Community Justice Ayrshire Partnership Outcomes Improvement Plan 2024-2029 PDF

Outcomes Improvement Plan 2024-2029  Foreword from Chair The Community Justice Ayrshire Partnership are pleased to introduce our new Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan. This five-year plan demonstrates our partnership’s coordination and collaboration of the s...

Outcomes Improvement Plan 2024-2029  Foreword from Chair The Community Justice Ayrshire Partnership are pleased to introduce our new Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan. This five-year plan demonstrates our partnership’s coordination and collaboration of the support commitment to reducing reoffending and making provided to people returning to our communities our communities safer places to live and work, with after serving a custodial sentence. fewer people experiencing being a victim of crime. We know there is much progress to be made, The new National Strategy for Community Justice and by coming together as a collective we are in a and associated National Outcomes have provided a stronger position to identify shared opportunities, refreshed direction for our local partnership and the work collaboratively and help people to achieve deliverables within this plan outline how we will their full potential. contribute to the national vision on a local basis. Julie Dettbarn Throughout the life of this plan, we will look to improve outcomes for people across all stages of the justice journey. This includes working to strengthen diversion, early intervention, and alternatives to custody, identifying Councillor Julie Dettbarn opportunities for wider partners to support people Chair of Community Justice serving sentences in the community, and the Ayrshire Partnership Board 2 Contents 02 22 Foreword from Chair Local context 04 25 What is community justice Data profiles 08 32 Who we are Community justice in Ayrshire 10 36 Local delivery arrangements Measuring - governance our progress 16 43 National context Table of deliverables 3  Introduction What is community justice? 4 Community justice is principally about organisations working together to ensure that people who have offended address the underlying causes of their behaviour, and pay back to the community where appropriate. It aims to encourage rehabilitation, reduce reoffending, and protect the public, leading to fewer victims and safer communities. This requires a strong partnership working approach at each point of the justice system, from the point of arrest, through to integration into the community. Public protection remains our first priority, with robust risk management systems in place to ensure that, where appropriate, those who have committed offences can be managed safely and effectively in the community. We support the ambition of the Scottish Government to use prison only for those who pose a serious risk of harm. 5 What are we trying to achieve? Needs of people involved in the A few words about prevention Our aim is to ensure that individuals who are justice system In general terms, community justice aims to deal engaged in community justice receive the Evidence shows that people involved in the with the causes of offending either before it support they need to reduce the likelihood of justice system including those in prison, often happens (primary prevention) working with further offending and to engage positively in have more complex health issues and underlying people who may be at risk (secondary their communities, while protecting the public unmet needs in relation to mental and physical prevention) or supporting those who have been and robustly managing risk. health, non-visible disability, substance use. They through the justice system (tertiary prevention). are more likely to experience poverty, education, Why is it important? housing, and financial inclusion challenges and Primary preventative work falls out-with the Ultimately, we want our communities across lack pro-social networks and supports. Many are scope of community justice legislation although Ayrshire to be safer and for there to be fewer vulnerable, have experienced significant much of the work already undertaken by the victims. Often this will mean working with disadvantage, and their involvement with the statutory partners, the third sector and people involved in offending to address the justice system puts them at increased risk of community bodies will be concerned with factors contributing to their offending behaviour further marginalisation and of being a victim of primary prevention in its various forms. and at the same time providing an opportunity crime. to pay back to the communities they have Primary prevention involves working with the harmed. Our partnership supports the view that general population to address potentially desistance from offending comes from criminogenic factors before the onset of a Prison will continue to be the right option for addressing needs, building social capital, and problem. some; however, justice can effectively be helping people build empowered lives with delivered in the community for many. Evidence agency and resilience. Secondary prevention involves working with shows that community-based interventions and people identified as at risk including those who sentences can be more effective in reducing may have been arrested but not convicted. reoffending and assisting with rehabilitation than short-term custodial sentences. Tertiary prevention is activity that is specifically directed towards the “designated persons” as identified in the community justice legislation. It is focussed on preventing further involvement in offending behaviour. 6 Legislative context The legislation requires the The Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 sets Statutory Partners to: out the statutory duty of designated partners to implement the Scottish Government National Strategy for Community Justice at a local level. Focus on improving community justice outcomes locally Publish a Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan (CJOIP) Publish a Participation Statement on their engagement with third sector and communities as part of the community justice planning process Review the CJOIP periodically Take account of the National Strategy for Community Justice, and the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP), when developing the CJOIP Annually report progress against the CJOIP using the national outcomes for community justice outlined in the Community Justice Performance Framework (CJPF) 7  Who we are Police Scotland The Community Justice Ayrshire Partnership (CJAP) was established to allow for a collaborative approach to Health Boards achieve the requirements of the Community Justice (Scotland) Act. Integration Joint Boards for Health and Social Care The partnership includes representation from statutory partners (listed right) and Local Authorities third sector agencies across the three Ayrshire local authorities. Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Scottish Ministers (i.e., Scottish Prison Service, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)) Skills Development Scotland 8 9  Local delivery arrangements Governance 10 The CJAP is a pan-Ayrshire partnership working across East, North and South Ayrshire local authority areas. The CJAP Board provides strategic leadership and oversight of the work of the Partnership and is made up of both statutory and third sector partners. It is chaired by a local elected member and These groups will be coordinated and vice chair support is provided by the Area facilitated by the CJAP Team, will report Commander / Local Senior Officer for into, and be directed and overseen by the Ayrshire Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. CJAP Board. A diagram outlining our The CJAP reports into North, South and governance arrangements can be found East Ayrshire Community Planning on the following page. Partnership Boards (CPPs). The Partnership structure adopted in 2021 has been revised. There are now three Community Justice Delivery Groups in East, North and South Ayrshire CPPs, and a new Diversion, Intervention and Alternatives to Custody Delivery Group and a Community Reintegration Delivery Group which will support the work of the CJAP Board. 11  East Ayrshire CPP Board Community North Justice Ayrshire CPP Board Ayrshire Partnership Board South Ayrshire CPP Board 12 EAST AYRSHIRE Community Justice Delivery Group NORTH AYRSHIRE Community Justice Delivery Group SOUTH AYRSHIRE Community Justice Delivery Group Diversion, Intervention & Alternatives to Custody Delivery Group Community Reintegration Delivery Group 13  Involving communities As a partnership we understand the importance of listening to, and learning from, the voices of people with lived experience of the justice system, victims, families, and communities. We are committed to engaging with our local communities, to empower them to contribute to our CJOIP and deliverables across all priority areas. We will ensure that there is continued liaison and communication between statutory partners, non-statutory partners and third sector organisations. We will continue to engage with people in communities including victims and witnesses of crime, people with convictions, and their families, to gather views on how we can reduce re-offending across Ayrshire, so that these can be reflected in our CJOIP for forthcoming years. A Communication and Engagement Strategy will sit beside this plan which will identify our stakeholders and who we will communicate and engage with, the ways in which we’ll communicate and engage, and outlines the measures we will use to evaluate our success. A com 14 main mmunity garden in East Ayrshire South Ayrshire’s Peer Involvement Network ntained by Unpaid Work Teams Group (PING) meet weekly to offer support 15  National context 16 The Scottish Government published The Vision for Justice in Scotland in 2022. This document puts forth the evidence underpinning the approach to Community Justice, and prioritises ‘women and children in justice’, ‘hearing victims voices’ and ‘shifting the balance between use of custody and justice in the community’. A new National Strategy for Community The National Strategy sets the national Justice was published in June 2022. The direction for community justice and is National Strategy sets out 4 national aims designed to provide a clear roadmap for and 13 priority actions (detailed on future work by highlighting key areas for following page) which local community partners to focus on. justice partnerships should work towards to help achieve the Vision. 17  National Aim 1: Optimise the use of diversion National Aim 2: Ensure that robust and high and intervention at the earliest opportunity. quality community interventions and public protection arrangements are consistently available across Scotland. Enhance intervention at the earliest opportunity by ensuring greater consistency, confidence in and awareness of services which support the use of direct measures and diversion from Support the use of robust alternatives to remand by ensuring prosecution. high quality bail services are consistently available and Improve the identification of underlying needs and the delivered effectively. delivery of support following arrest by ensuring the provision Strengthen options for safe and supported management in of person-centred care within police custody and building the community by increasing and widening the use of upon referral opportunities to services including substance electronic monitoring technologies. use and mental health services. Ensure that those given community sentences are supervised and supported appropriately to protect the public, promote desistence from offending and enable rehabilitation by delivering high quality, consistently available, trauma- informed services and programmes. Ensure restorative justice is available across Scotland to all those who wish to access it by promoting and supporting the appropriate and safe provision of available services. 18 National Aim 3: Ensure that services are National Aim 4: Strengthen the leadership, accessible and available to address the needs of engagement, and partnership working of local individuals accused or convicted of an offence. and national community justice partners. Enhance individuals’ access to health and social care and Deliver improved community justice outcomes by ensuring that continuity of care following release from prison by improving the effective leadership and governance arrangements are in place sharing of information and partnership-working between relevant and working well, collaborating with partners and planning partners. strategically. Ensure that the housing needs of individuals in prison are Enhance partnership planning and implementation by ensuring addressed consistently and at an early stage by fully the voices of victims of crime, survivors, those with lived implementing and embedding the Sustainable Housing on experience and their families are effectively incorporated and Release for Everyone (SHORE) standards across all local authority embedded. areas. Support integration and reduce stigma by ensuring the Enhance individual’s life skills and readiness for employment by community and workforce have an improved understanding of ensuring increased access to employability support through and confidence in community justice. effective education, learning, training, career services and relevant benefit services. Enhance community integration and support by increasing and promoting greater use of voluntary through care and third sector services. 19  National documents Vision for National Strategy Justice in for Community Scotland Justice 20  Community Care Justice Inspectorate Performance Self-evaluation Framework Framework (CJPF) National Community Strategy for Justice Scotland Community Improvement Justice Delivery The CJPF sets out nationally Tool The Care Inspectorate’s Plan determined outcomes guide to self-evaluation for which are to be achieved in community justice in each local authority area, Scotland promotes and national indicators collaborative self-evaluation which are to be used in and provides a range of The delivery plan details the measuring performance The Community Justice quality indicators to support agreed activity which the against these. Scotland improvement tool community justice partners Scottish Government and sets out the local evidence in considering how they national community justice The CJPF is to be used by that will supplement the contribute to improving the partners are taking forward statutory community justice national indicator data in the life chances and outcomes to drive improvement partners acting jointly at CJPF. of people with living towards each of the priority a local and Community experience of community actions in the strategy. Justice Scotland. Local evidence will provide justice in Scotland. further context to the Progress towards the national indicators, and help deliverables in the delivery to drive improvement and plan will be monitored by better understand governance structures performance locally in which are coordinated at relation to the nationally a national level. determined outcomes. 21  Local context East Ayrshire LOIP (2021-2024) The East Ayrshire Community Plan (2015-2030) is the Community planning links overarching strategic planning document for Community Planning in East Ayrshire. The Community Plan is As a pan-Ayrshire partnership, we must ensure our CJOIP underpinned by three thematic Delivery Plans which set links to the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP) in out the actions required by partners. Delivery Plans are each area and contributes to achieving these shared developed every three years, allowing them to be more community planning outcomes. Whilst developing the responsive to current and emerging local needs. CJOIP we explored the key considerations and themes relevant to community justice in each LOIP to establish Strategic Themes: alignment with our own plan. Economy and Skills “Working together, we will seek to deliver sustained economic growth and build and retain wealth across all East Ayrshire communities.” Safer Communities “Working together, we will seek to deliver improved community safety and to support our communities to be resilient, inclusive and empowered.” Wellbeing “Working together, we will seek to improve and sustain wellbeing, care and promote equity.” 22 North Ayrshire LOIP (2022 – 2030) South Ayrshire LOIP (2017-2024) The North Ayrshire Partnership Plan (2022-2030) is the overarching In South Ayrshire the LOIP sets out a vision and focus based strategy for Community Planning and focusses on working on agreed local priorities where through collaborative working together to reduce inequalities. It delivers on North Ayrshire’s with community planning partners and local communities, vision of ‘Fair for All’ and has three key themes: partners can work to reduce inequalities and improve outcomes in South Ayrshire. The plan has two strategic themes and five Strategic Themes: supporting priorities Strategic Themes: Wellbeing “We will reduce inequalities by targeted support to improve individual, family and community wellbeing.” Supporting older people to live in good health “Support for people living with dementia and their carers.” Work “Reducing social isolation and loneliness.” “We will address the causes and effects of poverty through a strong local economy and skills base.” Closing the poverty-related outcomes gap “Improving outcomes for care experienced children World and care leavers.” “Climate Change – We will work more closely and effectively “Providing support for young people who are carers.” together to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change.” “Employability and lifelong learning.” 23  Reporting arrangements The CJAP Board reports to each of the three Ayrshire Community Planning Partnerships. This helps us to link to wider issues (like housing, health and employability) and keeps us in touch with priorities for local communities across Ayrshire. We also have strong links to cross-cutting local partnerships including the Community Safety Partnerships, Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) and Violence Against Women Partnerships (VAWP) in each area. These links are key to improving outcomes and reducing duplication. 24 Data profiles Strategic Needs and Strengths Assessment (SNSA) In March 2022 we undertook a comprehensive Strategic Needs and Strengths Assessment to inform our planning for this CJOIP. This looked at each of the three Ayrshire local authority areas and included trend analysis across various domains for the last ten years. This evidence base was important in establishing the current situation in Ayrshire and prompting partners to consider the local needs and gaps. We will continue to monitor this data over the life of this plan to study the impact of local actions we undertake. The SNSA has given us a baseline for measuring outcomes. The report looks in detail at the themes of: Scottish Index of Multiple Mental Health Deprivation (SIMD) Substance Use Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO) domain rankings A Breakdown of our Prison Population Employment The Justice System (e.g. Crime Housing Rates, Justice Social Work Reports, CPOs) 25 Ayrshire is a county in south-west Scotland which is sub-divided into the council areas of East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, and South Ayrshire. Despite National Records of alcohol/drug/emergency hospital Scotland (NRS) projecting the stays, low birth weight, anxiety/ national population to increase depression/ psychosis drugs slightly in the coming years, the prescribed, Access (including population in each Ayrshire area travel time to essential services is expected to decline. and broadband/digital access), Crime (crime rates for violence, We can assess the deprivation in sexual offences, domestic house the area using the Scottish Index breaking, vandalism, drug of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) offences and common assault ) which splits Scotland into small and Housing (overcrowded areas called datazones and households, households without measures them over seven central heating). domains; Income (based on things like income support, ESA, JSA, tax The top 20%, or top credit households), Employment quintile, are referred to as (JSA/ESA/incapacity benefit/ the most deprived areas in severe disablement allowance the country and therefore recipients and UC recipients not in rates of higher than 20% employment), Education means the area has higher (attendance, attainment, youth rates of deprivation than participation in higher education/ employment/ training), Health the country as a whole. (including mortality, 26 East Ayrshire East Ayrshire is the 14th largest local authority area in Scotland by size. The population is around 122,000 and projected to decrease. The decrease is predicted to be in younger people, and adults of working age, while the number of older people increases. 37,354 people in East Ayrshire live in the most deprived areas of the country. 31% of the datazones in East Ayrshire are within the top 20% deprived areas in the country: 7th highest in Scotland. £ £ 32% of people in the area 25% of people in the area 28% of people in the area living in the most living in the most living in the most deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for Employment Education Health 28% 25% of people in the area of people in the area 23% of people in the area 3% of people in the area living in the most living in the most living in the most living in the most deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for Income Access Crime Housing At the time of writing 238 people from East Ayrshire are in prison, the vast majority of whom are male. Over half of these people are imprisoned within HMP Kilmarnock. 27  North Ayrshire North Ayrshire is slightly smaller than East and South Ayrshire in terms of size, but has a larger population, and therefore a higher population density. North Ayrshire includes the islands of Arran and The Cumbraes. The population of around 134,000 is expected to decline in the same way as the other areas in Ayrshire. North Ayrshire is the 4th most deprived area in Scotland according to SIMD. 40% of the datazones in the area are in the top 20% deprived areas in the country. This means 56,118 people in North Ayrshire are living in the most deprived areas. £ £ 38% of people in the area 29% of people in the area 40% of people in the area living in the most living in the most living in the most deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for Employment Education Health 43% of people in the area 18% of people in the area 17% of people in the area 7% of people in the area living in the most living in the most living in the most living in the most deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for Income Access Crime Housing At the time of writing 232 people from North Ayrshire are in prison, the vast majority of whom are male. 28 Over half of these people are imprisoned within HMP Kilmarnock. South Ayrshire South Ayrshire has a very similar size and population density to East Ayrshire. The population of South Ayrshire is around 112,000 and projected to decrease in the coming years. Like in North and East this will be due to decreasing numbers of under 65s, while over 65s increase. South Ayrshire ranks 15th on the most recent SIMD publication. 18% of datazones – and 19,527 people in the area - are in the top 20% deprived areas in Scotland. £ £ 17% of people in the area 9% of people in the area 22% of people in the area living in the most living in the most living in the most deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for Employment Education Health 16% of people in the area 25% of people in the area 13% of people in the area 6% of people in the area living in the most living in the most living in the most living in the most deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for deprived areas for Income Access Crime Housing At the time of writing 148 people from South Ayrshire are in prison, the vast majority of whom are male. Over half of these people are imprisoned within HMP Kilmarnock. 29  As is set out in the Scottish Government’s Vision for Justic in Scotland, many of these areas of deprivation mentioned above have an influence on whether a person will come into contact with justice services. Arrivals to prison are disproportionately from Evidence shows that addressing the the most deprived areas. Long-standing underlying needs of people who have societal issues which exist beyond the committed a crime will reduce re-offending. boundaries of what we think of as the justice Working with people in the justice system on system impact on offending and re-offending. areas like employment, their health and The causes of crime are many, varied and wellbeing, housing, can and will reduce levels complex. of re-offending in our communities. Some of the factors that influence whether a person will come into the justice system, such as poverty and inequality, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), attachment to school, and drug and alcohol use, are often experienced from early life. 30 North Ayrshire Employability Mentors provide support to people involved in 31 the justice system Community justice in Ayrshire Diversion from prosecution Support in police custody Bail services Diversion from prosecution is one of the options Evidence has shown that people involved in the Bail services are provided as an alternative to available to the Crown Office and Procurator justice system often have higher levels of remand and can be imposed by the courts Fiscal Service (COPFS). It allows people to be vulnerability and complex needs than the when safe and appropriate to do so. Remaining diverted away from formal justice proceedings general population. Contact with the police in the community on bail means a person can and into support from local justice social work after arrest provides an opportunity for services continue employment, maintain connection to (JSW) teams to address the issues and needs to provide early intervention and support to support services and connection to family contributing to their offending behaviour. address needs including substance use and support. It also avoids the negative mental health. consequences of custody on the children of The number of diversions from prosecution parents who are imprisoned. cases commenced in North, South and East Arrest referral services have been available in Ayrshire have been increasing since 2011. Since some capacity across Ayrshire for a number of The use of electronic monitoring to support bail 2012, the number of cases in North Ayrshire has years now. In North Ayrshire, the Alcohol and (EM bail) has been available in Kilmarnock stayed above the Scottish average for most Drug Partnership (ADP) work with Turning Point Sherrif Court since May 2022 and in Ayr Sheriff years, while South and East Ayrshire have Scotland to provide a referral service from Court since November 2022. Monitoring assists increased to above the Scottish average since Saltcoats custody centre for people aged 18 with ensuring a person remains in a specific 2019. years and over with drug or alcohol issues, while place for a particular time period, be excluded in East Ayrshire at Kilmarnock custody centre from a specific location, or expected to attend a The diversion from prosecution service has this service is provided by We Are with You and specific location within a timeframe which can previously been delivered by the pan-Ayrshire the ADP. The custody centre in Ayr closed in contribute to community and victim safety. Partnership Delivery Team (PDT), however as of 2022 and prior to this a service was provided by April 2024 this service will be delivered by Recovery Ayr and South Ayrshire ADP. individual local authority JSW teams. 32 Community sentences Delivery of Community Payback Orders (CPO) is well established in Ayrshire and has been available as an option in court since 2011, allowing a person to serve their sentence in the community rather than in prison. The court can impose one or more of a range of nine requirements, giving options that encourage a reduction in re-offending through both rehabilitation and paying back to the community. Developing a relationship with, and supporting a person through, their CPO is a person-centred and strengths-based way to promote desistance. Data on CPOs in Ayrshire shows the highest number of sentences were seen in the 31-40 years age group for both males and females. Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTO) aim to support a person to reduce their drug use and related offending. These are delivered in Ayrshire by the Partnership Delivery Team. The rate of DTTOs in Ayrshire has increased to above the Scottish average in recent years, having been below the average prior to this. In 2019/20, the most prevalent employment status for DTTOs was unemployed and the most prevalent age group was 31-40 years. 33  Continuity of health and social care following Housing needs of people in prison release from prison Evidence suggests that people who have access to There are many complex needs for which individuals require stable housing are less likely to reoffend. The person-centred support on entering and leaving custody, Sustainable Housing on Release for Everyone including: rising social care needs as the population ages, (SHORE) standards set out a consistent approach neurodivergent people, those with learning disabilities, those with the aim of coordinating efforts to maintain who have experienced trauma and adversity and those who existing tenancies and possessions, minimising may experience complex physical and mental health needs. instances of emergency homelessness upon liberation, and providing suitable and sustainable A Community Reintegration model has been in place at HMP tenancies on release that individuals are supported to Kilmarnock since 2021. Statutory and third sector partners maintain, including Housing First, if appropriate. including the prison, housing services, social work, DWP, and other partners identify and seek to offer support to those with planned releases. A community reintegration meeting Housing Advice in HMP Kilmarnock is provided by Ayr involving the above agencies takes place to consider those Housing Aid Centre SCIO for East and South Ayrshire being released and the plan for their release. residents, and by North Ayrshire Council Housing In relation to drug treatment there are good systems in place Advice Team for North Ayrshire residents. Both to have appointments made and information on current services work with people from the time of admission treatment passed to community services for planned releases. through to liberation, preventing homelessness where possible and linking with other services and In addition, information is passed to community services on organisations to ensure the best outcomes. those attending court which may result in an unplanned release to ensure community services are aware with confirmation of who has been released when this is available. The model is currently being reviewed alongside work with the Scottish Government’s Getting It Right for Everyone (GIRFE) team. This work includes engagement with those with lived experience on the barriers to a successful return to the community and develop ideas for how these might be addressed. 34 Throughcare support Employability We know from talking to people with lived experience Employment can play a powerful role in reducing how challenging it can be to reintegrate into the reoffending, improving self-esteem, encouraging community after serving a custodial sentence. There are resilience, and building positive social connections. a range of support options available at liberation Employability services and support are provided across including voluntary throughcare support provided by Ayrshire by local authority teams and a range of third JSW teams, national throughcare services, and local sector services. services provided by third sector organisations. The East Ayrshire Works service provides access to The landscape can be confusing, and as a partnership dedicated employability support tailored for each client we recognise the need to work together to improve the and looks at advice, guidance, and training coordination and collaboration of throughcare and opportunities to enhance employment opportunities. wider public services to support people returning to North Ayrshire operate an employability pipeline of our communities. The uptake of voluntary throughcare support for any individual looking to move towards from JSW remains very low and engagement with the employment, education, or training. This includes support service is usually short lived. programmes delivered by local third sector providers It is recognised that individuals may not wish to work and a dedicated Employability Mentor service based with statutory services, and it would be beneficial to within justice services to support people who have explore how to strengthen the offer of voluntary been convicted of an offence within the past five years. throughcare and establish stronger links with third South Ayrshire’s employability teams provide a holistic sector organisations that individuals may be more approach based on an individual’s needs both in the willing to work with. short and long term. An action planning approach is used, to help reach end goals and link people to wider support services as required. Employment isn’t always the right option though, and we recognise that not all people involved in the justice system will be ready for employment and many will have additional needs such as healthcare, addiction, housing, and benefits to be addressed before they are able to build the skills required to sustain employment. 35  Measuring our progress In April 2023, the Scottish Government published the Community Justice Performance Framework (CJPF) to align to the new national strategy. This was shortly followed by the publication of the Community Justice Improvement Tool by Community Justice Scotland (CJS). These documents set out the requirements of local community justice partnerships to utilise national indicator data and local evidence in annual assessment and reporting. 36 The Community Justice Performance Framework sets out: 9 nationally determined 10 national indicators which outcomes which are to be are to be used to measure achieved in the area of each performance in achieving local authority, and the outcomes The CJPF re-frames the priority actions set out in the National Strategy into nationally determined outcomes, so that partners are clear on what they are aiming to achieve. The Community Justice Scotland improvement tool sets out the local evidence that will supplement the national indicator data. Local evidence will provide further context to the national indicators and help drive improvement and better understand performance in relation to the nationally determined outcomes. 37  What are the national community justice outcomes to be achieved in Ayrshire? More people are More people More people in assessed for and successfully police custody successfully complete diversion recieve support complete bail from prosecution to address supervision their needs 38  More people have More people More people have access to, and access services to access to suitable continuity of, health support desistance accommodation and social care and successfully following release following release complete community from a prison from a prison sentences sentence sentence More people More people with More people across the workforce convictions access access voluntary and in the community support to enhance throughcare understand, and their readiness for following a short have confidence in, employment term prison community justice sentence 39  We will develop a mechanism to monitor out partnership’s progress towards achieving these outcomes and provide an update through our Annual Report each year. Self-Evaluation Reviewing arrangements The Care Inspectorate Self Evaluation The priority actions will remain Framework for Community Justice in unchanged for the duration of this Scotland (2023) promotes collaborative CJOIP, however the deliverables self-evaluation and provides a range of identified to achieve each priority action quality indicators to support community will be reviewed annually to take justice partners in considering how they account of completed activity, new contribute to improving the life chances demands, emerging issues of concern, and outcomes of people with living feedback from people using justice experience of community justice in services and to comply with legislative Scotland. requirements. As a partnership, we will look to complete a self-evaluation exercise using the Care Inspectorate Framework to strengthen leadership, engagement, and partnership within the CJAP. 40 How we identified our priorities A wide range of activities were undertaken in advance of developing this plan including completion of a full Strategic Needs and Strengths Assessment (SNSA), a series of ‘Have Your Say’ focus group sessions with staff and people with lived experience, a community reintegration workshop, inference development sessions at each of our community justice delivery groups and gathering baseline activity against the national outcomes in the Community Justice Performance Framework (CJPF). After assessing our current activity against the CJPF, we felt activity was required across all national outcomes and have worked with partners to identify the activity we feel needs to take place to improve community justice outcomes and to allow us to meet the aims of the national strategy. A full Participation Statement is available on our website and details how we engaged with third sector partners involved in community justice and relevant local community bodies in the preparation of this CJOIP. 41 42 Community Justice Ayrshire Partnership Table of deliverables This section details the agreed activity which local community justice partners will take forward to drive improvement towards each of the priority actions outlined in the National Strategy. If achieved, the activity will support progress towards achieving both the priority actions in the strategy and the outcomes set out in the CJPF. Over the period of this strategic plan, the Community Justice Ayrshire Partnership will seek to: 43 Aim 1 – Optimise the use of diversion and intervention at the earliest opportunity No. Deliverable How impact will be assessed Priority Action 1 – Enhance intervention at the earliest opportunity by ensuring greater consistency, confidence in and awareness of services which support the use of direct measures and diversion from prosecution 1.1 Consider the ’Joint review of diversion from prosecution’ report and implement recommendations as Local progress will be made in line appropriate with national directives 1.2 Undertake the diversion from prosecution ‘Achieving Community Justice Outcomes’ targeted Completion of targeted resource and resource and develop improvement actions development of actions 1.3 Further develop the current data collection mechanism to support future diversion from Diversion data dashboard prosecution planning 1.4 Increase awareness of diversion with partners and identify how they can support the needs of Case studies. Diversions successfully completed. people undergoing diversion from prosecution Partner feedback regarding knowledge of diversion 1.5 Work with Police to increase awareness of recording antecedent information to support COPFS decision Feedback from COPFS making around diversion from prosecution Priority Action 2 – Improve the identification of underlying needs and the delivery of support following arrest by ensuring the provision of person-centred care within police custody and building upon referral opportunities to services including substance use and mental health services 2.1 Work with Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) and third sector partners to support the Referral pathways in place. ongoing implementation and development of drug and alcohol support for people in police Number of referrals from custody centres custody 2.2 Undertake the arrest referral ‘Achieving Community Justice Outcomes’ targeted resource and Completion of targeted resource and develop improvement actions development of actions 2.3 Review the availability of mental health support available to people in police custody Progress reports Aim 2 – Ensure that robust and high quality community interventions and public protection arrangements are consistently available across Scotland No. Deliverable How impact will be assessed Priority Action 3 – Support the use of robust alternatives to remand by ensuring high quality bail services are consistently available and delivered effectively 3.1 Undertake the bail supervision ‘Achieving Community Justice Outcomes’ targeted resource and develop Completion of targeted resource and improvement actions development of actions 3.2 Support the implementation of the bail elements of the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act Progress reports 3.3 Review the availability of services supporting the needs of people appearing at court, including Feedback and development of a service profile signposting and referral pathways Priority Action 4 – Strengthen options for safe and supported management in the community by increasing and widening the use of electronic monitoring technologies 4.1 Monitor and contribute to national developments in relation to electronic monitoring Practitioner feedback 4.2 Explore available data in relation to electronic monitoring assessments and disposals to support future Development and monitoring of delivery performance measures Priority Action 5 – Ensure that those given community sentences are supervised and supported appropriately to protect the public, promote desistence from offending and enable rehabilitation by delivering high quality, consistently available, trauma-informed services and programmes 5.1 Review the support wider partners are able to provide to people serving community sentences Review completed 5.2 Identify opportunities partners can offer through the ‘other activity’ element of unpaid work Increased range of options for ‘other activity’ 5.3 Work with the Trauma Leads to increase roll out of trauma informed training for all stages of the Training completed and feedback community justice process, including frontline partners, courts, and prisons 5.4 Undertake the community sentence ‘Achieving Community Justice Outcomes’ targeted resource and Completion of targeted resource and develop improvement actions development of actions Priority Action 6 – Ensure restorative justice is available across Scotland to all those who wish to access it by promoting and supporting the appropriate and safe provision of available services 6.1 Monitor and contribute to national developments in relation to restorative justice Practitioner feedback 6.2 Commence local planning for restorative justice services when national Local progress will be made in line infrastructure and funding is in place with national directives Aim 3 – Ensure that services are accessible and available to address the needs of individuals accused or convicted of an offence No. Deliverable How impact will be assessed Priority Action 7 – Enhance individuals access to health and social care and continuity of care following release from prison by improving the sharing of information and partnership working between relevant partners 7.1 Explore options to develop the HMP Kilmarnock Visitor Centre to provide a departure lounge / one stop Establishment of service shop for those leaving custody to directly access services prior to leaving the prison estate Numbers attending Feedback 7.2 Raise awareness and monitor the implementation of the prison to residential rehabilitation pathway Number of times pathway is used 7.3 Consider implications of proposals in the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act to introduce a Progress reports pre-release planning duty on named partners. Baseline against proposed minimum standards 7.4 Consider the role of Prison Link Officers and the weekly community reintegration meetings delivered Refreshed plan from HMP Kilmarnock and explore options to develop this into a wider multi-agency process 7.5 Engage with SPS to explore how information can be shared from across the prison estate to support Information sharing pathways in place rehabilitation planning for all those returning to Ayrshire from custody 7.6 Complete review of Community Reintegration model utilising the GIRFE model design tools including Feedback and evaluation following co-design with lived experience completion of review 7.7 Undertake the health and social care following prison ‘Achieving Community Justice Outcomes’ Completion of targeted resource and targeted resource and develop improvement actions development of actions Priority Action 8 – Ensure that the housing needs of individuals in prison are addressed consistently and at an early stage by fully implementing and embedding the Sustainable Housing on Release for Everyone (SHORE) standards across all local authority areas 8.1 Explore opportunities to increase justice peer support for housing services Feedback from housing 8.2 Explore opportunities to improve housing support planning for people being held on remand Review and evaluation of current service 8.3 Support housing partners in local authorities to embed the SHORE standards Feedback and evaluation 8.4 Undertake the housing ‘Achieving Community Justice Outcomes’ targeted resource and develop Completion of targeted resource and improvement actions development of actions Aim 3 – Ensure that services are accessible and available to address the needs of individuals accused or convicted of an offence No. Deliverable How impact will be assessed Priority Action 9 – Enhance individuals life skills and readiness for employment by ensuring increased access to employability support through effective education, learning, training, career services and relevant benefit services 9.1 Engage with Local Employability Partnerships to promote the needs of people within the justice system Percentage of those in employability services with convictions Support partners to embed the learning from the Recruit with Conviction training Training delivered 9.2 Resources produced 9.3 Work with HMP Kilmarnock to support the development of the work sheds to reflect local labour Feedback from employability partners market - ensuring the work available is focussed on learning or maintaining skills that will help support employability post-liberation 9.4 Undertake the employability ‘Achieving Community Justice Outcomes’ targeted resource and develop Completion of targeted resource and improvement actions development of actions Priority Action 10 – Enhance community integration and support by increasing and promoting greater use of voluntary throughcare and third sector services 10.1 Ensure pathways into support are available for people returning from prisons outside of Ayrshire Pathways developed 10.2 Work with partners to deliver throughcare support events within HMP Kilmarnock Event feedback 10.3 Explore opportunities to improve throughcare support planning for people being held on remand Review and evaluation of current service 10.4 Establish a data collection mechanism to support future community reintegration planning Data collection mechanism in place 10.5 Raise awareness of JSW voluntary throughcare, how it can support links with third sector services, Number of people engaging with throughcare and how support can be provided for up to 12 months following liberation support 10.6 Undertake the voluntary throughcare ‘Achieving Community Justice Outcomes’ targeted resource Completion of targeted resource and and develop improvement actions development of actions Aim 4 – Strengthen the leadership, engagement and partnership working of local and national community partners No. Deliverable How impact will be assessed ??? Priority Action 11 – Deliver improved community justice- outcomes by ensuring that effective leadership and governance arrangements are in place and working well, collaborating with partners and planning strategically 11.1 Identify partners to lead and report on CJOIP deliverables Partners identified 11.2 Develop local performance monitoring arrangements Framework developed Regular reports 11.3 Complete a self-evaluation of the CJAP using the Care Inspectorate self-evaluation framework and Self-evaluation report identify improvement actions Priority Action 12 – Enhance partnership planning and implementation by ensuring the voices of victims of crime, survivors, those with lived experience and their families are effectively incorporated and embedded 12.1 Support the continued development of the justice service user involvement groups in Ayrshire – MAD, Practitioner feedback PING and CVN 12.2 Identify methods for engaging with victims to increase participation in community justice through a Plan will have its own measures CJAP Communication and Engagement strategy Priority Action 13 – Support integration and reduce stigma by ensuring the community and workforce have an improved understanding and confidence in community justice 13.1 Work with MAPPA colleagues to produce an awareness raising video Video produced Video feedback 13.2 Work with MAPPA colleagues to deliver an awareness raising event Event evaluation 13.3 Develop a refreshed Communication and Engagement Plan outlining our stakeholders and methods Plan will have its own measures 13.4 Develop an E-learning module to increase partner awareness, knowledge and understanding of Training completion numbers community justice Feedback 13.5 Work with HMP Kilmarnock Visitor Centre to produce a short film on the visiting process Video produced Video feedback 13.6 Undertake the understanding and confidence in community justice ‘Achieving Community Justice Completion of targeted resource and Outcomes’ targeted resource and develop improvement actions development of actions 49 Cunninghame House, Irvine, KA12 8EE t. 01294 317 203 www.communityjusticeayrshire.org.uk @CJAyrshire [email protected]