We have two new reports from our Ethical Commissioning project available now!
Working across local authority teams and Involving Supported People in Commissioning – A guide for anyone involved in commissioning and procurement of social care services
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This resource platforms the voices of Gypsy/Traveller communities on notions of identity, and provides practical steps to strengthen social work practice.
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The Golden Bridge online resource is built upon an original exhibition from 2001, hosted by Heatherbank Museum of Social Work. Iriss digitised the exhibition with other archive material to tell the story of child migration from the Orphan Homes of Scotland to Canada, 1869–1939.
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Registration is open for two free webinars:
'Curiosity before competence:Cultural humility with Gypsy/Traveller families' 23 June 12 - 13:00
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'The strengths and pressures of rural social work placements' 25 June 13 - 14:00
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A snippet from our podcast from the archive - 'Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history: Davie Donaldson' for #GypsyRomaTravellerHistoryMonth
There are still spaces available for our webinar for #GypsyRomaTravellerHistoryMonth
23 June - 12:00 to 13:00 - join Davie Donaldson for 'Curiosity before competence:Cultural humility with Gypsy/Traveller families'
New webinar for #GypsyRomaTravellerHistoryMonth
Looking at the importance of staying curious, challenging assumptions and dealing with the people in front of you - not the preconceptions we are all susceptible to.
23 June - 12:00 to 13:00
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More resources for #GypsyRomaTravellerHistoryMonth - reflections on the 2024 Rural Social Work Scotland Forum and full video, which featured a moving presentation from Roseanna McPhee speaking on the ‘tinker housing experiments’ and her experiences as a Scottish Gypsy Traveller.
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In this article, Charlie Lynch speaks about the Heatherbank Museum of Social Work set up by Colin Harvey.
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Although the museum display was closed in 2004 we are currently supporting a project led by the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust and the Scottish Council on Archives to examine the collection and its legacy.
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The story of child migration from William Quarrier's Orphan Homes of Scotland to Canada from 1869-1939.content.iriss.org.uk
