National Care Service - justice social work: overview

Introduction

This report provides an overview of social work services provided in the justice system in Scotland. Information on key national trends in those services is provided. These includes key statistics on justice social work, population profiles of individuals to whom these services are provided, and the workforce.

It forms part of an initial collection of contextual papers, setting out key sources of information about social care and related areas in Scotland, linking to the National Care Service Consultation proposals published in August.

The collection consists of the following 6 papers on social care:

1. Scotland’s Health and Demographic Profile

2. People who Access Social Care and Unpaid Carers in Scotland

3. Social Care Support and Service Provision in Scotland

4. Experiences of Social Care and Caring in Scotland

5. The Adult Social Care Workforce in Scotland

6. Social Care in Scotland - Equalities Evidence Overview

And papers on:

7. Children’s Social Services

8. Justice Social Work

9. Learning and evidence from national social care systems in Nordic and Scandinavian countries

10. Integrated Care Studies: The SCFNuka (Alaska) and Canterbury (New Zealand) Models