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Hoarding Disorder: Towards a unified approach beyond disciplines

This Insight explores how transdisciplinary collaboration across health, social work, social care, housing, environmental health, emergency services, third sector support and other related professionals can transform practice and reduce low-value interventions for people with hoarding disorder…
Published 19 Jan 2026 in Insights

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Impact and outcomes reporting

Supporting intermediary organisations

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…
Published 3 Jul 2018 in Reports

Social work student and service user role play sessions

User involvement in social work education

Story of role-play sessions held between social work students at the University of Strathclyde and members of the service user and carer group.
Published 26 Jun 2018 in Case studies

No Recourse to Public Funds: Olivia's story

User involvement in social work education

Olivia Ndoti from the Women's Asylum Support Housing (WASH) project talks to social work students about having No Recourse to Public Funds.
Published 25 Jun 2018 in Case studies

Bringing the law to life with lived experience

User involvement in social work education

Social work students at GCU take part in a session for their Working with Law and Ethics module, No Recourse to Public Funds.
Published 25 Jun 2018 in Case studies

Social isolation, loneliness and older people

ESSS Outline

Explores some of the less commonly included evidence from systematic reviews and literature reviews on age and social isolation.
Published 25 Jun 2018 in Outlines

Capturing social work impact

ESSS Outline

Looks at evidence around methods for capturing the impact of social work interventions.
Published 11 Jun 2018 in Outlines

University of Edinburgh and Grassmarket Community Project collaboration

User involvement in social work education

Reflection by students on their experiences of how engaging directly with service users impacted on their learning.
Published 8 Jun 2018 in Case studies

Critical reading and the Open University

User involvement in social work education

Sandy Sieminski, Jenny Bew and Alice Bradley share their learning and reflections on the importance of service user and carer involvement in critical reading.
Published 8 Jun 2018 in Case studies

Centrestage

Showcasing Community Social Work

Connecting people who have multiple deprivations to their geographical and social communities across Ayrshire through the arts and food.
Published 5 Jun 2018 in Case studies

Impact of women specific interventions

ESSS Outline

Summarises evidence relating to the effectiveness of women specific interventions in addressing complex needs and the role they may play as preventative strategies in children's services.
Published 4 Jun 2018 in Outlines

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