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Iriss 2024 conference

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
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New resource to support better practice in ASP Large Scale Investigations

Iriss is pleased to publish a new resource: the Adult Support and Protection National Large Scale Investigation Framework.
Published 6 Jun 2023 in News
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Today we publish our report 'Chronologies in Adult Support and Protection: Moving from Current to Best'

We are delighted to publish our report of into chronology practice in Adult Support and Protection (ASP)…
Published 5 Jun 2023 in News
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Passion4Fusion and Iriss event to share research findings

Passion4Fusion and Iriss are developing resources to support children, young people and families from African backgrounds. Come to our 22nd June event to hear more.
Published 26 May 2023 in News
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Today we publish our report ‘Adult Support and Protection: everyone's business’

Do you want an overview of Adult Support and Protection (ASP), why it matters, and an introduction to key definitions and processes reflecting updated guidance and the revised Code of Practice (2022)?
Published 9 May 2023 in News
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Iriss evolve conference – ticketing update and workshops

We have been blown away by the interest in our one day conference in May, Evolve: getting innovation into practice…
Published 14 Apr 2023 in News
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Adult Support and Protection Day

A day focused on the theme of neglect and self-neglect, encouraging people to look out for signs of neglect.
Published 20 Feb 2023 in News
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Making space to get better at what we do

We're off on a Learning Week from 27 February to 3 March.
Published 16 Feb 2023 in News
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Slippin' and slidin'...but always forwards

Michelle Drumm, reflects on the partnership process of change  – and how the first slips and slides help us move forward. 
Published 15 Feb 2023 in Features
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'No one direction' for commissioning differently?

How NHS Highland is changing the way that social care is commissioned.
Published 24 Jan 2023 in Features
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Social work education and practice in turbulent times

Call for contributions to the Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference 2023.
Published 20 Dec 2022 in News

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