Growth and development.pdf

East LothianThe Council currently uses a range of quality assurance mechanisms for criminal justice services,including case reviews. They are moving towards more outcome/output based methods. Allcriminal justice work is to be monitored using an OLM database which went live early in 2002.The new system covers risk assessment, action planning, service inputs, breaches and reviews,targets and outcomes. It will produce a range of management reports and allow individualfeedback to workers.Breaking the Cycle, East Lothian’s youth crime initiative, co-ordinates work with young peoplein transition between the children’s hearings and criminal justice social work services. It linkschildren and families and criminal justice social work teams, the Reporter, the Procurator Fiscaland independent agencies. A criminal justice social worker has been seconded to the projectsince 2001 dealing with all 16-18 year olds referred to the diversion scheme. The project isbeing externally evaluated.5. FinanceService Area(£000)Children’s Services £2,491 £3,696 £2,538 £4,422Community Care £13,990 £13,493 £14,665 £13,565Adult Offenders £77 -£31Other SW Services £1,687 £1,683 £1,705 £2,096Total £18,168 £18,949 £18,907 £20,051Spend per headSpend per head £207.59 £219.66Quartile 3 3GAE1999-2000Final netOut turn1999-20001999-2000GAE2000-2001Final netOut turn2000-20012000-2001Criminal Justice services receive funding from the Scottish Executive, £464,829 was providedin 2000-2001.East Lothian spent more than GAE on Social Work Services in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.The overall social work spend per head is relatively low.83