Iriss

This Insight provides practitioners with an overview of the current and developing youth justice policies, and a discussion of the proposed United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) incorporation into legislation in Scottish youth justice.

This Insight examines the view that trauma offers one perspective on human suffering, but it may not necessarily be the most helpful. It presents an overview of the available research detailing reviews of trauma-informed approaches.

A summary for practitioners and suicide prevention providers who work with older people.

Provides an overview of the literature on how to best support the relationships of siblings in care.

Examines how and why fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are relevant to social work and the implications for practice. 

Provides social workers – and those concerned with their learning and development – the opportunity to consider ideas from workplace learning theory. This is alongside research and evidence from the experiences of social workers to help shape effective workplace and organisational practices.

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence around accommodation based support for adults with mental health conditions.

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence on extra living costs that people with disabilities face.

A review of care home quality assurance materials from 17 local authority areas in Scotland to understand how improvement is best supported during periods of acute crisis.

It draws out:

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the literature around self-neglect.