The Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland) is responsible for supervising those individuals who have been appointed to manage the financial or property affairs of adults who lack the capacity to do so for themselves. The Parole Board for Scotland aims to ensure that those prisoners who are no longer regarded as presenting a risk to public safety may serve the remainder of their sentence in the community under the supervision of a social worker. Police Scotland was formally established on 1 April 2013 and is responsible for policing across the whole of Scotland. Procurator Fiscal A Procurator Fiscal (sometimes referred to as the PF or Fiscal) is a public prosecutor, working for the Crown Office, who investigates all sudden and suspicious deaths in Scotland and conducts Fatal Accident Inquiries / FAIs. ‘The Report’ refers to Serious Case Review Report (see above) The Reporter to the Panel is an official employed by the Scottish Children’s Children’s Reporter Administration. All children and young people who may need compulsory measures of supervision must be referred to the Reporter. The main source of referrals is the police and Social Work, but other agencies such as health or education can make a referral, as well as any member of the public or the child him/herself. refers to the Serious Case Review Team ‘Review Team’ The Safer Highland Leadership Group brings together all the Strategy Groups in Highland that form The Safer Highland Partnership and undertakes a governance role. The Safer Highland Partnership is a partnership of all the Strategy Groups in Highland that are concerned with Public Protection issues in Highland Scottish Reporter Administration (SCRA) is a national body focused on Children’s children most at risk; established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 and became fully operational in 1996. See Reporter to the Panel. Children’s Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is the regulatory body for Scottish social services workforce. Serious Case Review The purpose of a Serious Case Review is to augment agencies’ own internal review and quality assurance processes. It will establish whether lessons can be learned, locally or more widely, from the circumstances of a case in terms of improving single agency and/or inter-agency working and better protect children and adults who are vulnerable or at risk of harm. The purpose is to review the effectiveness of single- and procedures and to inform, improve and develop best practice.
The Office of the Public Guardian (Scotland) is responsible for supervising those individuals who have been appointed to manage the financial or property affairs of adults who lack the capacity to do so for themselves. The Parole Board for Scotland aims to ensure that those prisoners who are no longer regarded as presenting a risk to public safety may serve the remainder of their sentence in the community under the supervision of a social worker. Police Scotland was formally established on 1 April 2013 and is responsible for policing across the whole of Scotland. Procurator Fiscal A Procurator Fiscal (sometimes referred to as the PF or Fiscal) is a public prosecutor, working for the Crown Office, who investigates all sudden and suspicious deaths in Scotland and conducts Fatal Accident Inquiries / FAIs. ‘The Report’ refers to Serious Case Review Report (see above) The Reporter to the Children’s Panel is an official employed by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration. All children and young people who may need compulsory measures of supervision must be referred to the Reporter. The main source of referrals is the police and Social Work, but other agencies such as health or education can make a referral, as well as any member of the public or the child him/herself. ‘Review Team’ refers to the Serious Case Review Team The Safer Highland Leadership Group brings together all the Strategy Groups in Highland that form The Safer Highland Partnership and undertakes a governance role. The Safer Highland Partnership is a partnership of all the Strategy Groups in Highland that are concerned with Public Protection issues in Highland Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) is a national body focused on children most at risk; established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 and became fully operational in 1996. See Reporter to the Children’s Panel. Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) is the regulatory body for Scottish social services workforce. Serious Case Review The purpose of a Serious Case Review is to augment agencies’ own internal review and quality assurance processes. It will establish whether lessons can be learned, locally or more widely, from the circumstances of a case in terms of improving single agency and/or inter-agency working and better protect children and adults who are vulnerable or at risk of harm. The purpose is to review the effectiveness of single- and procedures and to inform, improve and develop best practice.
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