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This is the final episode in a series of five on the subject of co-production and improvement methodology. Susan Hannah, Head of Improvement - Raising Attainment for All, speaks about the improvement work she has been involved in. She began her career in the health sector and now focuses on applying improvement methodology in educational settings. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Periods of transition can be particularly difficult and are proven situations where people are a higher risk of becoming homeless. In this episode, partners in the 'Homelessness: pathways and prevention' project discuss effective interventions for keeping people out of homelessness, as well as difficulties with funding and the future of homelessness services. Homelessness: pathways and prevention project Hillcrest City of Edinburgh Council Looked after children and young people Barnardo's CELCIS (Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children) Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

This is the first in the series of recordings on the topic of co-production and improvement methodology. Catriona Ness, Organisational Development Lead, Health and Social Care Integration and Coaching at NHS Tayside; and Jackie Doe, Project Manager for Perth and Kinross Healthy Communities Collaborative give their personal views on the two approaches and how they were combined in the Healthy Communities Collaborative programme. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

This is the second in a series of recordings on the topic of co-production and improvement methodology. Fiona Garven, Director of Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) gives her views on co-production and its compatibility with improvement methodology. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

This is the third in a series of recordings on the topic of co-production and improvement methodology. Lisa Curtice, Programme Director, People Powered Health and Wellbeing speaks about the programme and their experiences of co-production and improvement methodology as approaches. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Supporting people with learning disability into work. Michael McEwan of Able Radio in conversation with Emma Hill about the East Project in East Renfrewshire. The project is run by Enable Scotland to support people with disabilities into employment. Michael McEwan talks to Maura Lynch about Young Scotland's Got Talent, an employment campaign for young people with learning difficulties and individuals on the autistic spectrum, the puts premium on having fun. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Plan P: New approaches to prevention with older people, is an Iriss project which addresses the issue of social isolation and loneliness amongst older people. Each quarter the advisory group records a group discussion about a related aspect of prevention. This is the fifth discussion - 'Is technology an enabler or barrier in preventing social isolation and loneliness for older people'. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Michael McEwan of Able Radio in conversation with Emma Hill about the East Project in East Renfrewshire. The project is run by Enable Scotland to support people with disabilities into employment. Contact email emma.hill@enable.org.uk  telephone 07889 456523 Journeys back into work: a series of case studies on supported employment, made by Iriss in partnership with SUSE (Scottish Union of Supported Employment) Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Iriss.fm visited the Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living which hosts Go4IT. Go4IT is a digital inclusion service for adults with disabilities who are supported by Quarriers. We spoke to Diane Webb, Digital Inclusion Lead at Quarriers about how the Go4IT programme began and the type of courses it provides. Diane received a TalkTalk Digital Hero Award in 2014 for her work with Go4IT. We also spoke to Ross McNicol and Dee Piggot, Digital Inclusion Facilitators with Go4IT, and Pamela Hewison, a participant in the Go4IT programme. Go4IT Digital Inclusion Service Apply to be a volunteer with Quarriers Contact telephone: 01505 616040 Email: go4IT@quarriers.org.uk Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Theraplay is a child and family therapy aimed at enhancing and building attachment, self-esteem, trust in others, and joyful engagement. Edwina Grant opened the Scottish Attachment in Action Conference in December 2014 by explaining the importance of play - the building block of human development - and the relationship between Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Theraplay. Sheila Lavery - a facilitator who teaches the principles of TheraPlay - explains how Theraplay can be used by foster and adoptive parents, inviting the audience to try out some the techniques. Roberta Manners of the Theraplay Institute concludes by explaining the structure and dimensions of TheraPlay: engagement, attainment, nurture and structure. She also demonstrates an activity 'caring for hurts'. PACE: Playful, Accepting, Curious, and Empathic Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Theraplay Institute Poem: The Belly Laugh IN It was that one moment, by Dan Hughes Becky A Bailey. I love you rituals, Harper Collins Colwyn Trevarthen Rela

Fit for the Future is a project dedicated to inspiring better outcomes for older people in Scotland by working with providers from the independent sector. This is a round-table reflection on the work in Argyll and Bute. The project brought together providers, commissioners and key strategic leads in local authority and the NHS to understand the current commissioning and delivery of care at home. It resulted in some new and innovative approaches to commissioning. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

In this episode, Michelle Drumm from Iriss has a conversation with Gill Phillips (the creator of Whose Shoes?®) and Ken Howard (a media ambassador for people with dementia) who were up in Scotland from 20-24 October to attend the European Alzheimer's Conference, and to also run Whose Shoes?® events in Dundee and Glasgow. Iriss.fm also attended a Whose Shoes?® workshop in Glasgow hosted by Dementia Scotland Consultancy and Training and spoke to a number of participants. Whose Shoes?® (Nutshell Communications Ltd) Whose Shoes?® blog In the shoes of-.Ken Howard, living with younger onset dementia. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

The Iriss AGM on 30 October featured guest speaker Angela Morgan, Chief Executive at Includem. Includem provides intensive support services for Scotland's most vulnerable young people. Her presentation was on the question: What does it mean to be a radical? She start from the premise that 'we like young people' and goes on to talk about building trust and respect. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

UCanDoIT teaches people with disabilities how to use computers and the world wide web, including online shopping, banking and social media. Instruction takes place in the learner's own home, on his or her own computer. UCanDoIt boasts a very high success rate. Michael McEwan finds out more from Joyce Jordan. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

On 13 November, Iriss.fm attended Discover Care Opinion event to launch, as well as discuss and explore Care Opinion, the sister site to Patient Opinion in Scotland. Care Opinion is an independent site where anyone can share their stories of adult social care or the NHS. We spoke to James Munro, Chief Executive of Patient Opinion; Irene Oldfather, Director at Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE); Gina Alexander, Director of Patient Opinion in Scotland; Grant Douglas, Equality Consultant; and Richard Lyall, Care for Older People's Unit at Scottish Government. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

This episode features a recording of a Sutherland Trust lecture: 'Reforming narratives: is there life after punishment?' presented by Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work and Head of Sociology at the University of Glasgow. In recent years, criminologists have become increasingly interested in the processes by which people stop and refrain from offending. One important strand of 'desistance' research concerns the sorts of narrative transformations that people experience in becoming 'ex-offenders'. There is clear evidence that especially for those who have been involved in persistent offending (and who have been persistently punished) positive change involves a 're-storying' of the self. The lecture explores the creative process of re-storying, using songs written about, by and with prisoners as resources and illustrations. It also examines the challenges faced when these new stories are unheard or disbelieved. The lecture was held on 29 October 2014 and features songs created by Vox Liminis

On 10 October 2014, Iriss.fm attended 'Achieving permanence for disabled children' event, which was held at the Teacher Building in Glasgow. The event was held to discuss a new piece of research - Achieving permanence for disabled children and young people in foster care and adoption. The research was produced by Vicki Welch (Senior Research Fellow at CELCIS); Kirsten Stalker (Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Strathclyde); and Chris Jones (Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh NSPCC Child Protection Research Centre). We hear from Liz Brabender (CELCIS), Tam Baillie, Commissioner for Children and Young People and Chris Jones. Permanence for disabled children and young people through foster care and adoption: A selective review of international literature CELCIS (Centre for Excellence for Looked-After Children in Scotland) Child Protection Research Centre, University of Edinburgh. Children and Young People's Commissioner Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke Fo

Plan P: New approaches to prevention with older people, is an Iriss project which addresses the issue of social isolation and loneliness amongst older people. Each quarter the advisory group records a group discussion about a related aspect of prevention. This is the fourth discussion - How can we effectively engage with harder to reach older people? Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free

Iriss became aware of ASSET (Age Specialist Services Emergency Team) through Michelle Millar at Health Improvement Scotland, who highlighted the great work that was going on in North Lanarkshire. ASSET, which was set up in February 2012, is based in Coathill Hospital in Coatbridge. The team is running a Hospital at Home service for people aged over 65 (sometimes they take younger patients too). Hospital at Home is for people who require secondary care but who are cared for at their own home or the place in which they normally live, rather than having to be admitted to a hospital ward. In this service the 'ward' is taken to the person's home and they are discharged from their home and not from hospital. Iriss was particularly interested in this approach as the team are very person-centred and has worked hard to change perspectives and challenge behaviours. This approach has strong resonance with Iriss's Hospital to Home project and there is a lot of learning that can be taken from the ASSET team and the way in

Until his mid 20s Chris White was doing OK: working, married and a decent social life. He began to feel worried and anxious and quickly began to feel he couldn't cope. Between 1995 and 1999 Chris attended a day centre. In the second in our My Life My Way series Michael McEwan of Able Radio talks to Chris about why he decided to stop attending. Chris White took part in the discussion Challenge Poverty Week: Effects of welfare reform on practice and practitioners Journey's back to Work: Elizabeth Marr's story of recovering from severe depression Relationships matter is an Iriss project exploring the importance of relationships in building a healthy life. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke For Free