National Health and Social Care Standards launched
On Friday 9 June, Scottish Government launched the new National Health and Social Care Standards: My support, my life.
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on 12 Jun 2017
Gypsy Travellers and social work's role
Friday 24 March saw the launch of Iriss Insight 35 - Gypsy Travellers: Human rights and social work's role - at an event to start conversations to bring about lasting change. The event was a partnership of members of the Gypsy Traveller community, Iriss and Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW), and was chaired by Lesley Riddoch. Held at Glasgow Caledonian University, it formed part of World Social Day celebrations and had 70 people attend.
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on 27 Mar 2017
Gypsy Travellers: Human rights and social work’s role
Insight 35
Experiences and challenges of Scottish Gypsy Travellers and implications for social work practice.
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on 26 Jan 2017
Human rights and the UK Human Rights Act
Charting the origins of human rights
An audio and video based introduction to human rights. It charts the origins of human rights back to the United States Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution, setting the UK Human Rights Act 1998 in historical context. It also helps the learner distinguish between human rights and civil liberties.
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on 17 Mar 2011
