Criminal and Community Justice

A strategy providing an insight into what the Care Inspectorate's improvement support offer will be over the next three years and how we will identify where improvements are required

Guidance about the performance of functions under Part 1 of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007

A national strategy for community justice providing a shared vision to help partners and communities work together effectively to improve community justice outcomes, while retaining the flexibility to adapt to local needs and circumstances

National report on notifications submitted between January 2018 and December 2021

A strategy providing an insight into what the Care Inspectorate's improvement support offer will be over the next three years and how we will identify where improvements are required

Guidance to help health workers identify signs of human trafficking and exploitation, and to know what action to take if they have concerns. Previous guidance has been updated to reflect changes introduced by the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 and publicat...

Guidance is intended to support local authorities to develop good practice to identify, refer and support victims of human trafficking and exploitation, and disrupt and deter criminal activities. Topics covered include spotting the signs of trafficking and exploitation, strategic...

A guide on How to use The Hub.

A plan for delivery of the national strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls

Guidance on Parameters and Minimum Standards for Conducting Environmental Risk Assessments (ERA). The purpose of the minimum practice standards is to ensure national consistency of the data and information which is considered when carrying out an ERA across all Responsible Author...

A framework providing an overarching approach developed from best practice to support care providers effectively manage adverse events

A delivery plan setting out the vision and priorities for achieving a 'just, safe and resilient Scotland' for the period 2017-2020. The plan builds on the outcomes and approach set out in the first Strategy for Justice in 2012

A literature review on effective interventions for Criminal Justice Social Work in relation to hate crime

A strategy with the ambition of eliminating human trafficking and exploitation through three action areas: identifying victims and supporting them to safety and recovery; identifying perpetrators and disrupting their activity; and addressing the conditions that foster trafficking...

Model policy guidance for employers on the recruitment of ex-offenders

Model policy guidance for employers on secure handling, use, storage, retention and destruction of disclosure information

A framework developed with partners to provide greater transparency over progress in achieving improved outcomes for community justice

A guide providing a range of quality indicators to support self-evaluation that leads to improvement in community justice

Guidance to support statutory community justice partners in understanding their roles arising from the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

A guide to self-evaluation that can be used by partners to help in their efforts to strive for continuous improvement and excellence in services. The guide was commissioned as part of work around the Outcomes, Performance and Improvement Framework