Resources

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Dementia: attachment matters

Explores the relevance of attachment to our understanding of dementia and its impact on people and their family carers.
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Attachment theory in practice

Learning resource written by Sally Wassell, which explores the evolving meaning and application of attachment.
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Writing analysis in social care

A course that improves the writing of analysis in social work and social care records.
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The influence and impacts of dyslexia on social work practice

Research that explores how dyslexia is understood and supported in practice.
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'Learning to hold a paradox'

Research that seeks to understand the experience and needs of children in care through the lens of ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief.

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21 Sep 2021

Human Rights Town

The  Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) has launched an app, Human Rights Town, to help people with learning disabilities understand their human rights.   The …
8 Sep 2021

Lifelong Links

Lifelong Links is a project led by Family Rights Group and delivered by local authorities. It supports children and young people in care to connect with and develop relationships with family members…
17 Aug 2021

Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities

The research project – Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities – is a UK wide study which has been exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with learning disabilities. In…
22 Jul 2021

Careers in social services: the role of Disclosure Scotland

In this episode we speak to Andrew Morrall, Customer Engagement Manager at Disclosure Scotland, about the organisation’s safeguarding role and the different levels of disclosure used across social…

Iriss resources

Relationship-based practice in a digital world

Event recording

This event, held in May 2021, explored what we have learned over the past year about creating and maintaining relationships through the use of technology. It provided the Scottish policy context;…

Published in Videos on 24 Sep 2021

A Shared Experience: showcase and findings

Video of the resource launch

In May 2021, we launched 'A Shared Experience', an online resource which brings together the learning from a collection of stories gathered by the Personal Outcomes Network (PON) throughout 2020…

Published in Videos on 24 Sep 2021

Short break funding and carers' outcomes

ESSS Outline
Explores the evidence on how short break funding impacts carer's wellbeing.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 16 Sep 2021

The influence and impacts of dyslexia on social work practice

An exploration
Research that explores how dyslexia is understood and supported in practice.
Published in Student research on 18 Aug 2021

'Learning to hold a paradox'

An investigation into how ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief affects children in care
Research that seeks to understand the experience and needs of children in care through the lens of ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief.
Published in Student research on 4 Aug 2021

Care experience and employment

ESSS Outline
Evidence summary providing an overview of evidence relating to how care experience affects education and employment.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 3 Aug 2021

Gypsy/Traveller intersectionality

Strengthening the role of social work
A resource that platforms the voices of Gypsy/Traveller communities on notions of identity and provides practical steps to strengthen social work practice.
Published in Multimedia learning materials on 16 Jun 2021

A shared experience

Outcomes for people through the COVID-19 pandemic
A collection of stories that help make sense of what the COVID-19 crisis has meant for outcomes for people. It includes learning to inform practice, policy and recovery.
Published in Multimedia learning materials on 25 May 2021

Self-directed support: ten years on

Insight 61
A summary of the evidence from policy and scrutiny activity, and recommendations for the future direction of SDS policy and practice.
Published in Insights on 6 May 2021

Child protection in the 21st century: a role for contextual safeguarding

Insight 60
Considers some of the challenges posed to child protection processes in Scotland as a result of the evolving range of risks and harm which children and young people face in the 21st century.
Published in Insights on 12 Apr 2021

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