Skills Sessions

Our webinar series, Iriss Skills Sessions, are online events where we explore topics with a focus on actionable and impactful improvement on practice. These are practically focused, and designed respecting the limited time practitioners have.

They are part of our Spaces to Grow range of activities, which offer opportunities for people to find time to invest in themselves to promote better working.

Using AI wisely: Ethics and effectiveness in social work

Date
10 Mar 2026

This Skills Session is aimed at social work practitioners who have an interest in how AI can and should be used ethically in practice. We will talk you through the ethical issues based on research with practitioners and offer a live demonstration of the effective use of AI from a computer scientist expert, which will help you use this to maximum effect and be aware of and offset its limitations. We will offer the opportunity for you to discuss key issues of contemporary concern while exploring the opportunities AI might present.

Analysis and language use in social work writing

Date
16 Feb 2026

Delivered by Iriss CEO Stuart Muirhead, it is an hour-long, lunch time Skills Session focused on practical applications of writing analysis and language use in social work. This session is designed to build and enhance your understanding of applying critical thought to written work, enhancing your messaging and understanding of textual communication regardless of your experience level.

The Iriss Skills Sessions

We have just wrapped up our final Skills Session for the year (one of our Spaces to Grow activities), and it’s been a really excellent process for us internally at Iriss. The interest and feedback has been beyond what we expected, given that this is a new programme for Iriss. Having sold out every session has been amazing!