Suicide thoughts and behaviour in later life
Insight 69
A summary for practitioners and suicide prevention providers who work with older people.
Published in
on 20 Feb 2023
Sibling relationships in care
Iriss Outline
Provides an overview of the literature on how to best support the relationships of siblings in care.
Published in
on 16 Jan 2023
Social work and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
Insight 68
Examines how and why fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are relevant to social work and the implications for practice.
Published in
on 14 Dec 2022
The importance of workplace learning for social workers
Insight 67
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.
Published in
on 5 Dec 2022
Accommodation based support for adults with mental health conditions
Iriss Outline
Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence around accommodation based support for adults with mental health conditions.
Published in
on 25 Nov 2022
Disability and extra living costs
Iriss Outline
Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence on extra living costs that people with disabilities face.
Published in
on 25 Nov 2022
Care home quality assurance in COVID-19
A review of care home quality assurance materials
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:
Published in
on 13 Sep 2022
An overview of self-neglect
Iriss Outline
Evidence summary that provides an overview of the literature around self-neglect.
Published in
on 1 Aug 2022
Large scale investigations
An online learning resource
An online learning resource that explains the role of large scale investigations (LSIs) within the context of adult support and protection practices in Scotland.
Published in
on 11 Jul 2022
Working together in adult support and protection
An online learning resource
A resource that will help you support the participation of adults and carers throughout the Adult Support and Protection process.
Published in
on 27 Jun 2022
