This tool is designed to help leaders to improve chronology practice. ‘Leader’ in this context means someone, regardless of positional authority, who wants to improve chronology practice…
Mitä voimme oppia entisiltä vangeilta, jotka ovat menestyksekkäästi irrottautuneet rikollisuudesta ja päässeet kaidalle polulle?
Tämä elokuva on tuotettu osana projektia, jonka tarkoitus on auttaa ymmärtämään, miksi ihmiset irrottautuvat rikollisuudesta. Discovering Desistance Blog sisältää lisätietoja projektista, ja sen…
Quels enseignements peut-on tirer des anciens prisonniers qui ont réussi à renoncer au crime ou qui ont « retrouvé le droit chemin » ?
Ce film a été produit dans le cadre d'un projet visant à partager les connaissances que l'on a des raisons qui poussent certains à abandonner le crime et à en améliorer la compréhension. Pour en…
What can we learn from those former prisoners who have successfully “desisted” from criminal behaviour or “gone straight?”
This film has been produced as part of a project to share knowledge and improve understanding about why people desist from offending. For details about the wider project and for an opportunity to…
Report of the Shaping the Choreography of Care and Support project
The government's Reshaping Care for Older People (RCOP) agenda highlights the need to change the way we plan and deliver care and support. Not only does it mean improving a whole range of services,…
Gathering feedback about staff qualities and capabilities from people who use services: using Talking Mats and the Continuous Learning Framework
St Joseph's Service is part of a registered national charity- Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. St Joseph's provides support services for people with a learning disability in Midlothian…
Interview with Charlene Tait, development director, Scottish Autism
In this short video, new Iriss Champion, Charlene Tait, describes the process of sharing knowledge to improve practice within Scottish Autism.
This forms part of the Iriss evidence informed practice…
Iriss, Shared Care Scotland, Coalition of Carers in Scotland and MECOPP worked together to carry out research into unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks from caring. The study explored, from the…
A cost effective approach to improving learning retention
Keith Quinn, Senior Education and Workforce Development Adviser with SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council), describes an e-learning model which uses the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) console to…
Final report of the Creating a Culture of Innovation project
Report that provides an overview and analysis of activities undertaken by Iriss - insights that have been gathered over the course of the Creating a Culture of Innovation project and a review of…
At the end of March 2012, the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW) awarded its annual Social Worker of the Year Award 2011 to Sandy Watt, mental health officer at North Lanarkshire Council.
At…
