Services
- Youth offending - sentences, orders and supervision
- Community Service Orders (CSO)
- Court reports
- Diversion from Prosecution Scheme
- Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTO)
- Fines and Compensation Orders
- Probation Orders
- Risk Assessment
- Supervised Attendance Orders
- West Lothian's Criminal Justice Teams and their services
Criminal Justice Teams and their services.
The number of services run by the Criminal Justice Social Work Service has increased dramatically in the past ten years. We note here the structure of our service, to help you understand the different teams and the services that each one provides.
Criminal Justice Manager - Tim Ward
The Service Manager provides the main strategic link between the Criminal Justice Social Work Service in West Lothian and other organisations. These include: our partners in the Lothian and Borders Community Justice Authority; other parts of West Lothian Council; and CJ services across Scotland , both statutory and non-statutory.
Group Manager - Gillian Oghene
The Group Manager has overall responsibility for the delivery of our services on a day-to-day basis, but also works with other CJ managers across Scotland on the planning, implementation and delivery of new services.
Court and Assessment Team (Manager - Paul Streater)
- Provision of Court Duty service at courthouses in Linlithgow and Livingston.
- Preparation of all Social Enquiry Reports on people aged 18+ awaiting sentence who are not current users of CJ services.
- Bail Information and Bail Supervision .
- Fine Supervision and Fines Enquiry Reports .
Probation Supervision Team (Manager - Linda Ferguson)
- Supervision of all people aged 18+ sentenced to Probation , either as a sentence in its own right or with additional conditions.
- Running of the Constructs: Positive Steps to Stop Offending groupwork programme.
- Running of other groupwork programmes.
Community Work Order Team (Manager - Linda Probka)
- Community Service by Offenders scheme (including Unpaid Work as a condition of a Probation Order).
- Supervised Attendance Order scheme.
Throughcare Team (Manager - Linda Probka)
- Liaison with prisoners, their families and the prisons prior to release
- Supervision of all prisoners released on Parole or Non-Parole Licences, post-release orders or Extended Sentences
- Provision of Voluntary Aftercare to short-term prisoners.
Drug Treatment and Testing Order Team (Manager - Sharon Oxley)
- Pre-sentence assessment of offenders for their suitability for an intensive treatment programme
- Management of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders
Administration Team (Manager - vacancy)
- Provision of direct administrative support to each of the teams noted above
- General support functions - eg reception and telephone duties
