”Leading for Outcomes in social services’ is a series of guides from IRISS (Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services) that provide support and training materials to help lead the social services workforce to focus on the outcomes important to people. The guides Leading for outcomes: a guide, Leading for outcomes: parental substance misuse, and Leading for outcomes: dementia, are freely available. More guides are in development in the series which will look at leading an outcomes-focused approach in particular topic areas. These include integrated care, children and young people, involuntary services users (focusing on mental health) and commissioning.