Michelle Drumm

Freshly Squeezed: Donald Macaskill

Michelle from Iriss interviews Dr Donald Macaskill, Chief Executive of Scottish Care.

Published on August 1, 2018 | 16 minutes | 3224 words | Iriss

Freshly Squeezed: Viv Cree

Michelle Drumm from Iriss 'squeezes' Viv Cree, Professor of Social Work Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Published on July 23, 2018 | 15 minutes | 3118 words | Iriss

Welfare advisers in health and social care services

Roddy Samson, Kate Burton and Karen Carrick. A roundtable discussion on the embedding of welfare advisers in health and social care services, as an effective response to the impact of welfare reform.

Published on July 10, 2018 | 25 minutes | 5256 words | Iriss

Freshly Squeezed: Tommy Whitelaw

Michelle from Iriss speaks to Tommy Whitelaw, who was a full-time carer for his late mother Joan who had vascular dementia.

Published on July 4, 2018 | 14 minutes | 2824 words | Iriss

Freshly Squeezed: Iona Colvin

Michelle Drumm spoke to Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser for Scotland.

Published on June 10, 2018 | 16 minutes | 3220 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

Restorative justice

A process of dialogue between two parties; in the context of criminal justice social work this will be a victim (or person harmed) and an offender (one who has caused harm).

Published on August 31, 2017 | 31 minutes | 6544 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

Hate crime: causes, motivations and effective interventions

Rania Hamad, City of Edinburgh Council spoke to us about her research on the topic.

Published on May 8, 2017 | 33 minutes | 6853 words | Iriss

Alzheimer Scotland: Annual Conference and Dementia Awards

Iriss.fm recently spoke to Kirsty Wilson from Alzheimer Scotland about two upcoming events in 2017: their annual conference and the national Dementia Awards.

Published on March 9, 2017 | 14 minutes | 2824 words | Iriss