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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

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curiosity-before-competencecultural-humility-with-gypsytraveller-families-tickets-1991038970157?aff=social

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'The strengths and pressures of rural social work placements' 25 June 13 - 14:00

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-strengths-and-pressures-of-rural-social-work-placements-tickets-1990548598442?aff=social

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What should underpin all forms of practice, whatever the setting, is a Human Rights approach. This resource highlights the denial of identity, forced assimilation, racial harassment, daily discrimination, and a lack of understanding and respect for culture and differences, that are all reported as regular experiences of Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers.

Find the Insight here - https://lnkd.in/eMZ2Ux9P

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Davie Donaldson will be leading an online session on 23 June - 12:00 to 13:00, 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.

Book your place now at:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curiosity-before-competencecultural-humility-with-gypsytraveller-families-tickets-1991038970157?aff=social

🗄 Opening the Archive: Heatherbank Museum of Social Work

We are delighted to see this piece in The National, the result of a year-long labour of love by Neil Ballantyne of the Open Polytechnic in New Zealand and Glasgow Caledonian University archivist Heather Panayiotaki.

GBPT, social care charity IRISS and the Scottish Council for Archives have supported the project, which emerged from a series of webinars for Glasgow Doors Open Day in 2024 exploring the Home Children movement in Glasgow.

That collaboration led to a second project, examining the impact of the pioneering, but now largely forgotten, Heatherbank Museum of Social Work in Milngavie. Led by Neil Ballantyne, the team secured funding from the Open Polytechnic to open up the Heatherbank archive, now held at Glasgow Caledonian University.

📩 We would be delighted to hear from anyone who has recollections of the museum, whether as visitors, former volunteers, neighbours or family and friends. Please contact [email protected] with the subject line 'Remembering Heatherbank'.

Read the article here: https://www.thenational.scot/culture/26157134.scottish-home-became-worlds-museum-social-work/

Iriss Scottish Council on Archives Open Polytechnic Glasgow Caledonian University

Tickets are now available for 'The strengths and pressures of rural social work placements' an online session looking at the challenges and opportunities presented by rural social work placements from the perspective of students, providers and others.

The session will take place online, 25 June 13:00 to 14:00.

More info, including how to book your space at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-strengths-and-pressures-of-rural-social-work-placements-tickets-1990548598442?aff=social

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

Available at https://iriss.org.uk/project/ethical-commissioning-programme-ascec/

Our newly published blog 'Starting is a big step' looks at the first meeting of our Operations Peer Support Group - a space for all operations staff in third sector organisations to come together, share ideas and support one another.

Read the piece in full at: https://iriss.org.uk/blog/operations-peer-support-group-starting-is-a-big-step/