Community social work case studies
A series of case studies that demonstrate what community social work is and has to offer, grounded in real-life context and experience.
Published in
on 26 Apr 2018
Igniting Ideas at Fire Starter Festival
Report on the Iriss and SSSC workshop, Igniting Ideas, focused on how co-production and systems thinking can help get ideas off the ground.
Published in
on 5 Mar 2018
Co-producing cultural competency
Event which explores the potential of co-production methodology for the development of cultural competency for social workers engaging with Scottish Gypsy Travellers and Romani communities in Scotland.
Published in
on 9 Feb 2018
Co-production Project Planner
A resource to support co-production projects happen effectively
Contains a project planning workbook, a guide to planning co-production projects and a suite of Iriss facilitation tools.
Published in
on 8 Jan 2018
Launch of co-production project planner
Resource that focuses on putting ideas into action. You don’t need to be an expert in co-production prior to planning a project.
Published in
on 5 Jan 2018
It's Co-production Week 2017
As part of celebrating Co-production Week 2017, Josie Vallely (Project Manger at Iriss) reflects on the potential of co-production to distribute power.
Published in
on 23 Nov 2017
Getting There: Maddiston and Rumford
Activity report 2016-17
Report that outlines work to support the community of Maddiston and Rumford.
Published in
on 11 Sep 2017
Co-production the humanKINDER way
To mark Co-Production Week, guest blogger Emma Barrett Palmer gives her take on co-production.
In the aftermath of first Brexit and now Trump, 'co-production' is not at the top of the To Do list for some of the most influential world leaders.
So why do we know that it is still the right thing to do? Why is there still a growing movement of people dedicated to the collaboration cause?
Big P politics aside, I want to start by focusing on the small p politics.
Published in
on 14 Nov 2016
Redesigning support for care leavers
Exploring the use of co-productive methods to collaboratively design and improve leaving care services
Final report of a project that brought together care leavers in Argyll and Bute with their corporate parents (throughcare and aftercare, social work, health, homelessness and education services), to explore what a co-productive approach could look like in the social work sector.
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on 8 May 2012
