Justice social work guidance

Scottish Government guidance

• Justice social work - reports and court-based services: practice guidance
• Community Payback Order: practice guidance
• Structured deferred sentences: guidance
• Bail supervision: national guidance
• Social work services in the criminal justice system: national outcomes and standards
• Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTO): guidance for schemes
• Throughcare for long term prisoners and prisoners subject to supervised release orders: social work guidance
• Throughcare breach reports: circular advising of changes
• Cross border transfer of orders: Criminal Justice Act 2003

Other guidance

Community Justice Scotland have produced Diversion from Prosecution Guidance (June 2020) to be used by all agencies involved in diversion from prosecution as an alternative to prosecutorial action. 

Social Work Scotland produced ThroughcareAssessment for Release on Licence Guidance (2021).

The Risk Management Authority produced:

• a Framework for Risk Assessment, Management and Evaluation (FRAME) (2018)
• Standards and Guidelines for Risk Assessment Report Writing (2018)
• Standards and Guidelines for Risk Management (2016)

The Scottish Prison Service produced:

•  Risk Management, Progression and Temporary Release Guidance (2019)
•  Home Detention Curfews Guidance for Agencies (2019)

The Scottish Executive produced Home Leave Practice Guidance 2010  Circular (2010).

Gov.scot archive guidance

Some guidance that is still relevant is contained in the gov.scot archive.

This includes:

• National Objectives for Social Work Services in the Criminal Justice System: standards throughcare