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Man seated in bedroom fill with disordered clutter

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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'Learning to hold a paradox'

An investigation into how ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief affects children in care

Research that seeks to understand the experience and needs of children in care through the lens of ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief.
Published 4 Aug 2021 in Student research

Care experience and employment

Iriss Outline

Evidence summary providing an overview of evidence relating to how care experience affects education and employment.
Published 3 Aug 2021 in Outlines

Gypsy/Traveller intersectionality

Strengthening the role of social work

A resource that platforms the voices of Gypsy/Traveller communities and provides practical steps to strengthen social work practice.
Published 16 Jun 2021 in Online learning materials

Iriss review of the year 2020/21

We're pleased to announce our annual review of the year for 2020/21. The review summarises our work over a uniquely challenging period, and showcases the difference that we've made to social…
Published 1 Jun 2021 in Annual reviews

A shared experience

Outcomes for people through the COVID-19 pandemic

A collection of stories that help make sense of what the COVID-19 crisis has meant for outcomes for people. It includes learning to inform practice, policy and recovery.
Published 25 May 2021 in Online learning materials

Self-directed support: ten years on

Insight 61

A summary of the evidence from policy and scrutiny activity, and recommendations for the future direction of SDS policy and practice.
Published 6 May 2021 in Insights

Child protection in the 21st century: a role for contextual safeguarding

Insight 60

Considers some of the challenges posed to child protection processes in Scotland.
Published 12 Apr 2021 in Insights

Writing analysis in social care

A course

A course that improves the writing of analysis in social work and social care records.
Published 30 Mar 2021 in Online learning materials

Chief Social Work Officers Annual Report Summary 2019/20

This report provides a summary of the main areas covered in the Chief Social Work Officer Annual Reports.
Published 23 Mar 2021 in Reports

Dementia: attachment matters

Insight 59

Explores the relevance of attachment, an emotional link between two people which lasts through space and time, to our understanding of dementia and its impact on people and their family carers.
Published 9 Mar 2021 in Insights

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