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Man seated in bedroom fill with disordered clutter

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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What the public think about Scottish social services and why

Report summary produced by Iriss on behalf of the Social Work Services Strategic Forum

This summary, produced by Iriss on behalf of the Social Work Services Strategic Forum, presents the key findings of research which set out to better understand public perceptions of social services.…
Published 31 Oct 2017 in Reports

Electronic monitoring in the criminal justice system

Insight 40

Introduces the ways in which EM is currently used in Scotland, alongside international evidence and experience, to identify key issues and implications for use.
Published 10 Oct 2017 in Insights

Child protection: listening to and learning from parents

Insight 39

Uses the evidence base to explore how we can learn from parents whose children have been referred, in order to avoid causing harm and provide the best and most helpful support.
Published 15 Sep 2017 in Insights

Getting There: Maddiston and Rumford

Activity report 2016-17

Report that outlines work to support the community of Maddiston and Rumford.
Published 11 Sep 2017 in Reports

Gypsy Traveller history in Scotland

A pictorial timeline

A pictorial history that sets out to tell the story of Gypsy Travellers in Scotland.
Published 19 Jun 2017 in Reports

Iriss on… good practice with fathers

Gary Clapton, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh

A conversation with Gary Clapton, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh.
Published 19 Jun 2017 in Iriss on…

Good practice with fathers in children and family services

Insight 38

This Insight explores the role that fathers play in the care of children and families.
Published 8 Jun 2017 in Insights

National Social Services Search

Search resources from Iriss, SSSC, Care Inspectorate, CYCJ, CCPS and Social Work Scotland

Search resources from Iriss, SSSC, Care Inspectorate, CYCJ, CCPS and Social Work Scotland
Published 12 May 2017 in Tools

Iriss review of the year 2016/17

Iriss activity review for 2016/17, including a summary of our year's work and the difference we've made to social services in Scotland. 
Published 10 May 2017 in Annual reviews

Outcomes & CO

conversation openers

A tool that provides a framework for open, honest conversations about personal outcomes.
Published 8 May 2017 in Tools

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