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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. The examples of Community Social Work (CSW) showcased in 2018 by Iriss rest on a long tradition of community-orientation within the profession in Scotland. The interest in…
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. The organisations taking part all received core…
Newborn infant in mother's arms

Pre-birth child protection

The focus of this Insight is pre-birth child protection assessment and care planning, and more specifically, the lead social work role within this work.

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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

The Drumchapel Early Years Network

Story of its impact and achievements
A short animation that tells the story of The Drumchapel Early Years Network (DEYN).
Published in Case studies on 8 Oct 2018

Outside the Box

Iriss.fm, Episode 217
Michael McEwan speaks to Jill Keegan, Community Development Adviser with Outside the Box, a charity that focuses on community development support.
Published in Iriss.fm on 8 Oct 2018

Freshly Squeezed: Emma Scott

Iriss.fm, Episode 216
An interview with Emma Scott, winner of the Bright Spark Award at the Scottish Social Services Awards 2018.
Published in Iriss.fm on 3 Oct 2018

Talking Hope

Iriss.fm, Episode 215

A roundtable discussion on Talking Hope, a project exploring to what extent creating safe conversational spaces among diverse stakeholders helps cultivate hope in the context of young people…

Published in Iriss.fm on 27 Sep 2018

Freshly Squeezed: Ian Welsh

Iriss.fm, Episode 214
An interview with Ian Welsh OBE, Chief Executive of the Health and Social Care Alliance.
Published in Iriss.fm on 19 Sep 2018

Write to Recovery - four years on

Iriss.fm, Episode 213
Write to Recovery is celebrating four years in 2018. The project leads give an update on project progress.
Published in Iriss.fm on 18 Sep 2018

Student role-play interviews with service users in preparation for social work practice

User involvement in social work education
This is one of eight stories, showcasing what service user and carer (SUAC) involvement in social work education looks like, what makes it work and what benefits it brings. It has a significant role…
Published in Case studies on 17 Sep 2018

Inter‐professional education within integrated services

User involvement in social work education
Why service users and carers think this matters, and what they hope for, what students got out of these sessions and reflections on the sessions.
Published in Case studies on 17 Sep 2018

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