Resources

Dr Frank Reilly

Beyond consultation theatre

Co-production has become a central ambition in Scotland’s social care landscape. It appears in legislation, national standards, and reform programmes with a confidence that suggests consensus. Yet the settings where co-production is most needed, and most difficult, remain largely absent from…
Published 13 Mar 2026 in Reports

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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

Sibling relationships in care

Iriss Outline

Provides an overview of the literature on how to best support the relationships of siblings in care.
Published 16 Jan 2023 in Outlines

Social work and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)

Insight 68

Examines how and why fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are relevant to social work and the implications for practice. 
Published 14 Dec 2022 in Insights

The importance of workplace learning for social workers

Insight 67

Provides social workers – and those concerned with their learning and development – the opportunity to consider ideas from workplace learning theory. This is alongside research and evidence from the…
Published 5 Dec 2022 in Insights

Accommodation based support for adults with mental health conditions

Iriss Outline

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence around accommodation based support for adults with mental health conditions.
Published 25 Nov 2022 in Outlines

Disability and extra living costs

Iriss Outline

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence on extra living costs that people with disabilities face.
Published 25 Nov 2022 in Outlines

Understanding disguised non-compliance in social work

Insight 66

An examination of what disguised non-compliance is, what the research tells us, and what it means for social work practice.
Published 26 Sep 2022 in Insights

Care home quality assurance in COVID-19

A review of care home quality assurance materials

A review of care home quality assurance materials from 17 local authority areas in Scotland to understand how improvement is best supported during periods of acute crisis. It draws out:
Published 13 Sep 2022 in Reports

Multi-agency adult support and protection conferences (case conferences)

An online learning resource

A course supporting professionals to understand and improve practice in multi-agency adult support and protection conferences.
Published 29 Aug 2022 in Online learning materials

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