Growth and development.pdf

The Council is preparing to administer new arrangements for care leavers. Staff from genericchild care teams are to provide specific throughcare and after care support for the three to fourchildren who will need it each year.4. Performance: Criminal JusticeKey ActivitiesThe proportion of social enquiry reports reported to courtwithin target time2000-2001 QuartileProportion of social enquiry reports submitted to the courts 100.0 1by due dateThe time taken to complete community service orders1999-20002000-2001Number of social enquiry reports submitted to the courts 526 509 150.8 1during the yearNumber of community service orders made during the year 65 88 26.1 1Average length of community service (hours) for orders 175.0 1completed during the yearAverage hours completed per week 5.6 12000-2001per 10,000QuartileThe rate of social enquiry reports submitted in 2000-2001 was higher than in many otherauthorities. All reports were submitted to courts by the due date. The rate of communityservice orders made was also higher than in many other authorities. The average length oforders was long, but they were completed comparatively quickly, with an average of 5.6 hourscompleted per week.The Council forms with Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling the Forth Valley criminal justicegrouping. They had already been working closely together, on some developments, since 1996.A review of all assessment tools and practices across the grouping, with a common frameworkfor auditing all services, is planned for completion in autumn 2002.Much of Clackmannanshire’s work with young people who offend is delivered with partneragencies including APEX, the Community Alcohol and Drugs Service and SACRO. Through apartnership with Barnardo’s, the Freagarrach Project has been extended to include 16-17 yearolds, in order to maintain persistent young offenders within the children’s hearing system.Although prevalence rates are below average, staff report significant numbers of young drugand alcohol misusers. The substance misuse forum has developed an arrest referral scheme,among other measures, to tackle the consequences of misuse. The scheme supports atreatment programme involving local GPs.The criminal justice service has achieved the international quality assurance standard ISO 9002.This has to be renewed every two years and surveillance takes place every six months.44