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Working with people who commit hate crime

Aims to consolidate some of the existing research on effective practice with people who commit hate offences, firstly defining and describing hate crime and its root causes, and then considering what may constitute effective practice for…
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Iriss on...Safe and Together approach

A short paper on the Safe and Together approach to tackling domestic abuse with insight from Andrea Davidson, Team Leader in a Children’s Social Work Practice Team.
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Stories of everyday leadership

Four stories that beautifully illustrate what everyday leadership looks like from the frontline - and the difference it can make to the lives of people that are supported.
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Participation: its impact on services and the people who use them

Examines the impact that participatory approaches have on health, wellbeing and efficiency outcomes; highlighting implications for practice.
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Recording practice and accessing records

A summary of findings from an initial scoping review addressing how practice is recorded within social work in Scotland.

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Partnerships & CO

conversation openers
A tool that provides a framework for open, honest conversations about partnerships.
Published in Tools on 17 Jan 2018

Voluntary social care recruitment

ESSS Outline
Identifies evidence around recruitment strategies from voluntary social care and other relevant sectors and industries.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 15 Jan 2018

Co-production Project Planner

a resource to support co-production projects to happen effectively
Contains a project planning workbook, a guide to planning co-production projects and a suite of Iriss facilitation tools.
Published in Tools on 8 Jan 2018

Distributed leadership in early years and childcare

ESSS Outline
Explores distributed approaches to leadership in the context of childcare and early years settings. It provides some background to Scottish policy priorities and principles of leadership and…
Published in ESSS Outlines on 19 Dec 2017

Iriss on… electronic monitoring in the criminal justice system

A conversation with Gill McIvor and Hannah Graham

Hannah Graham and Gill McIvor from the Scottish Centre for Criminal Justice Research (SCCJR) talks to Michelle Drumm from Iriss about the Iriss Insight they co-authored on the use of electronic…

Published in Iriss on… on 11 Dec 2017

Conversations with the Dundee Early Intervention Team

a series of conversations with families supported by the team
Conversations with families and practitioners about how a social pedagogy model makes a difference to parents and children.
Published in Case studies on 7 Dec 2017

Social work student placements and employability

ESSS Outline
Identifies evidence around social work placements and the differences and similarities between statutory and voluntary placements.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 6 Dec 2017

Child​ ​sexual​ ​abuse images​ ​online​ ​and risk​ ​of​ ​contact child​ ​sexual​ ​abuse

ESSS Outline
Identifies evidence relating to the relationship between adults who access child sexual abuse images online and those who commit contact offences.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 6 Dec 2017

Parental substance misuse and social worker intervention

ESSS Outline
Explores the impact of parental substance misuse on children and identifies evidence around effective methods of intervention for social workers.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 17 Nov 2017

Child sexual abuse and good practice for social workers

ESSS Outline
Identifies evidence around good practice approaches to investigating child sexual abuse that may minimise harm or distress to children and non-abusing caregivers.
Published in ESSS Outlines on 16 Nov 2017

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