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Working together apart

A course for partnership or group projects where participants can’t physically be together.
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Reducing the overcriminalisation of care-experienced young people in Scotland

Student research which explores how care-experienced people are disproportionately criminalised and over-represented in justice systems across Scotland, the UK and internationally.
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Attachment theory in practice

Learning resource written by Sally Wassell, which explores the evolving meaning and application of attachment.
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Mindfulness in social work education and practice

Provides students and practitioners with the opportunity to critically assess the value of mindfulness as a way of attending to wellbeing in their professional and personal lives.
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Iriss on... Self-care in health and social care

A short paper on self-care in health and social care, with insight from a children and families social worker at North Ayrshire Council.

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22 Sep 2020

Passion4Social

Passion4Social is a web and graphic design agency which creates sustainable employment opportunities for people with disabilities, or long-term health conditions, which contribute to their feelings…
9 Sep 2020

Trauma-informed practice at Kibble

Kibble is a specialist child and youth care charity and social enterprise that empowers young people through care, education and support. In March of this year we spoke to Dan Johnson, Clinical…
19 Aug 2020

Experiences of working on the frontline with a disability

What are the experiences of those with disabilities working on the frontline during Covid-19? Michael McEwan interviews Scott Kennedy, Lynn Murdoch and David Ross, who speak about how they've…
4 Aug 2020

The impact of Covid-19 on disability sports

The 2020 Paralympic Games were due to be held in Tokyo this year over August and September, but have been rescheduled for 2021.   How has this affected the organisations and athletes involved?…

Iriss resources

Student role-play interviews with service users in preparation for social work practice

User involvement in social work education
This is one of seven stories, showcasing what service user and carer (SUAC) involvement in social work education looks like, what makes it work and what benefits it brings. It has a significant role…
Published in Case studies on 17 Sep 2018

Inter‐professional education within integrated services

User involvement in social work education
Why service users and carers think this matters, and what they hope for, what students got out of these sessions and reflections on the sessions.
Published in Case studies on 17 Sep 2018

Disability and access to leisure

ESSS Outline
This Outline looks at how providers of leisure activities can improve accessibility and inclusivity for people with disabilities and their carers.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 7 Sep 2018

Collaborative practice to support adults with complex needs

ESSS Outline
Explores the evidence around models of collaborative practice involving health and social care, social work and police services in relation to work to support and protect vulnerable adults with…
Published in ESSS Outlines on 20 Aug 2018

Older women and domestic abuse

ESSS Outline
Summary of evidence which examines the interventions for older women experiencing domestic violence and abuse.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 13 Aug 2018

Experiential therapies for children who have experienced trauma

ESSS Outline
Explores the evidence around the impact of individual experiential therapies (e.g. animal assisted, play, arts) and EMDR, for young people who have experienced trauma.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 23 Jul 2018

Community social work in Scotland

A critical history, fifty years after the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
A critical history of community social work, fifty years after the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
Published in Reports on 12 Jul 2018

Impact and outcomes reporting

Supporting intermediary organisations
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…
Published in Reports on 3 Jul 2018

Social work student and service user role play sessions

User involvement in social work education
Story of role-play sessions held between social work students at the University of Strathclyde and members of the service user and carer group.
Published in Case studies on 26 Jun 2018

No Recourse to Public Funds: Olivia's story

User involvement in social work education
Olivia Ndoti from the Women's Asylum Support Housing (WASH) project talks to social work students about having No Recourse to Public Funds.
Published in Case studies on 25 Jun 2018

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