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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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Adult Support and Protection: everyone's business

Adult Support and Protection (ASP) is designed to support and protect adults who are unable to safeguard themselves, their property and their rights. The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act…
Published 3 May 2023 in Reports

SCOPE stories

Transforming complex care

This resource describes a project undertaken by Iriss and the SCOPE team, part of Perth & Kinross Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP). Iriss and the SCOPE team worked together in 2022 to…
Published 2 May 2023 in Reports

Chief Social Work Officers Annual Report Summary 2021/22

This report provides a summary of the main areas covered in the Chief Social Work Officer Annual Reports. It offers a general overview of the social work landscape in Scotland drawn from the 30 CSWO…
Published 2 May 2023 in Reports

Understanding the implications of children's rights for Scottish youth justice

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This Insight provides practitioners with an overview of the current and developing youth justice policies, and a discussion of the proposed United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC…
Published 1 May 2023 in Insights

Trauma-informed approaches: a critical overview of what they offer to social work and social care

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This Insight examines the view that trauma offers one perspective on human suffering, but it may not necessarily be the most helpful. It presents an overview of the available research detailing…
Published 8 Mar 2023 in Insights

Suicide thoughts and behaviour in later life

Insight 69

A summary for practitioners and suicide prevention providers who work with older people.
Published 20 Feb 2023 in Insights

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Help keep people safe from neglect

Self-neglect and neglect of adults are being highlighted this year as part of Scotland’s national Adult Support and Protection Day 2023, on 20 February. This video explains some of the signs of self…
Published 13 Feb 2023 in Videos

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Help keep people safe from neglect

Self-neglect and neglect of adults are being highlighted this year as part of Scotland’s national Adult Support and Protection Day 2023, on 20 February. This video explains some of the signs of self…
Published 13 Feb 2023 in Videos

Tricky friends

Are your friends “good” friends, who make you feel safe and enjoy spending time with you?

To celebrate Scotland’s National Adult Support and Protection Awareness Day we want to make sure that adults in Scotland are as safe as possible, year round, because staying safe matters every day.
Published 2 Feb 2023 in Videos

A scoping review of autism in Scotland

Iriss Outline

Provides an overview of the literature on service provision for autism in Scotland.
Published 16 Jan 2023 in Outlines

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