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Mother living with her children in an overcrowded single end tenement flat Glasgow

Community social work in Scotland

A critical history, fifty years after the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. The examples of Community Social Work (CSW) showcased in 2018 by Iriss rest on a long tradition of community-orientation within the profession in Scotland. The interest in…
DEYN

The Drumchapel Early Years Network

A short animation that tells the story of The Drumchapel Early Years Network (DEYN).
Co-production project planner

Co-production Project Planner

Contains a project planning workbook, a guide to planning co-production projects and suite of Iriss facilitation tools.
Impact and outcomes reporting for intermediate organisations

Impact and outcomes reporting

Iriss was involved in delivering workshops, alongside Corra Foundation, that helped explore with intermediary support organisations their approaches to expressing the impact and outcomes of their work. The organisations taking part all received core…
Newborn infant in mother's arms

Pre-birth child protection

The focus of this Insight is pre-birth child protection assessment and care planning, and more specifically, the lead social work role within this work.

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Building the future; shaping our social work identity

Iriss.fm, Episode 202
Viviene Cree introduces the Building the Future; Shaping our Social Work Identity conference, and is followed by a presentation by Jane Johnstone who provides some thought provoking asks of attendees.
Published in Iriss.fm on 22 Jun 2018

The grand challenge(s) for social work

Iriss.fm, Episode 201
At the Social Work Scotland AGM 2018, John Devaney, Centenary Chair of Social Work, spoke about social work in Scotland today.
Published in Iriss.fm on 18 Jun 2018

Freshly Squeezed: Iona Colvin

Iriss.fm, Episode 200
An interview with Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser for Scotland.
Published in Iriss.fm on 12 Jun 2018

Capturing social work impact

ESSS Outline
Looks at evidence around methods for capturing the impact of social work interventions.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 11 Jun 2018

University of Edinburgh and Grassmarket Community Project collaboration

User involvement in social work education
Reflection by students on their experiences of how engaging directly with service users impacted on their learning.
Published in Case studies on 8 Jun 2018

Critical reading and the Open University

User involvement in social work education
Sandy Sieminski, Jenny Bew and Alice Bradley share their learning and reflections on the importance of service user and carer involvement in critical reading.
Published in Case studies on 8 Jun 2018

Centrestage

Showcasing Community Social Work
Connecting people who have multiple deprivations to their geographical and social communities across Ayrshire through the arts and food.
Published in Case studies on 5 Jun 2018

Impact of women specific interventions

ESSS Outline
Summarises evidence relating to the effectiveness of women specific interventions in addressing complex needs and the role they may play as preventative strategies in children's services.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 4 Jun 2018

COPE Scotland

Showcasing Community Social Work
A self-management programme where professionals and public work together for a fairer community and improved resilience for better mental well-being.
Published in Case studies on 28 May 2018

Integrated assessments in children’s services

ESSS Outline
Explores the evidence around integrated assessment in children's services, including children's and families' experiences of the assessment process, good practice, electronic information systems,…
Published in ESSS Outlines on 22 May 2018

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