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Newborn child, circa 1950s

Good practice with adults in adoption

This Insight is concerned with the people and relatives relating to adoptions prior to the 1980s when the vast majority were relinquished by birth parents (as distinct from many of today’s adoptions from care which involve opposition from birth…
Mother living with her children in an overcrowded single end tenement flat Glasgow

Community social work in Scotland

A critical history, fifty years after the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
DEYN

The Drumchapel Early Years Network

A short animation that tells the story of The Drumchapel Early Years Network (DEYN).
Co-production project planner

Co-production Project Planner

Contains a project planning workbook, a guide to planning co-production projects and suite of Iriss facilitation tools.
Impact and outcomes reporting for intermediate organisations

Impact and outcomes reporting

Iriss was involved in delivering workshops, alongside Corra Foundation, that helped explore with intermediary support organisations their approaches to expressing the impact and outcomes of their work.

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Good practice with adults in adoption

Insight 43
This Insight is concerned with the people and relatives relating to adoptions prior to the 1980s when the vast majority were relinquished by birth parents (as distinct from many of today’s adoptions…
Published in Insights on 14 Nov 2018

Talking Social Work: Claire Ferrier

Iriss.fm, Episode 225
Claire Ferrier, social worker talks about the risk of not demonstrating care and trust, and the culture of social work.
Published in Iriss.fm on 13 Nov 2018

Shared Lives

Iriss.fm, Episode 224
A discussion about a community based model of social care.
Published in Iriss.fm on 8 Nov 2018

Talking Social Work: Jane Martin

Iriss.fm, Episode 223
Jane Martin, Chief Social Work Officer at Dundee City Council reflects on her social work journey.
Published in Iriss.fm on 5 Nov 2018

Access to Politics

Iriss.fm, Episode 222
Access to Politics is a project which aims to support disabled people into politics.
Published in Iriss.fm on 1 Nov 2018

Freshly Squeezed: Mairi O'Keefe

Iriss.fm, Episode 221
An interview with Mairi O'Keefe, Chief Executive of Leuchie House national respite centre in North Berwick.
Published in Iriss.fm on 24 Oct 2018

Families as peer workers in early childhood intervention

Iriss.fm, Episode 220
A project in Australia that has been successful at involving families as peer workers in early childhood intervention. 
Published in Iriss.fm on 23 Oct 2018

Talking Social Work: Colin Turbett

Iriss.fm, Episode 219
An event held on 13 September 2018 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
Published in Iriss.fm on 19 Oct 2018

Social pedagogy in practice

Iriss.fm, Episode 218
Coverage of the Social Pedagogy's Professional Association's conference, 'Growing up, growing old and staying well'.
Published in Iriss.fm on 15 Oct 2018

UWS and Who Cares? Scotland

User involvement in social work education
This story illustrates how universities can work with external organisations to ensure that the voices of care experienced young people inform social work education and future generations of…
Published in Case studies on 10 Oct 2018

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