Aspris Children's Services
One of Iriss's private sector Champions, Aspris Children's Services (formerly Aspire Scotland Ltd), has been shortlisted for an award at the SSSC Care Accolades.
How we made Liam's story
Liam Robertson is 20 years old and has autism. He has a passion for film, attends Scottish Youth Theatre, works part-time in a Barnardo's shop in Glasgow and would like to pursue a career in the theatre.
Liam's video CV demonstrates how someone with autism can use video to help others see beyond the disability
Liam Robertson is 20 years old and has autism. He has a passion for film and would like to pursue a career in the theatre.
In this video Liam talks about his interests and aspirations, attending Scottish Youth Theatre and working in a Barnardo's shop, and he delivers a monologue from Citizen Kane.
In 2015 we caught up to find out how Liam's career in TV and film is progressing.
Autism: from diagnosis to development to independence and a career…
Liam Robertson is 20 years old and has autism. His parents talk about Liam's passion for the theatre and the support they received to help Liam develop independence and obtain an NVQ2 in customer service. They also talk about the difficulties encountered in obtaining a diagnosis and their aspirations for his future.
A social worker explains how video can help us 'see beyond the disability'
"People with disabilities have all sort of skills and abilities and that's what needs to be promoted. We need to get beyond seeing the disability, and I think video's a really good way of doing it."
David Lettice is a social worker with East Renfrewshire Council. He became involved with Liam, a 20 year old man with autism, when his case was transferred from the transitions team to the integrated learning disability team, where David works.
A survey of access to social in media in the workplace
Social is media in increasingly used by all kinds of people in their private and professional lives and by all kinds of organisations to find and share information.
Insight 15
Creative storyboard of Iriss Insight 12
This storyboard (animated video) provides a visual, engaging summary of Iriss Insight 12, written by Dr Emma Miller, Honorary Senior Research Associate at Glasgow School of Social Work. It considers some of the challenges of measuring outcomes and emerging responses to these.
An outcomes-focused approach with children and young people
Paul Bradshaw, Research Director, ScotCen Social Research (February 2012)
Paul Bradshaw gives an overview of the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) study, which is trying to capture a picture of what life is like for children in Scotland, and the different pathways that children take as they grow up. The study tracks several groups of children through their lives collecting demographic and socioeconomic data, as well as that from 1-1 interviews with parents with the aim of generating a view of the whole child.
