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Professional curiosity in public protection

Iriss’s Professional Curiosity project has been seeking to develop a deeper understanding of this topic and its implications for the Public Protection workforce in Scotland. This report brings together both the literature review and findings from the discussion sessions that were core to the…
Published 20 Mar 2026 in Reports

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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

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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

Voluntary social care recruitment

ESSS Outline

Identifies evidence around recruitment strategies from voluntary social care and other relevant sectors and industries.
Published 15 Jan 2018 in Outlines

Co-production Project Planner

A resource to support co-production projects happen effectively

Contains a project planning workbook, a guide to planning co-production projects and a suite of Iriss facilitation tools.
Published 8 Jan 2018 in Tools

Distributed leadership in early years and childcare

ESSS Outline

Explores distributed approaches to leadership in the context of childcare and early years settings. It provides some background to Scottish policy priorities and principles of leadership and…
Published 19 Dec 2017 in Outlines

Iriss on… electronic monitoring in the criminal justice system

A conversation with Gill McIvor and Hannah Graham

Hannah Graham and Gill McIvor from the Scottish Centre for Criminal Justice Research (SCCJR) talks to Michelle Drumm from Iriss about the Iriss Insight they co-authored on the use of electronic…
Published 11 Dec 2017 in Iriss on…

Conversations with the Dundee Early Intervention Team

a series of conversations with families supported by the team

Conversations with families and practitioners about how a social pedagogy model makes a difference to parents and children.
Published 7 Dec 2017 in Case studies

Social work student placements and employability

ESSS Outline

Identifies evidence around social work placements and the differences and similarities between statutory and voluntary placements.
Published 6 Dec 2017 in Outlines

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