A critical history, fifty years after the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. The examples of Community Social Work (CSW) showcased in 2018 by Iriss rest on a long tradition of community-orientation within the profession in Scotland. The interest in…
Iriss was involved in delivering workshops, alongside Corra Foundation, that helped explore with intermediary support organisations their approaches to expressing the impact and outcomes of their work. The organisations taking part all received core…
The focus of this Insight is pre-birth child protection assessment and care planning, and more specifically, the lead social work role within this work.
Summarises evidence relating to participation frameworks for children and young people in social care, including examples of good practice as well as specific contexts, such as in child protection,…
This evidence review was commissioned by Life Changes Trust to explore the evidence around the contribution of community-led approaches to social care and support to human rights and equalities…
Explores the involvement of service users in quality assurance and service evaluation processes and identifies potential benefits and approaches to service user participation.
A peer mentoring and support network initiated by the Asylum and Roma Children and Families Team at Glasgow City Council, and co-produced with the young people themselves.
A tool to support practitioners, individually and in groups, reflect on their views and values when continuing to care for young people who are leaving care.
