News and events

The 2019 Scottish Social Services Awards (#SSSA19) will open in the New Year, inviting individuals, teams and organisations working across social services to enter or nominate someone worthy of an accolade.

Building on the success of the…

We've had a flurry of activity in the production of Iriss Insights this winter, with two new additions to the series on quite distinct topics. 

First published was Good practice with adults in adoption, which is about adults (adopted…

This month, we're supporting Early Years Scotland to think about their wellbeing and self-care. As a lot of the staff are new and dispersed across various services, which can be isolating, they wanted to put support mechanisms in place to ensure…

We've been commissioned by Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum (STAF) to support their team develop a resource that will document the work they have been doing through their Connecting Voices project. This two-year project aims to help young…

On the run up to #CoProWeekScot (19-25 November) we will run 45 minute co-production clinics on 14 November, where you can come and discuss a project idea, or think about a co-production project you are currently involved in.

In the summer we published four stories that illustrate and celebrate service user and carer involvement in social work teaching and learning.

Another three stories have been added to the series. These include: 

The Drumchapel Early Years Network is one of the best examples of professional development and networking practice in the city. As a Family Learning Officer working in the area, it has been and continues to be an invaluable source of information…

On 13 September, at the Talking Social Work event held to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, we launched Community social work Scotland: a critical history, fifty years of Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 paper. …

Given it's our 10-year anniversary, what better time to get your views about what we do well or not so well, and understand what's changed since our survey of 2015. 

We will use the learning to discuss the way forward for Iriss -  and how…

The Iriss 'Making Co-production Happen' blog goes live today! In 2017 we put together our popular Co-production Project Planner and distributed hundreds of copies across Scotland. We have been running workshops and events to introduce…