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Rural Scotland - Isle of Arran

Rural social work in Scotland

Explores the particularities of the rural context, the policy framework, and goes on to describe approaches that can be used to help social workers living and working in rural Scotland.
social media

Social media and social service workers

Explores what is understood by 'social media', perceived risks of using it, opportunities, relationship to workforce wellbeing and future implications for practice.
Volunteers in participation

Participation: its impact on services and the people who use them

Explores the evidence and implications for practice of people's participation in the design and delivery of health and social care.
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.
Pupa stages of a butterfly

Using evidence for change

A collection of papers detailing an evidence into action scoping methodology.

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Families as peer workers in early childhood intervention

Iriss.fm, Episode 220
A project in Australia that has been successful at involving families as peer workers in early childhood intervention. 
Published in Iriss.fm on 23 Oct 2018

Talking Social Work: Colin Turbett

Iriss.fm, Episode 219
An event held on 13 September 2018 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
Published in Iriss.fm on 19 Oct 2018

Social pedagogy in practice

Iriss.fm, Episode 218
Coverage of the Social Pedagogy's Professional Association's conference, 'Growing up, growing old and staying well'.
Published in Iriss.fm on 15 Oct 2018

UWS and Who Cares? Scotland

User involvement in social work education
This story illustrates how universities can work with external organisations to ensure that the voices of care experienced young people inform social work education and future generations of…
Published in Case studies on 10 Oct 2018

The Drumchapel Early Years Network

Story of its impact and achievements
A short animation that tells the story of The Drumchapel Early Years Network (DEYN).
Published in Case studies on 8 Oct 2018

Outside the Box

Iriss.fm, Episode 217
Michael McEwan speaks to Jill Keegan, Community Development Adviser with Outside the Box on community development support.
Published in Iriss.fm on 8 Oct 2018

Freshly Squeezed: Emma Scott

Iriss.fm, Episode 216
An interview with Emma Scott, winner of the Bright Spark Award at the Scottish Social Services Awards 2018.
Published in Iriss.fm on 3 Oct 2018

Talking Hope

Iriss.fm, Episode 215

A roundtable discussion on Talking Hope, a project exploring to what extent creating safe conversational spaces among diverse stakeholders helps cultivate hope in the context of young people…

Published in Iriss.fm on 27 Sep 2018

Freshly Squeezed: Ian Welsh

Iriss.fm, Episode 214
An interview with Ian Welsh OBE, Chief Executive of the Health and Social Care Alliance.
Published in Iriss.fm on 19 Sep 2018

Write to Recovery - four years on

Iriss.fm, Episode 213
Write to Recovery is celebrating four years in 2018. The project leads give an update on project progress.
Published in Iriss.fm on 18 Sep 2018

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