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Ready, prep, go!

Monday 14 October 2024

There’s a lot of work that goes into preparing to host a social work student on placement in a third sector organisation, from communicating with universities, meeting with students and their tutor

Voices and visions: collaborating for improved third sector social work student placements

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Launch of a hoarding taskforce

Monday 9 September 2024
Iriss is working with a mix of strategic and local partners to co-design a better and more joined up approach across Scotland to hoarding…
Supporting people who hoard
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Research alongside social care practice

Tuesday 27 August 2024
Back in 2009, I was a fresh faced researcher, working as an intern in the Office of the Chief Researcher in the Scottish Government.
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The Value

Friday 23 August 2024
Having been working on Voice and Visions for nearly six months, it is safe to say we have heard a lot about the third sector social work student placement world; from third sector representatives,
Voices and visions: collaborating for improved third sector social work student placements
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Why should I care about ethical commissioning?

Monday 19 August 2024
“What matters isn’t if people are good or bad. What matters is if they’re trying to be better today than they were yesterday. You asked me where my hope comes from? That’s my answer.” Michael ‘The…
Inside Iriss
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Change – the only constant?

Tuesday 6 August 2024
We have been reflecting on our last year (and more) and looking forward to this year and our future, and it got me thinking about change. We (people not just Iriss) talk a lot about how we need…
Inside Iriss
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What’s getting in your way?

Monday 22 July 2024
I’m a third of the way through the practice hours needed for accreditation with the International Coaching Federation after
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Commissioner development programme

Wednesday 17 July 2024
I have a confession to make, I am a commissioning geek.
Ethical commissioning programme
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Co-production in Canada

Tuesday 9 July 2024
Over the last 10 years we have been lucky to have an ongoing relationship with the Regional Municipality of Durham and
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Closing thoughts

Wednesday 3 July 2024
A few weeks ago, I headed out to Fife to round off our project with Abbotsford Care. The train journey across the Forth and through the East Coast countryside is a perfect setting for reflection.
Recording dignity
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And now, over to you...

Friday 28 June 2024
And we are off! Earlier this week, we had our first Voices and Visions online session.
Voices and visions: collaborating for improved third sector social work student placements
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A Day with Iriss: reflecting on our conference

Tuesday 25 June 2024
Last week, we hosted our annual conference - A day working with Iriss.
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Care Visions workshop

Monday 24 June 2024
About the session This session (at the new Social Hub, highly recommended!) brought together a group of managers from Care Visions child
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Introducing Voices and Visions

Tuesday 18 June 2024
Along with our project partner, People Know How, we are beginning to look at social work student placements in the third sector; how they are now, and build
Voices and visions: collaborating for improved third sector social work student placements
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People at the heart of positive change

Tuesday 18 June 2024
Introduction How can we mainstream the involvement of people with lived experience in social work and social care - to drive improvement, generate positive change, and d
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Inside an Iriss project

Monday 17 June 2024
You might have followed our work last year with Passion4Fusion, a community organisation working predominant
Working with African families
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Finding hope

Wednesday 12 June 2024
With funding from the Scottish Government, Quarriers, Epilepsy Connections and Epilepsy Scotland worked with Iriss to develop
Standalone projects
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Hidden issues

Tuesday 21 May 2024
Tina Laurie (University of the West of Scotland) reflects on the Rural Social Work Scotland Forum online conference that was held in early May 2024…
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Reimagining social work in North Ayrshire

Friday 10 May 2024
Between May 2023 and February 2024, Iriss designed and facilitated four sessions for a project with North Ayrshire HSCP as part of our Space to Practice theme.
Reimagining social work practice
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A coaching approach

Friday 10 May 2024
Last Autumn I started a coaching course with the Institute of Coaching Studies.
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From Clinic to Community

Thursday 2 May 2024
In our work with Quarriers, Epilepsy Scotland and
Standalone projects
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