New models of care at home
Iriss Outline
Evidence summary that provides an overview of new models of care at home and the evidence supporting their use.
Published in
on 24 Nov 2021
Person-centred community-led social support and care: equalities and human rights outcomes
Evidence Review
This evidence review was commissioned by Life Changes Trust to explore the evidence around the contribution of community-led approaches to social care and support to human rights and equalities outcomes.
Published in
on 7 May 2018
Self-directed support and workforce development
ESSS Outline
Looks at the limited available evidence on how the social care workforce in Scotland can be further developed to deliver self-directed support.
Published in
on 17 Apr 2018
Pilotlight - pathways to self-directed support
Pilotlight, an Iriss project, works with co-design teams of people who use and deliver services across Scotland to design pathways to self-directed support (SDS). Using a design approach, it aims to demonstrate how to design support for seldom heard groups, provide more personalised and appropriate services, and increase the marketplace of support providers.
Published in
on 15 Jan 2016
Autism and acting
Liam's career four years on
In 2012 Liam Robertson, who is on the autism spectrum, told us about his passion for TV, film and theatre and his ambition to become an actor. Liam's story is inspirational, demonstrating the importance of seeing the person, not the disability.
Published in
on 3 Dec 2015
The Art of the Possible
Pilotlight is a partner in an event - Capacity Building: The Art of the Possible - organised by Providers and Personalisation to share learning around self-directed support.
In 2012, the Scottish Government Self-directed Support team funded projects aimed at building provider capacity to deliver more personalised support. As this round of projects come to a close they are getting together to share what they have learned about what has worked (and what hasn't.)
Published in
on 9 Mar 2015
D-Cards
Difficulties, decisions, deliberations
A series of cards that can support you to facilitate difficult discussions and decisions.
Published in
on 17 Jun 2013
Self-directed support: a voyage of discovery
Evidence explorers project report
At times of change and uncertainty, evidence becomes very important to build confidence about how to put policy into practice. Although some relevant evidence exists, as it becomes the mainstream mechanism fordelivering social care, self-directed support (SDS) will bring significant new challenges and evidence needs.
Published in
on 1 May 2013
Digital storytelling - the parents' story - Kenny Robertson, Mary Robertson
Autism: from diagnosis to development to independence and a career…
Liam Robertson is 20 years old and has autism. His parents talk about Liam's passion for the theatre and the support they received to help Liam develop independence and obtain an NVQ2 in customer service. They also talk about the difficulties encountered in obtaining a diagnosis and their aspirations for his future.
Published in
on 16 Apr 2012
Digital storytelling - personalisation - David Lettice
A social worker explains how video can help us 'see beyond the disability'
"People with disabilities have all sort of skills and abilities and that's what needs to be promoted. We need to get beyond seeing the disability, and I think video's a really good way of doing it."
David Lettice is a social worker with East Renfrewshire Council. He became involved with Liam, a 20 year old man with autism, when his case was transferred from the transitions team to the integrated learning disability team, where David works.
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on 16 Apr 2012
