Transcripts of Iriss.fm

Transcript: Safeguarding children of adults in receipt of palliative care

Dr Carole Comben, University of Stirling speaks about a study that was conducted on the role of the palliative care social worker in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children of adults who are receiving palliative care.

Category: Child protection

Published on March 17, 2012 | 15 minutes | 3012 words | Iriss

Transcript: Aberlour Glasgow Bridges service

The aim of the service was to develop and deliver interventions with children and parents to improve children's educational, health and well-being outcomes.

Category: Substance misuse

Published on March 6, 2012 | 8 minutes | 1608 words | Iriss

Transcript: Care and permanence planning for looked after children in Scotland

Recent research into the care and permanence planning for looked after children in Scotland.

Category: Young people

Published on February 16, 2012 | 8 minutes | 1544 words | Iriss

Transcript: Food and food practices in residential care

Food and eating can be used in powerfully symbolic ways to communicate and express and manage a whole range of feelings, behaviours and relationships.

Category: Young people

Published on February 14, 2012 | 10 minutes | 2075 words | Iriss

Transcript: Permanence panel: part one

This mock Adoption and Permanence Panel considers the case of nine month old Douglas who is being considered for adoption. All characters are fictional although the facts of the case are drawn from real cases.

Category: Child protection

Published on February 11, 2012 | 25 minutes | 5173 words | Iriss

Transcript: Permanence panel: part two

The panel considers the view of the mother and her extended family on the future care of Douglas. His current foster parent is invited to join the meeting and we hear assessment from the medical and legal advisers, to the panel.

Category: Child protection

Published on February 11, 2012 | 23 minutes | 4741 words | Iriss

Transcript: Growing up in Scotland (GUS)

Study, which captures a picture of what life is like for children in Scotland, and the different pathways that children take as they grow up.

Category: Young people

Published on February 6, 2012 | 10 minutes | 2012 words | Iriss

Transcript: Revealing lives: children and young people's experiences of parental alcohol problems

Dr Louise Hill describes her qualitative research study on children young people affected by parental alcohol problems.

Category: Substance misuse

Published on February 3, 2012 | 12 minutes | 2554 words | Iriss

Transcript: Lessons from a scoping study on disabled children and child protection

Professor Kirsten Stalker undertook an eight month scoping study, involving an international literature review, interviews with ten key informants from England and Scotland, guided conversations with four disabled children and some policy analysis.

Category: Disability

Published on February 1, 2012 | 6 minutes | 1234 words | Iriss

Transcript: Understanding child trafficking and the challenges for practice

Recent work undertaken in Glasgow focused on the issue of child trafficking. Drawing on three reports, he highlights learning about the incidence in child trafficking among the population of 500 unaccompanied children referred to Glasgow social work.

Category: Child protection

Published on January 15, 2012 | 12 minutes | 2350 words | Iriss