qualified social worker perceptions of social work education and practice.

Published in Iriss.fm on 26 Jun 2018

Leadership and professional identity

Iriss.fm, Episode 203

Susan Taylor, past President of Social Work Scotland, provides the keynote on leadership and professional identity, focusing particularly on the post-qualifying period.

Published in Iriss.fm on 25 Jun 2018

Building the future; shaping our social work identity

Iriss.fm, Episode 202

Viviene Cree introduces the Building the Future; Shaping our Social Work Identity conference, and is followed by a presentation by Jane Johnstone who provides some thought provoking asks of attendees.

Published in Iriss.fm on 22 Jun 2018

The grand challenge(s) for social work

Iriss.fm, Episode 201

At the Social Work Scotland AGM 2018, John Devaney, Centenary Chair of Social Work, spoke about social work in Scotland today.

Published in Iriss.fm on 18 Jun 2018

Freshly Squeezed: Iona Colvin

Iriss.fm, Episode 200

An interview with Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser for Scotland.

Published in Iriss.fm on 12 Jun 2018

Winners of Social Services Awards

12 individuals, teams or organisations have been announced as this year’s winners, having triumphed over more than 100 nationwide entries from across the third sector, independent organisations, local authorities and the NHS.

Published in News on 8 Jun 2018

Spotlight on dementia and equalities

Launch of a report which contributes to the growing body of work highlighting dementia and equalities and the need to integrate knowledge into practice.