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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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Help keep people safe from neglect

Self-neglect and neglect of adults are being highlighted this year as part of Scotland’s national Adult Support and Protection Day 2023, on 20 February. This video explains some of the signs of self…
Published 13 Feb 2023 in Videos

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Help keep people safe from neglect

Self-neglect and neglect of adults are being highlighted this year as part of Scotland’s national Adult Support and Protection Day 2023, on 20 February. This video explains some of the signs of self…
Published 13 Feb 2023 in Videos

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

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