Health and social care support
Thousands come forward to help in COVID-19 emergency.
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on 28 Apr 2020
Coronavirus information for social services
SSSC information for social service workers and employers.
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on 16 Mar 2020
Everyday leadership from the frontline
Four stories that beautifully illustrate what leadership looks like from ground level - and the difference it can make to people's lives.
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on 11 Sep 2019
Leading improvement learning?
Attend a free event on 28 August where the SSSC, Iriss and the Care Inspectorate will explore how to support people’s learning to promote improvement activity within services.
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on 13 Aug 2019
Shaping our Future conference 2019
The Shaping our Future: Relationships Matter conference was held on 31 May 2019. Kerry Musselbrook, Project Manger at Iriss, provides an overview of the day.
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on 20 Jul 2019
Leadership stories
Stories from the Iriss and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) leadership and supervision project.
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on 1 Jun 2018
Service user interviewers in quality assurance
ESSS Outline
Explores the involvement of service users in quality assurance and service evaluation processes and identifies potential benefits and approaches to service user participation.
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on 2 May 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.
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on 5 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 distributed approaches.
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on 19 Dec 2017
Updated social media guidance
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has recently updated its social media guidance for the workforce. It's great to see and is welcomed by Iriss given that we've been promoting the use of social media for learning and development purposes.
In a recent Third Force news article, Anna Fowlie, Chief Executive at SSSC speaks of the benefits:
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on 23 Oct 2017
