Community Justice
Community Justice Outcome Improvement & Delivery Plan 2024-2027
As a requirement of the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 all community planning partnerships must develop and publish specific outcome improvement plans aimed at supporting prevention and reducing re-offending.
The Community Planning West Dunbartonshire Community Justice Outcome Improvement Plan was developed in partnership with key services and agencies that have a role in addressing community justice and reducing re-offending. A Community Justice Executive Board has been established to take forward delivery of the action plan and development of future activities, to chaired by Chief Officer of the HSCP.
WD Community Justice Planning Partners
- WD HSCP Chief Officer (Chair)
- Chief Social Work Officer/Head of Service Children’s Health and Justice
- Head of Service: Addictions, Mental Health and Learning Disability
- Head of Service for Strategy and Transformation
- Justice Social Work Manager
- Community Justice Coordinator
- Health Improvement Lead - Community Justice
- Chief Officer Housing, Employability and Communities
- Police Scotland
- Scottish Courts & Tribunal Service
- Scottish Fire & Rescue Service
- Scottish Prison Service
- Third Sector: Chief Executive, WD Community & Volunteering Services
- Authentic Voices Representation
- WD Working 4U Service manager
- Chief Officer Education
- Skills Development Scotland
- West College Scotland
A Whole Systems Approach to Outcome Improvement Planning - Supporting Positive Destinations for West Dunbartonshire Residents.
WD Community Justice Planning are committed to:
1. Optimise the use of diversion and intervention at the earliest opportunity.
2. Ensure that robust and high-quality community interventions and public protection arrangements are consistently available across Scotland.
3. Ensure that services are accessible and available to address the needs of individuals accused or convicted of an offence.
4. Strengthen the leadership, engagement, and partnership working of local and national community justice partners.
Outcome improvement planning will be supported and realised via working groups:
- Authentic Voices Working Group
- Prevention & EEI Working Group
- Caledonian Steering Group
- Woman & Justice Working Group
- Arrest Referral Working Group
- Custody to Community Working Groups Including Voluntary Throughcare
- LEP/Lennox Partnership/CVS
7 minute briefing CJ & Employability
7 minute briefing National Voluntary Throughcare