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Hoarding Disorder: Towards a unified approach beyond disciplines

This Insight explores how transdisciplinary collaboration across health, social work, social care, housing, environmental health, emergency services, third sector support and other related professionals can transform practice and reduce low-value interventions for people with hoarding disorder…
Published 19 Jan 2026 in Insights

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Safer Transit: supporting transition from further to higher education in social care and social work in Scotland

This report discusses the results of commissioned research into the type of learning materials required to support the transition for students moving from the HNC in Social Care to the social work…
Published 29 Sep 2006 in Reports

Shared approach to performance assessment: demonstration projects final report

Integrated Assessment

Three demonstration projects were initially planned to cover assessment of performance of social work students within three distinct aspects of the social work degree: readiness to practice, academic…
Published 14 Aug 2005 in Reports

Opportunities for interprofessional learning: demonstration project evaluation report

Learning For Effective And Ethical Practice

This evaluation examines the processes involved in establishing the provision of a range of innovative opportunities for interprofessional learning. The report also evaluates the experience of…
Published 31 Jul 2005 in Reports

Interprofessional learning and performance assessment: pilot project report

Our aim was to consider new opportunities for inter-professional learning within a range of existing and new service settings and explore the possibilities for a shared approach to the assessment of…
Published 31 Jul 2005 in Reports

Learning for effective and ethical practice: comprehensive knowledge review

Learning For Effective And Ethical Practice

Between November 2003 and July 2005, the Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education commissioned The Universities of Edinburgh, Dundee and The Robert Gordon University to undertake a…
Published 1 Apr 2005 in Reports

Integrated assessment: a comprehensive knowledge review

Integrated Assessment

The overall aim of the Integrated Assessment Project was to develop innovative flexible and aligned assessment methods to promote deep learning for ethical and effective practice. It comprised of…
Published 1 Apr 2005 in Reports

Agency-based practice learning opportunities: demonstration project evaluation report,short version

Agency-based practice learning opportunities

Prior to the implementation of the Project's Demonstration Model, the key themes highlighted by the Practice Audit and Literature Review were used to design two pilot projects, which were run in…
Published 14 Jan 2005 in Reports

New assessment methods: evaluation of an innovative method of assessment - critical incident analysis

Integrated Assessment

An evaluation of critical incident analysis used as a method of assessment in the context of social work education.
Published 14 Jan 2005 in Reports

Integration of learning for practice: evaluation of the Academic Advisor role

Learning for Effective and Ethical Practice

Evaluation of a novel method of supporting the integration of learning for practice in Social Work settings: the Academic Advisor role. This evaluation examines the process and workings of a new…
Published 14 Jan 2005 in Reports

Scottish Voices: Service Users and Carers at the Heart of Social Work Education - a conference report

Scottish Voices

Report illustrating what happened during the conferences and highlighting the key messages that service users and carers conveyed. At the end of the report there follows a proposal linked to these…
Published 14 Nov 2004 in Reports

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