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Professional curiosity in public protection

Iriss’s Professional Curiosity project has been seeking to develop a deeper understanding of this topic and its implications for the Public Protection workforce in Scotland. This report brings together both the literature review and findings from the discussion sessions that were core to the…
Published 20 Mar 2026 in Reports

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Creating a culture of innovation

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…
Published 23 May 2012 in Reports

SASW Social Worker of the Year 2011: Sandy Watt (Part two)

Interview April 2012

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…
Published 10 May 2012 in Videos

SASW Social Worker of the Year 2011: Sandy Watt (Part one)

Interview April 2012

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…
Published 10 May 2012 in Videos

Redesigning support for care leavers

Exploring the use of co-productive methods to collaboratively design and improve leaving care services

Final report of a project that brought together care leavers in Argyll and Bute with their corporate parents (throughcare and aftercare, social work, health, homelessness and education services), to…
Published 8 May 2012 in Reports

Strengths-based approaches for working with individuals

Insight 16

Provides an overview of the research evidence on effective strengths based approaches for working with individuals and presents selected illustrative examples.
Published 1 May 2012 in Insights

Creating evidence through small-scale pilots

Aspris Children's Services

Background One of Iriss's private sector Champions, Aspris Children's Services (formerly Aspire Scotland Ltd), has been shortlisted for an award at the SSSC Care Accolades.
Published 27 Apr 2012 in Case studies

Autism – telling a story through video

How we made Liam's story

Liam Robertson is 20 years old and has autism. He has a passion for film, attends Scottish Youth Theatre, works part-time in a Barnardo's shop in Glasgow and would like to pursue a career in the…
Published 16 Apr 2012 in Case studies

Digital storytelling - Liam's video CV - Liam Robertson

Liam's video CV demonstrates how someone with autism can use video to help others see beyond the disability

Liam Robertson is 20 years old and has autism. He has a passion for film and would like to pursue a career in the theatre. In this video Liam talks about his interests and aspirations, attending…
Published 16 Apr 2012 in Videos

Digital storytelling - the parents' story - Kenny Robertson, Mary Robertson

Autism: from diagnosis to development to independence and a career…

Liam Robertson is 20 years old and has autism. His parents talk about Liam's passion for the theatre and the support they received to help Liam develop independence and obtain an NVQ2 in customer…
Published 16 Apr 2012 in Videos

Digital storytelling - personalisation - David Lettice

A social worker explains how video can help us 'see beyond the disability'

"People with disabilities have all sort of skills and abilities and that's what needs to be promoted. We need to get beyond seeing the disability, and I think video's a really good way of doing it…
Published 16 Apr 2012 in Videos

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