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Justice social work: guidance
Guidance for justice social work services and partners.
Scottish Government guidance
- Justice Social Work Services: national throughcare guidance
- Justice social work reports and court-based justice social work 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 produced National Guidelines on Diversion from Prosecution in Scotland (2026) to be used by all agencies involved in diversion from prosecution as an alternative to prosecutorial action.
Social Work Scotland produced:
- Throughcare Assessment for Release on Licence Guidance (2021)
- Cross Border Court report allocation: Memorandum of Understanding and Guidance (2026)
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 (2025)
The Scottish Prison Service produced:
- Risk Management, Progression and Temporary Release Guidance (2019)
- Home Detention Curfews Guidance for Agencies (2019)
- The Integrated Case Management Guidance Manual (2007)
- The Supplementary Guidance for Integrated Case Management (ICM) - A Targeted Approach to Case Conferencing (2024)
Social Work Scotland and the Scottish Prison Service co-produced: Guidance for Social Work Services on Determining the Designated Local Authority for Prisoners (2026)
Social Work Scotland, The Risk Management Authority and the Scottish Prison Service co-produced The Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) Guidance - Social Work Scotland (2025).