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Performance Framework

National Outcomes

Outcomes for Communities
C.1 Increased community safety and public protection through a consistent approach to managing offenders on community and custodial sentences
C.2 Increased public confidence in the effectiveness of work with offenders
C.3/4 Improved understanding of role of community disposals and prisons
C.5 Improved satisfaction for victims, sentencers and beneficiaries of work by offenders
C.6 Appropriate care of victims, including appropriate and timely information
C.7 Timely information and, where appropriate, involvement for the families of offenders


Outcomes for Offenders
O.1 Sustained or improved physical and mental well-being
O.2 The ability to access and sustain suitable accommodation
O.3 Reduced or stabilised substance misuse
O.4 Improved literacy skills
O.5 Employment prospects increased
O.6 Maintained or improved relationships with families, peers and community
O.7 The ability to access and sustain community support, including financial advice and education
O.8 The ability to live independently if they choose
O.9 Improvements in the attitudes or behaviour which lead to offending and greater acceptance of responsibility in managing their own behaviour and understanding of the impact of their offending on victims and on their own families


Outcomes for the System
S.1 Effective CJAs in place, promoting a consistent approach to offender management and systematic co-operation between offender management agencies and supported by a system of integrated case management, with input from custodial and community services
S.2 Wider partnership of rehabilitative services in place, including addictions, housing, health, education, training and employment
S.3 Standard approach to the methodology and use of tools which are widely accepted for risk assessment and management embedded into practice and any risk of serious offending identified and a management plan effectively communicated to all relevant agencies
S.4 A range of high quality, evidence-based interventions based on the principles of effective practice, matched to the level of assessed risk and need, supported by better tracking of the impact of interventions on individuals, from which we build up a clearer understanding of what works
S.5 A workforce with the appropriate skills mix, targeted appropriately
S.6 Processes and systems which facilitate the sharing of information
S.7 A robust framework for quality assurance, performance management and outcome measures for area plans

Local Outcomes

List of Outcomes
2.1 INTERVENTIONS: Develop the provision of a range of agreed interventions to tackle offending needs in the area
2.2 RISK ASSESSMENT: Deliver joint risk assessment to appropriate offenders using agreed tools
2.3 TRANSITIONS: Take action to minimise the potential negative effects of the transitions between the youth and adult systems, and custody and the community and vice versa
2.4 VIOLENT, SERIOUS & SEX OFFENDERS: Ensure a robust response to violent, serious and sex offending
2.5 DOMESTIC ABUSE: Develop a response to domestic abuse that tackles offending and protects victims
2.6 WOMEN OFFENDERS: Meet the offending needs of women and reduce imprisonment levels for non violent offences
2.7 PERSISTENT OFFENDERS INCLUDING YOUNG OFFENDERS: Reduce the reconviction rate of persistent offenders and the number of young offenders serving short custodial sentences
2.8 LESS SERIOUS / FIRST TIME OFFENDERS: Create opportunities to divert less serious/first time offenders from the criminal justice system and reduce re-offending rates
2.9 OFFENDING AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE: Ensure that substance-misusing offenders have access to appropriate services and tackle the offending needs of substance misusing offenders and potentially those involved in the supply and distribution of drugs
2.10 EMPLOYABILITY: To ensure that appropriate work takes place to enhance offenders’ job readiness and that employment services are recognising and reaching offenders
2.11 HOUSING: Improve access to suitable and sustainable accommodation for offenders and where appropriate, prevent offenders from losing tenancies
2.12 MENTAL HEALTH / HEALTH: Recognise offenders’ health needs
2.13 SENTENCING IN SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND: In line with Scottish Government’s proposal, review and revitalise community disposals to reduce the number of short term prison sentences
3.0 WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP: To create a criminal justice system that pools the skills and resources of its constituent parts
3.1 VICTIMS: To develop a local strategy in working with victims that works towards the achievement of excellence
3.2 OFFENDERS FAMILIES: Develop a South West Scotland CJA Strategy for the engagement of families
3.3 INFORMATION SHARING: Consider the creation of a single information sharing protocol for the management of offenders
4.0 DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING THE WORKFORCE: Develop joint training
5.0 COMMUNICATIONS: Improve confidence in and understanding of the criminal justice system
6.0 PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK: Establish a framework to monitor performance of the CJA and partners