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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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Parents with learning disabilities

Insight 37

Brings together the key research findings on supporting parents with learning disabilities to aid practitioners in considering approaches for working with this group.
Published 25 Apr 2017 in Insights

Domestic abuse and child protection: women’s experience of social work intervention

Insight 36

Examines how experiences of domestic abuse and social work intervention in cases of child protection could inform practice in Scotland.
Published 30 Mar 2017 in Insights

Buddies: The Glen Isla Project

co-designing a support tool

This is the story behind the development of Buddy: a support tool
Published 27 Mar 2017 in Case studies

Buddy - a support tool

An activity based tool that aims to support people accessing services, at the start of their journey.
Published 27 Mar 2017 in Tools

Outcomes & CO reference list

This contain a list of references included in the Outcomes & CO: conversation openers tool.
Published 23 Mar 2017 in Reports

Imagining the Future: leadership for change programme

Workshop summary report

Participants from the Imagining the Future Systems Leadership Community of Practice came together to take part in a follow-up day. They were joined by 35 systems leaders undertaking the NHS…
Published 20 Feb 2017 in Reports

Gypsy Travellers: Human rights and social work’s role

Insight 35

Experiences and challenges of Scottish Gypsy Travellers and implications for social work practice.
Published 26 Jan 2017 in Insights

Risk

Iriss On...

This publication intends to provoke a conversation about the power of embracing risk as a natural part of decision making, and the complexity of sharing risk between professionals and people who…
Published 26 Jan 2017 in Iriss on…

Creative storyboarding

A guide to creative storyboarding and animation

an Iriss guide in six simple steps to using creative storyboarding to bring your story to life
Published 16 Nov 2016 in Tools

Social workers' communication with children and young people in practice

Insight 34

Presents what research tells us about social workers’ communication with children and young people in everyday practice. It also introduces key findings from a UK-wide study of social workers’…
Published 11 Nov 2016 in Insights

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