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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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Fit for the Future: Values based recruitment

A series of exercises to be done with management teams, staff and people who access support.
Published 11 Oct 2016 in Tools

Fit for the Future: Business planning

A tool to create a SWOT analysis, an action plan and develop a service story.
Published 11 Oct 2016 in Tools

The impact of welfare reform on the social services workforce

Insight 32

Explores the impact of welfare reform – in a climate of austerity and cuts – on key client groups and its consequent effect on the social services workforce in Scotland.
Published 15 Jun 2016 in Insights

Peer support roles in mental health services

Insight 31

Defines what peer support roles are and what they mean for services and the evidence for their use in mental health services.
Published 27 May 2016 in Insights

Iriss review of the year 2015/16

We've published our annual activity review for 2015/16, which will give you a snapshot of all of our work for the year. Introduced by Peter MacLeod, Iriss Chair, it includes a summary of our project…
Published 9 May 2016 in Annual reviews

How early years trauma affects the brain

The child who mistrusts good care

Dan Hughes summarises how the brain reacts to trauma and how an understanding of this process is helpful to foster and adoptive parents and professionals.
Published 4 Feb 2016 in Videos

The child's journey

A guide to the Scottish justice system

An online interactive guide that describes the stages in the criminal justice process for under 18s in Scotland.
Published 28 Jan 2016 in Online learning materials

Autism and acting

Liam's career four years on

In 2012 Liam Robertson, who is on the autism spectrum, told us about his passion for TV, film and theatre and his ambition to become an actor. Liam's story is inspirational, demonstrating the…
Published 3 Dec 2015 in Videos

The Golden Bridge

Child migration from Scotland to Canada, 1869-1939

Remote video URL Telling the story of the thousands of children who migrated from the Orphan Homes of Scotland to to new lives in Canada, The Golden Br
Published 12 Oct 2015 in Online learning materials

Place-based working

Iriss on…

Explores how a place-based approach enables effective work with people and communities to improve their health and wellbeing.
Published 28 Jul 2015 in Iriss on…

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