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Creative (re)presentation

‘Creative (re)presentation - Telling stories through a participatory and voice-led approach and the making of the film Healing Pitch' - is a free online session focused on including people's authentic experiences in creative ways that empowers people without exposing them to harm. If you are…
Published 1 Sep 2025 in Events
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Can ethical commissioning fix social care?

Attend this event to learn what ethical commissioning means for the National Care Service and wider voluntary sector.
Published 17 Oct 2022 in News
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Human Learning Systems Week 2022

Learn how a Human Learning Systems approach can help you make change to public service management.
Published 27 Sep 2022 in News
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How do we keep The Promise in rural areas?

Get along to a Rural Social Work Forum webinar to learn what The Promise means for rural social workers and care experienced people.
Published 13 Sep 2022 in News
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Care home quality assurance during COVID-19

A review that explores how improvement is best supported during periods of acute crisis.
Published 13 Sep 2022 in News
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Improving multi-agency adult support and protection conferences

A course for professionals to understand and improve practice in multi-agency adult support and protection case conferences.
Published 31 Aug 2022 in News
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New Adult Protection Coordinator for Scotland

We are delighted to announce that Brenda Walker will be joining us as the new National Adult Protection Coordinator for Scotland in October 2022.
Published 18 Aug 2022 in News
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Better ethical commissioning through peer learning

Josie Vallely, Service Designer at Iriss, shares her reflections on supporting people to embed ethical principles in practice.
Published 4 Aug 2022 in Features
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Rural social work and the National Care Service

Attend a webinar led and facilitated by SASW that will explore what the National Care Service means for rural social work.
Published 2 Aug 2022 in News
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Inform the future of voluntary throughcare and mentoring

Attend a roundtable discussion to explore the provision of non-statutory, voluntary throughcare and mentoring services across Scotland.
Published 14 Jul 2022 in News
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Leading to Change

Get along to an event to hear more about the national leadership programme led by Scottish Government.
Published 13 Jul 2022 in News

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