Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)

Perceptions of social work education and practice

Iriss.fm, Episode 204

Martin Kettle of Glasgow Caledonian University gives an overview of research on newly qualified social worker perceptions of social work education and practice.

Published in Iriss.fm on 26 Jun 2018

Building the future; shaping our social work identity

Iriss.fm, Episode 202

Viviene Cree introduces the Building the Future; Shaping our Social Work Identity conference, and is followed by a presentation by Jane Johnstone who provides some thought provoking asks of attendees.

Published in Iriss.fm on 22 Jun 2018

Leadership stories

The stories from the Iriss and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) leadership and supervision project have been published, alongside the detail on the process and approach used.

Published in News 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.

Published in ESSS Outlines 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.

Published in News 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.

Published in ESSS Outlines on 19 Dec 2017

PAssport to Independent Living

Iriss.fm, Episode 190

Interviews with Personal Assistants about their experiences of working in the role, and members of GCIL, WEA and SSSC.

Published in Iriss.fm on 13 Nov 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:

Published in News on 23 Oct 2017

National Social Services Search

Do you want to be able to find work-related information quickly and easily?

If so, you’ll be interested in our latest development. In partnership with Care Inspectorate and SSSC, we’re testing out a new national search service. It’s simply a search engine that enables you to search resources published by Iriss, SSSC and Care Inspectorate.

We hope it’ll make your life a little easier.

Test it out and let us know what you think.

Published in News on 29 Jun 2017

Shaping the future

Making a successful transition from student to social worker

What's it like for a student leaving university and making the transition into the world of work?

Iriss teamed up with Glasgow Caledonian University, SSSC, the Scottish Association of Social Workers and the Scottish Government to find out. About 120 final year students as well as newly qualified social workers gathered at GCU on 22 January 2015 to share information and experience with aim of helping to shape the future direction of social work.

Published in Videos on 15 Jan 2015