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Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration management statement and financial memorandum
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The management statement and its associated financial memorandum drawn up by the Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED) in consultation with colleagues in other areas of the Executive are presented. The Chair, Principal Reporter and senior management team of the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) were also consulted.
On the record: evaluating the visual recording of joint investigative interviews with children
- Authors:
- RICHARDS Patsy, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 148p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
An evaluation was of two pilots that visually recorded joint investigative interviews (JIIs) undertaken by police officers and social workers with children is presented. The pilots were police and social work joint initiatives, and their key aim was to replace contemporaneous ‘verbatim’ written note-taking as a record of the interview with a primarily visual record. Evaluation took place between June 2005 and April 2006, and covered the first 2 years of operation, from late 2003 to late 2005. A total of 509 interviews were visually recorded by the pilots in the 2 years following start up – 89% of the 571 JIIs undertaken by them with children during that period. The research made use of the findings reported in the NSG’s interim report, and arranged for further data collection from Dundee and Glasgow to update and supplement these. The research also involved interviews with 45 professionals, agency representatives and a child witness and her mother. Two panel discussions involving a further 11 legal professionals considered the quality of recordings, particularly their potential for use as evidence in legal proceedings. Information from the data, interviews and panels was used alongside analysis of legislation, policy documentation and previous research to evaluate the pilots. The research found that there is widespread support for visual recording as the key interview record. Main findings, conclusions, recommendations and issues are presented.
On the record: evaluating the visual recording of joint investigative interviews with children
- Authors:
- RICHARDS Patsy, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Two pilots were established in Dundee and Glasgow in 2003 to visually record joint investigative interviews with children. Such interviews are conducted across Scotland by police and social workers and are currently recorded using written notes. Visual recordings have the potential to produce a far superior record of an interview, and to reduce the number of times a child is interviewed. The main findings from an evaluation of the pilots are presented.
Practice guidance for court based social work staff and SER authors on orders for lifelong restriction, risk assessment orders and risk assessment reports
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive Justice Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Guidance is presented that explains the court social work task in respect of those offenders who are made subject to a risk assessment order under Section 210B of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. This guidance provides advice on the role and responsibilities for court based social work services in relation to these offenders specifically. The guidance also provides information for Social Enquiry Report (SER) authors in relation to the Order for Lifelong Restriction, and advice on the role and responsibilities for staff in relation to these offenders.
Information for bereaved families and friends following murder or culpable homicide
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Information is presented for people who have been bereaved by murder or culpable homicide, or are caring for someone who has. The pack provides information about what happens next, the procedures involved, and how long they might take and why. It includes information about how the police, Procurators Fiscal (prosecutors) and courts work, some of the arrangements that people may have to make, and the help and support available.
Being a witness: helping people with learning disabilities who go to court: a guide for carers
- Author:
- ENABLE Scotland
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This booklet is aimed at carers and covers how to help adults with learning disabilities who have been asked to be a witness in a criminal court case or at a children’s hearing court case. An adult witness is someone aged 16 or over. It contains information that informal carers, care workers and advocacy or other staff may find useful before, during and after the court case. The court process and the people present are explained, and what a carer can do in advance, on the day and afterwards is outlined.
Being a witness: I am a witness in court: a guide for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- ENABLE Scotland
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A booklet designed for people with learning difficulties about being a witness in court. The booklet describes what a witness is , the experience of going to court, and the roles of the different people in court. It also explains about the help available to someone with learning difficulties who is a witness and where to ask for help.
Children's hearings: time off work
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Document gives information about a panel member's right to time off work to carry out his/her duties. Since children’s hearings are statutory tribunals, employees have a statutory right to take reasonable time off work to sit on these hearings, as set out in section 50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. What is considered ‘reasonable’ includes the circumstances of the employer’s business and the effect of the employee’s absence on the running of that business.
Children's hearings: a brief background
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document provides a look at why the Children's Hearings system was introduced, it's current structure and how it works. The children’s panel is a group of people from the community who come from a wide range of backgrounds. Scotland’s children’s hearings system represents one of the radical changes initiated by the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, now incorporated in the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.
Children's hearings: panel member training
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document gives training information for those who have been selected for appointment as a panel member at child hearings. Members gain new skills before taking up service and will have an opportunity to develop these skills through experience of sitting on hearings and continuous in-service training. This leaflet gives a brief outline of the training and the time commitment involved.