CPO annual report - 2024-25
Renfrewshire Council · 10 March 2026
Back to Communities and Housing Policy Board — 10 March 2026 and its agenda
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1 PUBLIC COMMUNITY PAYBACK ORDER (CPO) ANNUAL RETURNS TEMPLATE FINANCIAL YEAR: 2024/25 LOCAL AUTHORITY: Renfrewshire TEMPLATE RETURN DATE: Friday 31 October 2025 Please return all completed templates to CJS at CJSImprovement@communityjustice.scot and copy the Scottish Government at cpo@gov.scot
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2 PUBLIC 1. Background Under the Community Justice (Scotland) Act (2016), local authorities have a statutory duty to report on the operations of Community Payback Orders (CPO) within their area on an annual basis to Community Justice Scotland (CJS). CJS will then collate these returns and summarise them in a report which is laid before Scottish Parliament. To assist with this reporting duty, CJS, in collaboration with representatives from Justice Social Work, the Scottish Government, and Social Work Scotland, has developed a template of questions for local areas to complete. This template is designed to support the reporting requirement. 2. Completing the template Please answer the following questions contained in this year’s CPO template. When answering the questions, please ensure that all case studies and feedback are anonymised. We understand that maintaining anonymity may be more challenging for some local authorities. If this applies to your area, you may provide a more general response to the questions. Please ensure all answers are relevant to your local area within the 2024 to 2025 reporting year. If you need any support in completing this template and or have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in contact with CJS. Contact details can be found on the title page of this form. Thank you for taking the time to answer the questions in this template.
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3 PUBLIC 3. Questions to answer 1) Reducing risk of reoffending Please provide a case study or examples of your work with people subject to a Community Payback Order (CPO), focusing on how you work to address their offending behaviours and reduce the risk of reoffending. In line with social work values and good practice all our interventions are tailored to the needs of the service users. Their life circumstances are often complex and require support in many areas. The following offence focused interventions reflect some examples of social work intervention but a partnership approach is both integral and essential to address underlying needs such as employability, housing, mental health, and problematic substance use. These core links are well established and developing supported by a community justice framework. Relationship based social work practice underpins our approach to direct support and our effectiveness in working collaboratively with people and partners. - Gender based violence: At this time, Renfrewshire has not been granted funding to provide the Caledonian Programme. This is an identified gap for us. To support this crucial area Renfrewshire sourced UP2U in 2016 and continue to provide this intervention. We are part of the wider Council’s Gender Based Violence strategic groups which includes developing collaborative approaches with the “Safe and Together” programme. - Sexual offending behaviour: Renfrewshire fully transitioned from MFMC to MF2C at the end of 2024. MF2C is predominantly provided in a groupwork format but is also delivered individually when required. Our
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4 PUBLIC specialist service (Pathways) also runs a Post Programme Maintenance group to offer ongoing support and opportunity to review and revise learning from MF2C. We also continue with our locally devised ‘Keep safe in the community’ pack. This is for those not suitable from MF2C on the basis of their level of denial. For those not suitable for other reasons (than denial) such as risk level, gender etc bespoke intervention is carried out tailored to identified risk factors. - Women involved in offending behaviour: We are proud of the fact that, in recognition of the different needs and offending profile of women, we have a dedicated, all female staffed women’s service. This means our interventions and support, such as the Connections programme is better fitted to meet the complex, different personal needs experienced by women. - General offending behaviour: During 2023-24 we gathered together many different intervention approaches into a “toolkit” for practitioners to reference and utilise depending on the personalised need. We plan to review and revitalise this during the next reporting year. All Justice Social Work staff are trained in Decider Skills ‘Life Skills’. This CBT based intervention is designed to help service users to recognise their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours, allowing them to monitor their own emotions and mental health and help them to live a more skilful and less impulsive life. Some feedback for Decider Skills: ‘M advised that she used decider skills learning to stop and calm down, before responding to text messages from her ex-partner and when dealing
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5 PUBLIC with an incident where her daughter had been assaulted by a group of young people’. 2) Support for underlying needs Please provide a case study or example of your work with people subject to a CPO, which demonstrates how their underlying needs (e.g. mental health, substance use) are identified, and how you work to address those. CASE STUDY “Ms T was made subject to a Community Payback Order with 24 months Supervision Requirement. At the beginning of the Order Ms T had a number of unmet needs, she was no longer engaging with Addiction or Mental Health Services, was isolated with poor mental health and drinking heavily and using street Valium. Ms T was assessed using LSCMI as high risk of reoffending and it was assessed that should she not seek support for her mental health or drug and alcohol use it was likely she would continue to offend in a similar manner. Initially, Ms T was reluctant to engage with addiction services as she felt this had been a negative experience in the past. Within supervision recovery focused work, harm reduction and work on encouraging Ms T to engage with addiction services was undertaken. Ms T has now reduced her alcohol use and agreed to a referral to addiction services and is open to further support.
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6 PUBLIC Ms T had an upcoming mental health assessment however stated she was not going to attend. Work was undertaken with Ms T to look at why she did not want to attend and barriers to engaging with mental health support. Ms T discussed she did not feel able to attend by herself. Ms T was referred to Shine Women’s Mentoring service and a 3-way meeting was arranged to introduce Ms T to her Shine Mentor. Ms T now meets with her Shine Mentor to reduce isolation, provide emotional support and her mentor supported Ms T to her Mental Health Assessment. Ms T reflected that her support with Shine ensured she attended. Ms T is now awaiting allocation from the Mental Health Team. Initially Ms T compliance was inconsistent, work was undertaken to empower Ms T to attend all appointments on time and a consistent, clear boundaries and strengths-based approach was utilised. Within supervision work was undertaken on Goal Mapping, allowing Ms T the opportunity to reflect on what she would like to achieve through the duration of her Order and what work needs to be done to support her to achieve the goals. Ms T has a history for violent offending, she reflected that she often struggles to manage her anger or other strong emotions and can lash out when angry. As such within supervision appointments we have begun to deliver Decider Skills, 32 skills aimed at improving emotional regulation. Ms T has identified that this work has already been beneficial to how she deals with strong and difficult emotions.
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7 PUBLIC Ms T also struggles with an eating disorder, she has been supported to attend her GP to request a referral to a Nutritionist and for official support for her eating disorder. At the beginning of her Order, Ms T was ambivalent towards Supervision and did not feel she wished to engage with further support. However, throughout the order she has begun to see the benefit of engaging with the support and has articulated that she has found the support from her CPO helpful and feels she has made positive changes.” 3) Unpaid work Please describe a case study or provide examples of unpaid work activity. When identifying appropriate unpaid work opportunities, we consider work which will have the maximum benefit for the communities in which they are being undertaken. The following provides a summary of some of the work going on across Renfrewshire. Gardening Work • The Unpaid Work team will often complete work for residents within the local area who cannot manage to maintain their own gardens. • The Team regularly supports Sheltered Housing complexes within the Renfrewshire Area to support with maintaining and improving their land, gardens and communal areas. • The Unpaid Work Team has provided gardening support to community spaces such as local churches and schools.
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8 PUBLIC • The Unpaid Work Team regularly supports local allotments assisting with various tasks such as discarding garden waste and collecting and delivering woodchip bark and in turn placements have been provided. • At the Unpaid Work allotment plot we grow a variety of different vegetables which can be harvested all year round. The primary goal is to have enough produce to in turn offer to service users who may be experiencing financial difficulties, particularly regarding purchasing food, whilst of course, promoting healthy eating. Joinery and Woodwork Projects • We have been responsible for the manufacturing and delivery of “mud kitchens” to many nurseries and primary schools in Renfrewshire. The mud kitchens provide children with the opportunity for sensory play which serves to develop their imagination and creativity. • Our skilled supervisors and service users have built garden furniture for sheltered accommodation complexes. • We have built several planters for community areas. • We upcycle furniture for individuals or organisations who request support and restore salvaged furniture. • We build wooden furniture for nurseries and schools within Renfrewshire • We have manufactured outdoor bin storage shelters for several of our own Children’s Houses. Craft and Textile Projects • We have a designated team for women receiving unpaid work as a sentence. All women are assessed /listened to and given wider
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9 PUBLIC opportunities than these where suitable. However, many women prefer to carry out these activities, not only for the skills but also the emotional support and specific gender environment it offers. • A local artist has been working with the Women’s Group to craft various creative accessories which have been requested and donated to local care homes and foodbanks. Items include dementia blankets, draught excluders and embroidered bags for local school children. • Feedback from service users who attend the Women’s Service overall has been extremely positive with women reporting the group provides them with a sense of fulfilment as well as going some way to improve their mental health, confidence, self-esteem and self worth. • Women’s Group has been creative in other areas too - (Various tasks including Spuds for Buddies bags, issued to children at local primary schools who work alongside Renfrewshire Environmental Trust to grow potatoes within the community) Individual Placements • Individual placements are also available and are commonly completed within local charity shops and various community organisations. Placements can allow participants to positively contribute and build new healthy relationships with different staff and volunteers. Other examples of our work improving/maintaining community spaces: • Outdoor painting. • Clearing snow and distributing grit in winter months. • Litter picking. • Charity shop uplifts
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10 PUBLIC • Gardening • Ferguslie Park Housing Association - Tannahill Centre Placement:- maintaining gardens and setting up halls for various events and activities • Maintaining grounds and gardens of several Sheltered Housing complexes • Assisting elderly and vulnerable people in the local community – particularly in relation to moving furniture within their home to make way for medical equipment following discharge from hospital • Making pillows, draft excluders, Christmas tree baubles, decorative bunting and zimmer bags for sheltered housing complexes and foodbanks • House clearances and removals • Repairing and maintenance of wrought iron fencing CASE STUDY The Community Payback Order Photo Project took place in Paisley in Autumn / Winter 2024. Facilitated by Open Aye, the project was designed to engage people on Community Payback Orders in documenting and discussing experiences of the Justice system. The participatory photography process helped individuals to express their views on supervision and encouraged them to consider where improvements could be made. This social research project, highlighting people’s lived experiences and platforming ideas and voices which wouldn’t normally be heard. The participatory photography format and methodology was engaging and inclusive, allowing a range of team members to learn, contribute with their
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11 PUBLIC photos and reflect on experiences more deeply, in discussions. The participatory activities took place within safe spaces and involved trauma- informed practice, which allowed for the development of trust and group bonds, leading to open and honest conversations as to experiences of CPOs. 4) Other activity Please describe the main types of "other activity" carried out as part of unpaid work or other activity requirement. Renfrewshire promotes a range of other activity interventions, recognising that addressing wider issues in individual’s lives may impact upon their desistance from offending. Other activity provides the opportunity to undertake rehabilitative activities which support the person to stop offending and build their human and social capital. Examples include; • Blended Learning Packs – these packs are undertaken as part of the other activity element of the Order. This resource enables service users to explore, in more detail, the impact of undertaking a Community Payback Order on both themselves, the community and society.
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12 PUBLIC • Supporting and facilitating people’s engagement with a range of key personal, external services – e.g. addiction, mental health, gambling support services. • Engagement with targeted employability services, including completion of qualifications and courses. For example, West College Scotland and Renfrewshire Council provide “Your Employability Skills” (YES), which is a personalised learning programme. This programme assists people to look for work and provides the opportunity to gain new qualifications. • Engagement with Venture Trust. • Attendance at college / university where the person is studying for a qualification • Attending appointments with workers to specifically participate in structured one to one intervention aimed at developing problem-solving skills and reducing the likelihood of further reconviction (where there is no supervision requirement imposed) • Kairos offer support to women on Community Payback Orders. They work with Service Users to develop an individual's skills including interpersonal, educational and vocational 5) Feedback Please provide a summary of quotes or feedback on the impact of supervision requirements and or unpaid work or other activity requirements from the following perspectives: • People subject to a supervision requirement • People undertaking unpaid work or other activity requirement • The community and beneficiaries of unpaid work
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13 PUBLIC People subject to a supervision requirement “Structure of engagement and routine is helpful. Having good discussions with my worker and the work that we have been completing to manage my mood swings has been great. I don’t find anything unhelpful.” “Always available for a call, has good communication, down to earth and not a ‘jobsworth’ so to speak.” “Been a long time since I have been able to open to someone. I feel comfortable to do this now because of the strong working relationship I have with my worker. I am being heard and have their full attention. As stated, before that time in the past wasn’t helpful but I am now in a much stronger position physically and mentally because of the social work team.” “Within his review today [service user] spoke about the worker facilitating opportunities for him to reflect upon the nature and seriousness of his offending behaviour and that he has learnt new skills and strategies to minimise risk moving forward.” “The worker is there when you need them, and they do help when you need them too. I like the fact my worker is very black and white, spades a spade sort of person. At one point I wouldn’t have worked with social work as I really don’t like them but that’s another story.” “They do genuinely help. One day I was running out of electricity and the social worker was kind enough to support me with a utility voucher and in the past have been able to get me a foodbank parcel as well. At the moment nothing is really unhelpful.” “Again, feeling heard, understood and validated in my situation has genuinely saved my life. That is almost entirely down to feeling as though someone was offering me genuine interest, concern and support.” “I was surprised by the level of support I received. It isn’t just a tick box like I have been told about by other people. It has made me learn more about myself and how to move forward with my life.” “The amount of supports in the community I have been shown as well. I realised I can’t do everything on my own and I receive good advice from social work, it’s been fantastic.”
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14 PUBLIC ‘Service user reported that she has found CPO supervision “amazing”... “the support that [Social Worker] has offered has helped me so much, to understand what I want and I have shown myself what I’m capable of”.’ People undertaking unpaid work or other activity requirement “I want to get on with my CPO but don’t want to feel degraded. We do get treated with respect from the staff.” “I thought it’d be embarrassing. But it turned out to be fair. They don’t just treat you like criminals.” “Thank you for everything. I was absolutely terrified when I first got here and now I don’t want to leave.” “Folk might think we are trouble. But you can be in here for all sorts of reasons. like driving offences, I felt shame and embarrassment coming here at first. But we just get on with it. Community Payback Orders are a chance to make up for past mistakes.” “I like doing stuff that will go to the kids. And doing it right, so they don’t get a skelf.” ‘6-month CPO review: M reported that she is “really enjoying UPW…happy learning the new skills that [UPW supervisor] is teaching”. Explained that they have been “making draft excluders and moving on to making bags next week”. The community and beneficiaries of unpaid work “Thank you for all your hard work transforming our nursery garden.” Auchenlodment Early Learning Centre “Just to thank you for sending the squad to Springbank this morning. They were very obliging and have taken away everything we’d asked them to.” Sheltered Housing Complex
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15 PUBLIC “This is amazing. Thank you so much for your support.” Wallace Early Learning Centre responding to the teepee’s Unpaid Work built for the centre. “We are absolutely over the moon with the benches.” Feedback from staff at Paisley Sheriff Court who received benches built by the Unpaid Work Team for the Court communal areas.
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16 PUBLIC 6) Benefits and challenges of other CPO requirements Please mark with a cross the requirements that were imposed by courts in 2024 to 2025. ☒Compensation requirement ☒Programme requirement ☐Residence requirement ☒Restricted movement requirement ☒Conduct requirement ☒Alcohol treatment requirement ☒Drug treatment requirement ☒Mental health treatment requirement For each of the requirements that were imposed (up to a maximum of 300 words) please describe innovative and practice examples, challenges, and impact associated with each. Compensation requirement It can be challenging to get information back from the Court to ensure payments are being made meaning that service users can at times be in arrears by the time we have the information. Programme requirement Only 2 programme requirements are requested in Renfrewshire – Connections for Women or MF2C for those convicted of sexual offences who meet the access criteria.
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17 PUBLIC Connections has been running for many years – this provides psychoeducational input and peer support. Programme requirements for Connections are useful when recommended and in most cases are completed successfully. Renfrewshire has a dedicated team (Pathways) working with service users convicted of sexual offences which provides the MF2C programme. Case managers are trained to support the programme and play a key part in preparation for the programme phase of the programme and ongoing engagement to completion. Some comments from service users involved in MF2C: • Some of the stuff has been good, I found the Mind Loops exercise really helpful it gave me an increased awareness of myself and things I needed to work on. The Managing Disclosure assignment was very intense, but it was managed well. • Group terrified me before I started because I didn't know what I was going into, but it has been the opposite of what I imagined. Feels like a safe place where I can share openly. • We have to face up to these things, so group is really good because it helps us look at the 'why' and understand how we got here [offended]. • I was sceptical about the programme before starting but it has been better than I expected, and I find myself using the learning and techniques throughout my week. • Mindfulness and grounding techniques help me to focus on my emotions and has made me aware of the importance of taking the time to do this.
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18 PUBLIC • The non-judgmental environment helps me to explore my inner feelings and express them. Restricted movement requirement 6 RMRs were made in the reporting period – Restriction of Liberty Order (RLO) continues to be the preference when electronic monitoring is being considered. When considering an RLO versus a RMR we take into account that in breaching an RMR the whole Order is breached rather than with an RLO separate to the CPO where it would just be the RLO. This is particularly pertinent for young people (both open to our Whole Systems and Adult Justice teams) whom we would want to continue the supervision element for regardless of compliance with the electronic monitoring. The main circumstance in which we highlight to the Court that they may wish to consider an RMR over an RLO is with Sexual Offences as an RLO attracts 5 years subject to Sex Offender Notification Requirements (SONR) whereas an RMR as part of a CPO is 3 years subject to SONR. Conduct requirement Conduct requirements are routinely used to manage risk associated with sexual offending for instance in relation to on-line activity, contact with children and restricting access to child-oriented places. In cases where there are adult female victims of sexual offences conduct requirements relating to contact with women have been requested and granted. There is written guidance for staff in considering conduct requirements for sexual offending and suggested wording for consistency.
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19 PUBLIC We also request conduct requirements were assessed as needed in cases of gender-based violence – this can be in addition to supporting the consideration of a Non-Harassment Order. Alcohol treatment requirement Rare to recommend this requirement given the definition of dependence and the level of assessment required to evidence need – 3 were made in the reporting period. This requirement can be motivational for service users in some cases. Where there may be difficulties is when the service user states that they don’t require treatment despite the assessment being indicative of this and the recovery provider then closing the case. Drug treatment requirement As with alcohol requirements, where drug use is identified as a risk/need this often forms part of the action plan for supervision with a specific requirement only being deemed necessary in a minority of cases. It can be problematic if this requirement is added without assessment from recovery services as they may deem treatment to be unnecessary. As with alcohol requirements in some cases this requirement can be an additional motivator for service users to access and continue to engage with recovery services. It is noted that where the criteria are met service users can be made subject to a DTTO. Mental Health Treatment Requirement Given the considerations required for this requirement this is seldomly requested/imposed. In the reporting year a Court did
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20 PUBLIC impose one such requirement despite the criteria not being met. Mental health was discussed within the supervision element of the CPO and the person was linked into appropriate services on a voluntary basis. Note: It is noted that for young people under the Whole Systems Approach, it would be rare to request additional requirements of a CPO due to concern that a young person may struggle to adhere to these and adds an additional risk of breach - too many restrictions could increase risk of contact with the adult justice system. It is notable in terms of the supervision plan for a young person on a CPO that they often remain on a higher level of contact for longer than many adults due to the level of vulnerability and chaotic lifestyle. 7) Organisational improvements and ongoing challenges Looking back at last year (2023-24), have there been any improvements to the challenges you noted? Are there any challenges you are still facing this year (2024-25)? The recruitment challenges referenced in the last two reports remain relevant in Renfrewshire as they do nationally. However at the time of the last report we were in the process of implementing changes after a Redesign of Children’s Services (which Justice Social Work sits within in Renfrewshire) with one of the intended outcomes of this process being improvement in the retention and recruitment of staff by the uplift of Senior Social Worker to Team Managers, introduction of Senior Practitioners and increase in strategic capacity. We have now recruited to all the new posts
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21 PUBLIC and feel in a stronger leadership position. The addition of senior practitioners to our existing operational cohort of staff has ensured we continue to meet the growing demands across the service. 8) Collaborative working across justice partnerships Please provide any examples of work with community justice partners, including the third sector, to effectively deliver CPOs. The Renfrewshire Strategic Community Justice Group has representation from all partners. In alignment with statutory responsibilities, the Community Justice Renfrewshire Strategic Group is responsible for coordinating local activity in pursuit of national justice improvement outcomes. Team Managers in Justice Social Work participate in subgroups of the Strategic group such as the employability forum. Invest in Renfrewshire We refer to Invest for employability needs. They provide access to training, education, help with CV’s and also seek to reduce digital poverty by providing access to IT equipment. Case Example “This individual is on CPO and facing a further custodial. He was using drugs heavily but had stopped just prior to sentencing. The Social Worker recommended a further community sentence as he has three children and a supportive partner and was demonstrating a desire to change. He has now been abstaining from drugs and alcohol for nine months and attends the gym daily. He expressed a desire to undertake his personal training qualification but the costs are around £3000 and were prohibitive. He did not want to contact Invest for support as he was embarrassed about his
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22 PUBLIC behaviour when he had previously engaged with them whilst using drugs but he was encouraged to return. He did so and recently completed his peer mentoring qualification with them. He then progressed to secure part of the funding for his course through them and is working with his job centre worker to secure the remainder. He has expressed a desire to qualify and support others who are using drugs problematically or have mental health difficulties to use fitness to recover. He's not completed the course yet so a wee way to go but such positive progress from where he was 1 year ago.” Renfrewshire Association for Mental Health (RAMH) RAMH are providing a 6-week trauma informed package of recovery sessions for service users. Renfrewshire Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service Our teams work closely with ADRS to support service users who are subject to Community Payback Orders. The following case example highlights the work undertaken by ADRS. Case Example “Mr P is currently subject to a CPO for a period of 18 months. He has a significant history of violence and aggression with most of his offences committed whilst intoxicated from the effects of drugs and/or alcohol. Mr P has been involved with Renfrewshire Alcohol and Drug Recovery Service since 2022. He is currently prescribed Methadone which he is currently stable on. Mr P previously received support for alcohol via a Disulfiram prescription, however, he was successful in stopping this medication. However, in recent months, Mr P has reported that, whilst he is not consuming alcohol to excess, he is consuming alcohol most days.
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23 PUBLIC He admits this is a concern for him. He has a good relationship with his allocated addictions nurse and has felt comfortable disclosing details of his alcohol intake. He has requested that he recommence his prescription of Disulfiram and steps are being taken for this to be implemented. Mr P finds his allocated worker approachable and non-judgemental when discussing details of his substance misuse. He feels he can be open and honest with her and seek support. In addition, he is of the view that opinions are taken into consideration when looking at treatment needs and what works best for him.” Renfrewshire Council on Alcohol (RCA) Renfrewshire Council on Alcohol have worked with our teams to provide Alcohol Brief Interventions Training. Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABIs) are short, evidence-based, structured conversations about alcohol consumption with an individual. The training explained how to raise the issue of alcohol and have a short conversation about it with an individual using healthy behaviour change techniques. It included: • The impact of alcohol on individuals and the community • Raising the issue of alcohol with an individual • Units of alcohol, how to calculate units and hazardous/harmful consumption levels • The 4 stage ABI approach • Building confidence and motivation to make changes, ways to reduce alcohol consumption and coping strategies.
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24 PUBLIC Housing Support Housing support provided support to a young person subject to a CPO who has a learning disability to sustain his own tenancy, provided safety advice and supported to ensure the young person attended Court. Police Scotland Justice staff work closely with our Sex Offender Policing Unit where service users are subject to CPO and SONR. Strong relationships are well established with a significant amount of joint working in place. Multi agency forums We work with Police Scotland, Health, Adult Services, Housing and the voluntary sector in a number of forums to deliver CPO’s effectively e.g. MARAC, MATAC, MAPPA and VYP (vulnerable young persons group). 9) Additional information Is there any other relevant information you wish to highlight? This may include: • Any new and/or notable trends in the CPO cohort (e.g. changing needs, offence types, demographics) • Areas for improvement and planned next steps. • New ways of working and benefits achieved from these. In the reporting year the ‘stocktakes’ (referenced in the previous report) of each part of the service have been undertaken and each Team has their own development plan. We have developed a Service Improvement Plan which has 2 main strands for Quality Assurance and Learning and Development. The
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25 PUBLIC Quality Assurance strand has several sub-groups working on service user voice, quality of data and quality assurance. We are all set to launch our service user questionnaire which has been informed by service users and are progressing our induction process for CPO’s which aims to be more inclusive of service users views and better evidences our consideration of responsivity whilst upholding the expectations of the Court. We are about to undertake a thematic audit of breaches of CPO to consider any service barriers to their successful completion. Our Learning and Development strand has developed a staff induction pack and is working on a staff training pathway. We have worked with Community Justice Renfrewshire, our local justice partnership to establish our Community Grant Scheme Pilot. The scheme aims to support the work of Renfrewshire’s third sector in justice related activities to improve our justice-experienced population’s access to pro- social activities. The funded organisations from March 2025 are: • RAMH – trauma focused mental health support, delivered remotely • Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company – placement-based personal development and employability support • Ability Post Production Academy – personal development and employability support, linked to digital skills • Kairos Women+ - provision for women subject to unpaid work requirements • Brick Lane Music - personal and creative development through music • The New Tannahill Centre – volunteering, personal and social development
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26 PUBLIC • Open Aye – participatory photography focusing on alcohol and drug rehabilitation journeys These grants will be reviewed towards the end of 2025 /26 period.