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Check back tomorrow for some exciting new!

Space still available for our next webinar - 'Creative (re)presentation'

A session exploring story telling through a participatory and voice-led approach and the making of the film Healing Pitch.

info at - buff.ly/1GhuRqU

To celebrate World Social Work Day, we're proud to be sharing a poem from one of our members, Maggie Allen. ✨

'And Breathe' is a reflection on the power of social work - and the need for those practising it to look after themselves.

Read here 🔗 basw.co.uk/about-social...

We're looking for a new Development Lead to join the team!

More info and how to apply at - buff.ly/6WrPjtH

@irissorg.bsky.social is recruiting a Development Lead to design and deliver high quality and effective projects that have relevance to the social work and social care sector tinyurl.com/2pxhe6bx £39,768 Glasgow #charityjob

Development Lead The Development Leads in Iriss design and deliver high quality and effective projects that have relevance to the social work and social care sector. Directed either by sector or policy priorities,…

We are looking for a new Development Lead to join the team!

This is a great opportunity for someone interested in delivering innovation in social work and social care.

When the Social Worker Has the Diagnosis: Why Lived Experience Isn’t a Liability
BASW Student Ambassador, Shannon McClenaghan reflects on the relationship between lived experience and practice.
Read the blog: buff.ly/37i9Rig?

Adult support and protection learning and development: national framework The first national multi-agency Framework for Adult Support and Protection Learning and Development has been produced to support the delivery of Adult Support and Protection learning across applicable...

The first Adult Support and Protection Learning and Development Framework has been published by the Scottish Government.

Getting ideas off the ground: what supports change? Big ideas are everywhere but making them work is the hardest part. This session is designed to help you move from intention to impact.

Struggling to move from wanting to doing? Come along to this iriss skills sessions to learn how to implement the change you want to see.

Getting ideas off the ground: what supports change? Big ideas are everywhere but making them work is the hardest part. This session is designed to help you move from intention to impact.

If you would like to set yourself up for success, and learn about the common problems people face when implementing big solutions to sticky problems in #SocialWork and #Care - sign up for our next webinar!

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Getting ideas off the ground: what supports change? Big ideas are everywhere but making them work is the hardest part. This session is designed to help you move from intention to impact.

No matter what sort of systemic problems you're tackling - the types of roadblocks you hit while implementing solutions are generally very similar.

We have a webinar all about tackling these road blocks - sign up today

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Getting ideas off the ground: what supports change? Big ideas are everywhere but making them work is the hardest part. This session is designed to help you move from intention to impact.

No matter what sort of systemic problems you're tackling - the types of roadblocks you hit while implementing solutions are generally very similar.

We have a webinar all about tackling these road blocks - sign up today

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-id...

Operations Peer Group - a space to grow I didn’t start out in operations, I’m not sure many do. I was an Engineering Project Manager for 10 years before I changed careers and became Head of Resources at Iriss to use my love of organisation…

We are setting up a peer support network for operations professionals in third sector organisations.

This will be a network for sharing best practice, looking for advice and building connections.

Sign up today

ASPire Hub Browse or search ASPire resources

Our ASPire hub has a new pinned resource, and it's one of the very, very, very popular seven minute briefings, this one covers the first national multi-agency Framework for Adult Support and Protection Learning and Development.

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When all the bees get together For me, the first part of learning week is putting my out-of-office response on. Iriss is closed for our annual learning week, it says. We are valuing our learning and connections as a team, it…

As we return from our annual 'Learning Week' - where we come together as a team, reconnect, reflect and review our work and progress.

Our own Jeanette Sutton recounts the experience, and provides great insight into why this is such a valuable process for the team.

Kay Leary - Social Worker I was part of a piece of work with Iriss focused on self-evaluation through the lens of how adults experience the “front door” of social work in the Scottish Borders. At the time, I was the Service…

We are lucky enough to have a wonderful new guest blog - it's an illuminating exploration of how to improve the way people experience social work. If you are interested in how to make real world improvements, this is a fantastic read; and we're very thankful for the contribution.

Supporting People who Hoard: Spotlight on Fife 2 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) have just started a pilot in Fife – visiting and supporting a small number of people with hoarded homes to provide hands-on support in de-cluttering and making ...

Looking at what work and sharing best practice, we have been talking to people in Fife about their work with people who hoard.

We've just published a piece looking at how they've incorporated fire safety and social work, showing what collaboration can do!

www.iriss.org.uk/blog/project...

Supporting People who Hoard: Spotlight on Fife 2 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) have just started a pilot in Fife – visiting and supporting a small number of people with hoarded homes to provide hands-on support in de-cluttering and making ...

Looking at what work and sharing best practice, we have been talking to people in Fife about their work with people who hoard.

We've just published a piece looking at how they've incorporated fire safety and social work, showing what collaboration can do!

www.iriss.org.uk/blog/project...

We have some more dates for our Skills Sessions getting announced shortly, these normally get announced first through our newsletter and always sellout. So if you're interested sign up now! www.iriss.org.uk/newsletter

Hoarding Disorder: Towards a unified approach beyond disciplines This Insight explores how transdisciplinary collaboration across health, social work, social care, housing, environmental health, emergency services, third sector support and other related professiona...

New Insight is live!

www.iriss.org.uk/resources/in...

Generative AI, critical thinking and social work practice This Insight provides some introductory information on AI and its use in social work contexts, and explores the limited literature in this area while presenting research on the impact of AI on critica...

Our Insight 'Generative AI, critical thinking and social work practice' is now live.

www.iriss.org.uk/resources/in...

Generative AI, critical thinking and social work practice This Insight provides some introductory information on AI and its use in social work contexts, and explores the limited literature in this area while presenting research on the impact of AI on critica...

Our Insight 'Generative AI, critical thinking and social work practice' is now live.

www.iriss.org.uk/resources/in...

A graphic to promote a series of free webinars from CELCIS which aims to explain some aspects of AI (Artificial Intelligence) that may impact people who work in social care, and also to discuss some of the themes around AI. The series starts on 15 January 2026 with a webinar exploring what AI could mean for children's social care.

Sign up now!
It's less than a week to the start of our new webinar series, where we'll be posing some of the fundamental questions about the potential opportunities and challenges of how AI could be and is being used in children's social care and how AI is impacting young lives: buff.ly/8axgZJE

Supporting People who Hoard: Spotlight on Fife This is our first story of innovation addressing some of the challenges around supporting people who hoard. We hope that these inspire you, and that by going under the hood,you can see what key steps ...

We have for you a detailed look at the evolution of some work helping people who hoard in Fife.

First in a three part series examining some great results. A real success story with tons to learn from!

www.iriss.org.uk/blog/project...

The Iriss Skills Sessions We have just wrapped up our final Skills Session for the year, and it’s been a really excellent process for us internally at Iriss. The interest and feedback has been beyond what we expected, given th...

If you would like to know more about our excellent sold-out Skills Sessions series of webinars before the next lot of dates are announced, then read this blog post!

There's a very exciting project starting looking at how to promote inclusion of people with lived experience of social work, in social work education in Scotland.

If you have personal experience of social work please fill out this quick survey to get this project off on the right foot!

Our last newsletter for the year (probably), is going to get sent this week.

You don't want to miss it, sign up now at www.iriss.org.uk/newsletter

We have a new blog looking at our recent webinar series focused on practical skills improvements for people in social work and social care.

Read it here: www.iriss.org.uk/blog/project...

Third sector folks!

There are 2 sessions exploring Local Learning Partnerships in social work!

One on 27 November, and one on 2 December.