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Settled in court: an inspection of social work services at Four Sheriff Courts
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This inspection focuses on the interviews which court social work staff undertook at court with offenders or accused persons who were sentenced to or remanded in custody. The aim was to assess the value of this service to prisoners and to prison establishments with particular reference to the contribution it made to the care and management of prisoners at risk of self harm. The inspection also looked at the service which social work staff at court gave to offenders sentenced to community disposals involving social work, with the aim of assessing how the court social work service responded to a disposal of this kind and facilitated the offender’s first contact with the appropriate fieldwork service.
Settled in court: an inspection of social work services at Four Sheriff Courts: a summary
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Summary report of an inspection focusing on the interviews which court social work staff undertook at court with offenders or accused persons who were sentenced to or remanded in custody. The aim was to assess the value of this service to prisoners and to prison establishments with particular reference to the contribution it made to the care and management of prisoners at risk of self harm. The inspection also looked at the service which social work staff at court gave to offenders sentenced to community disposals involving social work, with the aim of assessing how the court social work service responded to a disposal of this kind and facilitated the offender’s first contact with the appropriate fieldwork service.
Managing the risk: an inspection of the management of sex offender cases in the community
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Performance inspection: performance inspection of social work services: South Lanarkshire council 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This inspection of social work services in South Lanarkshire is the third of three pilot performance inspections. The Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) will undertake performance inspections of all Scotland’s local authority social work services. In 2005, it undertook three pilot inspections in Angus, Fife, and South Lanarkshire. SWIA will use the three pilot inspections to inform the roll out of full performance inspections across Scotland in 2006/08 - for example, using the findings to establish a standard of performance from which future evaluations can be made. This is the full report of the inspection's findings.
Performance inspection: performance inspection of social work services: South Lanarkshire council 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report summarises the findings of the Social Work Inspection Agency's inspection of South Lanarkshire's social work services
Performance inspection of social work services: Fife council 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
This is a summary of the full report on Fife council social work services.
Performance inspection of social work services: Fife council 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 90p.
The newly established Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) is undertaking performance inspections of all Scotland’s local authority social work services. Each inspection focuses on the approach to continuous improvement of the local authority. In 2005, SWIA undertook three pilot inspections, in Angus, Fife, and South Lanarkshire. It will use the three pilot inspections to inform the roll-out of full performance inspections across Scotland in 2006-08, for example by providing benchmarks for future evaluations. SWIA will monitor the implementation of the recommendations made in this report and will undertake a short follow-up inspection one year after the publication of the report.
Performance inspection of criminal justice social work services: report on the Lanarkshires Grouping Criminal Justice Social Work Services
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 54p.
This inspection of the work of the Lanarkshires grouping (North and South Lanarkshire Councils) is the seventh in the SWIA national programme of inspections of criminal justice social work services. The grouping brings together the fourth and fifth largest local authorities in Scotland to deliver criminal justice services.
Performance inspection of criminal justice social work services: report on Glasgow Council Criminal Justice Social Work Services: 2004
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 67p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Performance inspection of criminal justice social work services - report on Glasgow council criminal justice social work services 2004
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 74p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh