Growth and development.pdf

Local staff are devising a template to bring together risk assessment, with a broader social workassessment. Locally devised schedules are used for monitoring effectiveness, and there areplans to upgrade the client information systems to allow for greater integration of qualitative data.Young people’s crime in Shetland is associated with alcohol and the use of recreational drugs.Alcohol awareness courses are a strong feature of local provision.Since a number of youngsters are propelled very swiftly into court and adult disposals, youthjustice provision has been developed to identify and co-ordinate resources to divert youngerpeople from crime.5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £315 £1,099 £342 £1,695Community Care £3,377 £6,684 £3,454 £8,639Adult Offenders £159 £24Other SW Services £414 £1,029 £414 £238Total £4,106 £8,970 £4,209 £10,596Spend per headSpend per head £399.73 £472.19Quartile 1 1GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001Criminal Justice services receive funding direct from the Scottish Executive, which amountedto £192,157 in 2000-2001.Shetland spent two and a half times GAE levels on social work services in 2000-2001. The spendon other social work services was below GAE but on community care it exceeded GAE by twoand a half times. The spend on children’s services was almost five times GAE. Expenditure perhead is very high and has increased significantly since 1999-2000 – more than £100 higherthan that for Orkney or Eilean Siar.230