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SDS brokerage in rural Scotland [PDF]
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This outline explores the challenges facing local authorities when seeking to implement brokerage models of self directed support in rural Scottish communities.
Is music the best medicine? Using prescribed music to enhance quality of life for people with dementia and their carer [PDF]
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The purpose of this practitioner research was to test if (preferred) music was prescribed daily to a person with dementia using an MP3 player and headphones could this impact positively on their...
Perspectives on personal outcomes of early stage support for people with dementia and their carers [PDF]
This research project seeks to identify the personal outcomes of early stage support provided by Alzheimer Scotland's Dundee Service by conducting semi-structured interviews with individuals living...
Money matters : reviews of cost-effective initiatives [PDF]
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www.iriss.org.ukMoney Matters reviews of cost effective initiativesipc.brookes.ac.ukInstitute of Public Care 1. Shared Lives compared with traditional
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Achieving effective supervision [PDF]
This review seeks to explore the relevant literature around effective supervision in social work and social care.
Peer support roles in mental health services [PDF]
Remove: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services source - 13 May 2016 - Publisher: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS)
Peer support suggests that people with lived experience of mental health issues are seen as part of the solution with a role to play in supporting both their own recovery and the recovery of other...
Place-based working [PDF]
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This briefing explores how a place-based approach enables effective work with people and communities to improve their health and wellbeing. The briefing examines the benefits of working together to...
Parental substance misuse and social worker intervention [PDF]
Remove: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services source - 17 November 2017 - Publisher: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS)
This outline explores the impact of parental substance misuse on children and identifies evidence around effective methods of intervention for social workers.
Child​ ​sexual​ ​abuse images​ ​online​ ​and risk​ ​of​ ​contact child​ ​sexual​ ​abuse [PDF]
Remove: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services source - 06 December 2017 - Publisher: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS)
This outline explores the relationship between adults who access child sexual abuse images online and those who commit contact offences. It identifies examples of good practice for social workers...
Social work student placements and employability [PDF]
This outline explores the evidence around social work placements and the differences and similarities between statutory and voluntary placements.