Community Justice East Dunbartonshire 2021-22 Annual Outcome Activity Return

From a local policing perspective, the pandemic resulted in closures and a reduction in a number of services and service provision, which resulted in police undertaking additional roles from other services who would generally have taken the lead role. It is recognised however, that this was as a result of the ongoing changes to Covid restrictions and legislation.

Continued significant disruption to carrying out unpaid work, whilst contact was prioritised throughout for high risk and vulnerable individuals, social distancing measures affected the service’s ability to progress rehabilitation.

Continued to see an increase in the complexity of domestic abuse with lock down restrictions preventing women from seeking support especially where perpetrators remained in the family home.

The backlog of court cases and impact on victims, witnesses, defendants and capacity of justice services to respond.

The ability to offer real work/ volunteering experience opportunities and to meet and build working relationships with people.

The pandemic has encouraged the use of enhanced technology equipment in order to facilitate online meetings with partners, and community meetings.

An online reporting mechanism was developed for people to report breaches of Covid 19 outbreaks.

Police still had the ability to respond to persons in need of assistance.

Police have seen a high level of satisfaction from people who came into contact with officers during this time.

Following the Covid 19 pandemic it was identified that monitoring and supporting the physical health care for patients within the Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service (ADRS) and providing enhanced blood screening services was an important priority. Additional Blood Screening Services are now being offered by ADRS. A dedicated service is being provided by the team to enhance and develop the physical health service provided to people in ADRS offering blood screening, ECGs and practical assistance; enhancing the health support provided to people within ADRS.

Expanding medical cover supports and the implementation of the 10 Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards has similarly been a significant priority for ADRS to enable individuals to access medication assisted treatment 5-days per week. To deliver on MAT standards ADRS have been joined by a further Pharmacist Independent Prescriber (PIP) in post two days a week (Wednesdays and Fridays) extending the team’s medical cover from three to five days a week. This will enable further development of same day prescribing and restarts with the aim of increasing timely access to Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST).

With regard to the following indicators:

• Activities carried out to engage with ‘communities’ as well as other relevant constituencies
• Consultation with communities as part of community justice planning and service provision
• Participation in community justice, such as co-production and joint delivery
• Level of community awareness of / satisfaction with work undertaken as part of a CPO
• Evidence from questions to be used in local surveys / citizens’ panels and so on
• Perceptions of the local crime data

However, the Community Justice East Dunbartonshire(CJED) Delivery Plan 2021-22, as agreed and submitted, stated that the local priority action area under National Outcome One was to:

• Ensure the voices of service users and people with lived experience are heard and used to shape and improve services

The agreed activities were to:

• Ensure people with lived experience/ expertise are represented on strategic and sub groups.
   
• Include service user feedback in all outcome measurement of services across partnership
   
• Re-establish the service user group within Justice Social Work settings.

• There is representation of people with lived experience and expertise on a number of strategic and working groups in EDC.
  
  
   
• This is an integral part of the service development work that partners are carrying out. For example information is collated in Justice Services for people exiting a CPO whether Supervision or Unpaid Work and used to develop the service.
   
• The foundation work is ongoing to identify volunteers for the group. However, Covid restrictions inhibited progress. The SW Assistant and Senior Practitioner within Justice Services are leading on this piece of work, to build on the foundation of the ‘Inclusive Justice’ Co Producing Change project which was established pre pandemic.

The Statutory Justice Unpaid Work Service receive numerous communications from recipients of work to express their gratitude to the squads. These are collated in an evidence bank. The following example was from a Housing Officer who is responsible for Sheltered Housing Complexes in the area.

‘Firstly I would just like to thank you and your team for the work you have done at Stockiemuir and Burnbank sheltered complexes. Tenants, staff and myself are delighted, and without your team, the areas would have remained untouched. Some tenants have already contacted the wardens and myself to pass on their thanks to you.
Is there any chance that we could meet at Jedworth Court/ The Loaning to have similar work carried out? Canniesburn Court also requires the same. I hope you don't mind me asking for your assistance again.’

This builds confidence and pride within the UPW squad members carrying out the work and gives them a feeling of contributing to the maintenance of the communities. It also increases awareness and satisfaction of the work undertaken as part of a CPO.

Where applicable have regard to the following indicators.

• Services are planned for and delivered in a strategic and collaborative way
• Partners have leveraged resources for community justice
• Development of community justice workforce to work effectively across organisational/professional /geographical boundaries

Partners illustrate effective engagement and collaborative partnership working with the authorities responsible for the delivery of MAPPA

In the CJED Delivery Plan 2021-22, as agreed and submitted, the partnership agreed to work towards the following actions and activities:

• Encourage, support and develop multi-agency approaches, which improve effectiveness.
   
  • Develop a Community Justice Strategic Needs and Strengths Assessment(SNSA)

• Work is ongoing to develop and finalise the SNSA, through consultation and input from partners within the CJP. Extension to the timeframe for the review of the National Strategy for Community Justice and Outcome Performance Improvement Framework (OPIF) has extended the timescale for completion of this activity and will be carried forward for completion in 2022-23.

Continue cross representation on Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP); Community Safety Partnership (CSP); Local Employability Group (LEP), and all associated sub groups.

• Increase awareness of the vulnerability and needs of children and families affected by parental imprisonment.
  • Encourage the reintroduction of children's visits, given lockdown has been particularly difficult for children of people in prison.
    
    
    
     
• Continue to engage with Children and Families SW through the Early Intervention and Prevention Group and the Reintegration Group

Once complete, the SNSA of community justice will provide a robust evidence base that will help Community Justice Partners to understand the future need and demand on their services, including recovery from the pandemic. This evidence base will then be used to inform the development of the next Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan.
 

• There is representation on all strategic and working groups from CJED members. This includes chairing both the ADP and CSP. The coordinator represents community justice on various groups within East Dunbartonshire Council (EDC) and across Greater Glasgow & Clyde(GG&C). There is cross representation across all strategic and working groups within EDC.
   
• HMP Low Moss were running two children's visit sessions per week, Wednesday and Friday at 4pm where the families can have some food together and Dads can play with their children.
   
• The prison and visitor centre staff did organise events for occasions, e.g. Halloween and Christmas, and Early Years Scotland are running their Father's programme in the prisons again.
   
• Children and Families SW representatives attend both sub groups of the partnership. Issues of child protection, non-contact orders etc. are identified for people due to be released from prison through the Reintegration group.

• Address Gender Based Violence and Sexual Offences
  • Deliver Up2U Creating Healthy Relationships perpetrator groupwork sessions
  • Ensure victims of gender based violence/ abuse and sexual offences are supported appropriately

• Increase awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and potential impacts and the importance of resilience with all partners.
  • Continue to progress the work of the East Dunbartonshire ACEs and Trauma Collaborative to ensure that there is collaboration between agencies to promote a clearer understanding of the ACEs/ trauma informed approach and the potential impact.
    
    
    
     
• Introduce robust outcome measurement tools
  • Continue to train new Justice SW staff in the use and utilisation of Justice Outcome Star with clients.

• Up2U groupwork sessions were delivered during the reporting year with 25 participants.
   
• The ‘Safe and Together’ practice model has been introduced in EDC. A multi-agency steering group including representation from East Dunbartonshire Woman’s Aid (EDWA) and Justice Services has been created to oversee the introduction of the model.
• EDWA attend the Reintegration group to address potential Domestic Abuse issues.
  
   
• The East Dunbartonshire ACEs and Trauma Collaborative (EDATC) has continued to meet and progress the Trauma Informed Practice Agenda in East Dunbartonshire. Areas of Work are ongoing to:
  • Employ a Trauma Informed Practice Coordinator.
  • Develop a training implementation plan.
  • Develop a communications strategy
  • Improving the physical environment for staff an service users.
  • Ensure representation of experts by experience
     
• The majority of JSW staff are trained in the use of Justice Outcome Star. New staff members are trained if and when required. Reports can be run to demonstrate distance travelled by clients. (see Outcome 5 ) Training has been arranged for new staff members in April 2022 outwith this reporting period

• Improve the reintegration of those individuals who have served a custodial or community based sentence
  • Continue and develop the work of the Reintegration Working Group.

In addition to the work carried out towards the above actions and activities the partnership has engaged at a National level with a number of consultations and initiatives:

• National Strategy for Community Justice Review process including responding to consultations and attending focus groups.
• Outcome Performance and Improvement Framework review process.
• Bail and Release from Custody Consultation response, this was achieved by dedicating a partnership meeting solely to discuss and collect partners views to develop a response.
• National Care Service consultation response.
• Restorative Justice.

• The Reintegration group continues to meet regularly. There have been 35 residents with a release date between April 2021 and March 2022 case managed by the group. (See Outcome 3 below)
   
• Responding to the numerous consultations during the reporting year has given CJED a voice and an influence

• Community Justice and Justice Social Work Services in collaboration with Child Protection and Educational Psychology drive the East Dunbartonshire ACEs and Trauma Collaborative (EDATC). This multi-agency group has met virtually on a regular basis and has continued to take forward the long-term strategic vision to implement the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) psychological framework to create an ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience) aware and Trauma informed community within East Dunbartonshire. EDACT, therefore follows the proposed framework and has set up 2 sub-groups to cover the key areas promoting transformation.
  • Environment;
  • People and Training;​​​​​

During this reporting period the collaborative started the process to employ a TIP Coordinator using the funding from the Mental Health Recovery and Renewal Fund.
 

• The Community Justice Coordinator represents the partnership on the Trafficking and Exploitation Working group of the Child Protection Committee, and works closely with the Child Protection Lead Officer to ensure referrals are made appropriately.
   
• There is CJED representation via the coordinator on the Greater Glasgow and Clyde Community Justice Health Improvement Group chaired by Glasgow City HSCP Head of Health Improvement and Equalities. This group has continued to meet throughout the second year of the pandemic and prioritise responses

• Having a dedicated Coordinator will help progress and provide project management/co-ordination/strategic and/or operational implementation support, alongside Trauma Champions, to progress the National Trauma Training Framework.
   
• This ensures a collaborative approach to dealing with issues and service delivery within East Dunbartonshire and gives a Justice system input towards Trafficking and Exploitation.
  
   
• This meeting provides a focussed and collaborative approach across NHS GG&C on Community Justice and Public Health related matters and initiatives in local areas.

• The chair of the ADP is a member of CJED. There is also representation from CJED partners on the ADP and its sub groups.
   
• CJED continues to be represented on the East Dunbartonshire Local Employability Partnership (LEP) enabling improvements in employability training and volunteering prospects for people in contact with the Justice system.
   
• As described in Section 3 above, CJED is in a tri partnership agreement under Local Outcome 4 of the Local Outcome Improvement Plan (LOIP), working in collaboration with the Community Safety Partnership and the Empowered (violence against women and girls) partnership. The leads/coordinators for these three partnerships meet on a regular basis to report on progress towards LO4. The leads/coordinators also attend each of the partnerships to ensure a consistent approach and maintain good collaborative working and communication.

• This allows substance related issues to be addressed across all services. Moreover, provides the opportunity for collaborative work.
   
• Collaborative working allows knowledge sharing and identifying access to employment/ volunteering and training opportunities. It also ensures that people in contact with the Justice system are included in all initiatives. e.g. the No One Left Behind Funded ‘Make it work’ project, delivered by the Lennox Partnership.
   
• The cross representation on partnerships ensures all aspects of a person’s life are addressed where necessary.

Where applicable have regard to the following indicators.

• Partners have identified and are overcoming structural barriers for people accessing services
• Existence of joint-working arrangements such as processes / protocols to ensure access to services to address underlying needs
• Initiatives to facilitate access to services
• Speed of access to mental health services
• % of people released from a custodial sentence:

a) registered with a GP
b) have suitable accommodation
c) have had a benefits eligibility check

• Targeted interventions have been tailored for and with an individual and had a successful impact on their risk of further offending

• Mental Health Services
  • Continue to contribute to Suicide Prevention Sub Group of ADP

• CJED members including the Co-ordinator attend and contribute to the Suicide Prevention sub group of the ADP. Progressing work towards actions in the Action Plan 2021-2022.

• Housing and homelessness services
  • Continue to address housing needs through reintegration group for residents released from custody.
    
    
    
     
• Substance use services
  • Improve the capacity of Criminal Justice Teams Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABI) and approaches.
     
  • Provide Naloxone training to Justice SW staff.
     
  • Promote and increase the use of the Naloxone postal service.
     
  • Introduce and Develop the Peer Navigator (Justice) Test of Change post, funded through the DDTF.

• Housing needs are addressed prior to release from custody. To date all housing issues that are addressed prior to release have had a positive outcome. All MAPPA clients are allocated a housing officer to carry out ERAs etc.
  
  
  
  
   
• ABI training has been delivered to the Justice Team. There has however been a number of staff changes.
  The introduction of the Joint senior addiction nurse and Peer Navigator posts will increase capacity to carry out ABIs within Justice Services.
• Multi-agency Naloxone training was delivered by ADRS. 5 staff within Justice Services were trained. All JSW staff have completed the SDF online training.
• All promotional material has been received from the ADP and ASDRS and distributed by JSW and other partners.
• Work has progressed with this post. A full tender was issued and following the evaluation process, a preferred provider (APEX Scotland) was identified and awarded the contract. Initial meeting between JSW and Apex Scotland on 18.2.22. Apex have advertised for a Peer Navigator to assist in the operation of the Wayfinders; Paving the way to positive destinations service.

Wayfinders: Paving the way to positive destinations Service.
Working in collaboration with the Alcohol and Drug Partnership and sponsored by the Community Justice Partnership, JSW services secured funding from the Drugs Death Task Force, via the CORRA Foundation, to commission a Peer Navigator post to enhance 

• Co-location of drug/alcohol practitioner with Justice Social Work.
   
• Development of local DTTO provision. Review of current provision and development of local arrangements. ADRS support to develop locality provision.

• Joint Senior Addiction Nurse will be co-located in JSW. Proposal is 2 days in JSW to carry out DTTO and other health and wellbeing work.
• Meetings between JSW and ADRS to develop this service. Senior Addiction Nurse joint post job description agreed, and advertised with interviews held in February 2022.

DTTO Service
Following commitment in both the ADP and CJP delivery plans
East Dunbartonshire HSCP has made a commitment to the provision of DTTOs in the ADP Delivery Plan 2020-2023, noting that the:
‘the ADP will work in partnership with Criminal Justice Social Work to support individuals on DTTOs and look at alternative diversionary activities and support pathways for men and women in Justice services.’
East Dunbartonshire’s Community Justice Delivery Plan 2021-2022 continued to recognise the need, laid out in previous plans to:
‘Develop local DTTO provision. Review of current provision and development of local arrangements. ADRS support to develop locality provision’

• Employment services
  • Develop working relationships with the Local Employability Partnership.

• Collaborative working allows knowledge sharing and identifying access to employment/ volunteering and training opportunities. It also ensures that people in contact with the Justice system are included in all initiatives. E.g. the developing of the No One Left Behind Funded ‘Make it work’ project, delivered by the Lennox Partnership, to support people in contact with the Justice System. This project will see an Employability Key Worker co-located in Justice Services two days per week. Referrals will be made from Supervising SW for people on CPOs and the UPW manager.

The Reintegration group have case managed 35 residents with a release date between April 2021 and March. There were a number of needs addressed prior to release. 67% of releases referred to ADRS, engaged with the service. 80% had a positive outcome for housing for example. However only 17% took up the offer of Voluntary Throughcare. Reasons for non-engagement ranged from moving out with the Local Authority area; returned to custody and deportation.

Areas that are also measured are Child Protection issues and any Domestic Abuse aggravators, thus the inclusion of Children and Families SW and East Dunbartonshire Woman’s Aid to the group.

Any potential issues with the proximity of victims to the release address is also considered.

Where applicable have regard to the following indicators.

• Use of ‘other activities requirements’ in CPOs
• Effective risk management for public protection
• Quality of CPOs and DTTOs
• Reduced use of custodial sentences and remand

a) Balance between community sentences relative to short custodial sentences under one year
b) Proportion of people appearing from custody who are remanded

• The delivery of interventions targeted at problem drug and alcohol use [NHS Local Delivery Plan (LDP) Standard]
• Number of Police Recorded Warnings, police diversion, fiscal measures, fiscal diversion, supervised bail, community sentences (including CPOs , DTTOs and RLOs )

Number of short-term sentences under one year.

• Identify and enhance alternative sentencing disposals
  • Increase the use of Diversion from Prosecution options through the continued work of the Early Intervention and Prevention working Group

• Justice Social Work Service
• Young People and Youth Justice Service
• Police Scotland
• SACRO
• Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)
• Alcohol and Drugs Recovery Service (ADRS)
• We Are With You
• SFAD
• EDC Homelessness Team
• Mental Health Service
• Community Safety

The group will adopt a case management approach to people on Diversion from Prosecution, similar to the Reintegration Group approach. The group is evolving with every meeting and through discussion with members.

During the reporting period, there were:
55 referrals received for Diversion from Prosecution. Following robust risk assessment, 36 (63%) cases commenced. Of these 35, 97% were successfully completed.

• Introduce Structured Deferred Sentence as a sentencing option in East Dunbartonshire.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Adults aged 18+ with lower-level substance use, experiencing poor mental health, and with a limited offending history who may pose a low/medium risk of re-offending and have a less entrenched pattern of offending.
• Are at a lower risk of custody
• Are not currently subject to a statutory order, and
• Are motivated to engage with a short structured intervention

SDS takes a multi-agency approach to directly provide and tailor interventions for people with a range of complex needs without the need for a court order.
This provided CJSWR writers the opportunity to request a Structured Deferred Sentence as an option for clients if assessed appropriate.

Unfortunately, during the remainder of the reporting period since the introduction of SDS there were no orders. However, at time of writing there have been five SDS orders.

• Develop Bail Supervision offer in East Dunbartonshire
  
  
   

• Continue to use Wise Group CBT Re-connect online service.

• There have been 29 clients who have accessed this online resource resulting in 308 hours of other activity achieved, as well as the personal benefits for clients.

“The facilitator was really good. Finding out about the triggers and how to deal with your anger was good too.”

“All of the sessions I was a part of I took away something that benefited me, as my boss said he noticed a difference in me and how I conduct myself at work”.

The attached file was written by a person on UPW and expresses the feeling of the squad members when helping an elderly woman in the community.

• Develop and promote trauma informed practice.
  • Continue to progress the work of East Dunbartonshire ACEs and Trauma Collaborative and the work of the Sub groups
  • People and Training
  • Environment

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Statistics for the East Dunbartonshire population in custody
indicate.

Prison Population

• During 2021/22 the average number of :
• Males in custody was 62 (0.86% of the total average male population of 7180)
• <5 were between 18-20 years of age.
• There were no under 18s in custody.
• The average male remands was 15 (25%)
• 60% of male convicted people were serving a sentence of 4 years or over (including life).
• Females in custody was <5 (0.68% of the total average female population of 293)
• Female remands was an average of <5
   
• Unfortunately there are no Local authority statistics on sentences under 12 months for 2021/22.

Analysis of CPO Exit Surveys indicate that compared to previous
years the use of other activities increased from around 10% to 90%.
Of those people who carried out other activities, 90% found it useful.
90% of people completing an exit survey said that being on a CPO
would help them reduce or stop offending. A full breakdown can be
seen in Outcomes 5;6 and 7.

The East Dunbartonshire ACEs and Trauma Collaborative (EDATC)
has continued to meet and progress the Trauma Informed Practice
Agenda in East Dunbartonshire. Areas of Work are ongoing to:

• Employ a Trauma Informed Practice Coordinator.
• Develop a training implementation plan.
• Develop a communications strategy
• Improving the physical environment for staff and service users.
• Ensure representation of experts by experience.

Have regard to the following indicator.

• Individuals have made progress against the outcome

East Dunbartonshire Justice Social Work Exit Questionnaires

East Dunbartonshire Justice Services offer a questionnaire to people to complete at the end of their time working with the service, to enable the collection of valuable qualitative data on their experience of completing their Orders. The exit questionnaires capture feedback that can help to evidence progress towards both the structural and person-centric national outcomes for community justice.

Supervision

During 2021/22, 6 people completed an exit questionnaire following a period of working with Justice Social Work on a Supervision Requirement as part of a Community Payback Order or other statutory requirements. Although a low number, this has remained similar over the previous 3 years

• % of people who had been on Supervision who said that all their needs were taken into account.
  • 2021/22 = 67% (4/6)
  • 2020/21 = 100% (5/5)
  • 2019/20 = 100% (6/6)
     
• % of people who had been on Supervision who said that they had contact with other agencies during their order and found this helpful.
  • 2021/22 = 33% (2/6)
  • 2020/21 = 80% (4/5)
  • 2019/20 = 33% (2/6)
• % of people who had been on Supervision who said that they had issues, which were not dealt with during their order.
  • 2021/22 = 17% (1/6)
  • 2020/21 = 0% (0/5)
  • 2019/20 = 17% (1/6)

• % of people who said that during the experience of Unpaid Work all their circumstances were taken into account.
  • 2021/22 = 100% (20/20)
  • 2020/21 = 94% (34/36)
  • 2019/20 = 100% (38/38)

Read Jill's case study

NATIONAL OUTCOME SIX

People develop positive relationships and more opportunities to participate and contribute through education, employment and leisure activities 

Have regard to the following indicator.

• Individuals have made progress against the outcome

Towards the end of the reporting year, the ‘Make it Work’ Justice Employability project was introduced, funded by the No One Left Behind fund. The project was set up to specifically work with people in contact with the Justice system in East Dunbartonshire.

Unpaid Work Exit Questionnaire
As stated above During the period, 20 people completed an exit questionnaire following a period of Unpaid Work as part of a Community Payback Order. This is a decrease in comparison to previous years.

The Lennox Partnership provide updates to the Local Employability Partnership. To date there have been 21 referrals, 8 have started on the service 6 have been successfully placed with a further two referred to Fairstart, which is also delivered by the Lennox Partnership in East Dunbartonshire, 2 have moved into employment 1 has gained his CSCS card and I has moved into further education. There has been 2 non-engagement for various reasons, including reconviction. This shows that with the right support.

Local Measures

• % of people who said that the experience of Unpaid Work they carried out helped to improve their skills?
  • 2021/22 = 100% (20/20)
  • 2020/21 = 95% (34/36)
  • 2019/20 = 97% (35/38)
     
• % of people who said that the during their experience of Unpaid Work they carried out any other activities other than unpaid work?
  • 2021/22 = 90% (18/20)
  • 2020/21 = 10% (4/36)
  • 2019/20 = 11% (4/38)
     
• % of people who said that they had found these activities useful?
  • 2021/22 = 90% (16/18)
  • 2020/21 = 25% (1/4)
  • 2019/20 = 25% (1/4)

Read David's case study and Read Jack's case study

NATIONAL OUTCOME SEVEN

Individuals’ resilience and capacity for change and self-management are enhanced

Supervision Exit Questionnaire
As stated earlier during 2021/22, 6 people completed an exit questionnaire following a period of working with Justice Social Work on a Supervision Requirement as part of a Community Payback Order or other statutory requirements. Although a low number, this has remained similar over the previous 3 years.

Unpaid Work Exit Questionnaire
During the period, 20 people completed an exit questionnaire following a period of Unpaid Work as part of a Community Payback Order. This is a decrease in comparison to previous years.

• % of people who had been on Supervision who said that during their order they looked at why they offended?
  • 2021/22 = 83% (5/6)
  • 2020/21 = 100% (5/5)
  • 2019/20 = 100% (6/6)
     
• % of people who had been on Supervision who said that during their order they considered the impact their offending had on their victims.
  • 2021/22 = 83% (5/6)
  • 2020/21 = 100% (5/5)
  • 2019/20 = 100% (6/6)
     
• % of people who had been on Supervision who said that being on an order has helped them to stop or reduce offending.
  • 2021/22 = 83% (5/6)
  • 2020/21 = 100% (5/5)
  • 2019/20 = 100% (6/6)
     
• % of people who had been on Supervision who said that their attitude/behaviour to offending changed during the course of your order?
  • 2021/22 = 83% (5/6)
  • 2020/21 = 100% (5/5)
  • 2019/20 = 100% (6/6)
     
• % of people who had been on Supervision who said that things in their life improved as a result of being on an order?
  • 2021/22 = 50% (3/6)
  • 2020/21 = 80% (4/5)
  • 2019/20 = 83% (5/6)
     
• % of people who said that the experience of Unpaid Work has helped you to stop or reduce their offending?
  • 2021/22 = 90% (18/20)
  • 2020/21 = 81% (29/36)
  • 2019/20 = 100% (38/38)

See case study in Outcome 5

Community Justice East Dunbartonshire notes and welcomes the announcement made on 21st June 2022 that a final decision on the inclusion of Justice Social Work in the National Care Service will not be taken until further detailed consideration and evidence gathering with key partners has been carried out. However, this does still leave a level of uncertainty as to the future of Community Justice Partnerships and local community justice arrangements.

As in previous years, a challenge for the partnership is year on year funding and the current allocation pathway for Community Justice. Longer term funding 3 – 5 years would ensure stability and allow long term planning.