Social work (general)

Social pedagogy in practice

Social Pedagogy Professional Association's conference Growing up, growing old and staying well in Edinburgh on 28 September 2018.

Published on October 14, 2018 | 22 minutes | 4511 words | Iriss

Talking Social Work: Claire Ferrier

Talking Social Work was an event held on 13 September 2018 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 – to celebrate, reflect on the journey so far and look to the future.

Published on September 13, 2018 | 11 minutes | 2149 words | Iriss

Talking Social Work: Colin Turbett

An event held on 13 September 2018 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 – to celebrate, reflect on the journey so far and look to the future.

Published on September 13, 2018 | 13 minutes | 2692 words | Iriss

Talking Social Work: Jane Martin

An event held on 13 September 2018 to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 – to celebrate, reflect on the journey so far and look to the future.

Published on September 13, 2018 | 16 minutes | 3316 words | Iriss

Building the future; shaping our social work identity

Viviene Cree introduces the conference, and is followed by a presentation by Jane Johnstone who provides some thought provoking asks of attendees.

Published on May 30, 2018 | 17 minutes | 3575 words | Iriss

Leadership and professional identity

Susan Taylor, past President of Social Work Scotland, provides the keynote on leadership and professional identity, focusing particularly on the post-qualifying period.

Published on May 30, 2018 | 18 minutes | 3756 words | Iriss

Perceptions of social work education and practice

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

Published on May 30, 2018 | 17 minutes | 3575 words | Iriss

The grand challenge(s) for social work

At the Social Work Scotland AGM 2018, John Devaney, Centenary Chair of Social Work, spoke about social work in Scotland today.

Published on May 17, 2018 | 30 minutes | 6324 words | Iriss

PAssport to Independent Living

The project was supported by Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL), the Workers Education Association (WEA) and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

Published on October 31, 2017 | 39 minutes | 8188 words | Iriss

Active and Independent Living Improvement Programme (AILIP)

Sarah Mitchell Programme Director for the Active and Independent Living Improvement Programme and Susan Kelso AHP Lead for Early Intervention (Scottish Government) spoke to Iriss.fm about the programme and the LifeCurve Survey.

Published on May 17, 2017 | 25 minutes | 5122 words | Iriss