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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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Continuing Care & CO

conversation openers

A tool to support practitioners, individually and in groups, reflect on their views and values when continuing to care for young people who are leaving care.
Published 25 Apr 2018 in Tools

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): educational interventions

ESSS Outline

Explores the evidence around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), their impact on educational outcomes and what interventions may be effective.
Published 23 Apr 2018 in Outlines

Self-directed support and workforce development

ESSS Outline

Looks at the limited available evidence on how the social care workforce in Scotland can be further developed to deliver self-directed support.
Published 17 Apr 2018 in Outlines

Community-based activities and young people’s wellbeing

ESSS Outline

Examines a wide-range of materials on how community-based interventions have been effective in supporting young people's social and emotional wellbeing.
Published 4 Apr 2018 in Outlines

Children experiencing interparental coercive control

ESSS Outline

Focuses on evidence of the indirect impact on children from living with the effect of adult to adult coercive control.
Published 19 Mar 2018 in Outlines

Community of Enquiry

A guide

An approach that offers space for a group of people to collaboratively explore ideas and ask rich and meaningful questions of each other.
Published 12 Mar 2018 in Tools

Palliative and end of life care for people with alcohol related brain damage

ESSS Outline

Summarises evidence around good practice in palliative and end of life care for people with alcohol related brain damage (ARBD).
Published 2 Feb 2018 in Outlines

Relationship-based practice: emergent themes in social work literature

Insight 41

A summary of the history and evidence around relationship-based practice in social work.
Published 26 Jan 2018 in Insights

SDS brokerage in rural Scotland

ESSS Outline

Explores the challenges facing local authorities when seeking to implement brokerage models of self directed support in rural Scottish communities.
Published 24 Jan 2018 in Outlines

Partnerships & CO

conversation openers

A tool that provides a framework for open, honest conversations about partnerships.
Published 17 Jan 2018 in Tools

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