Lessons from Alternatives to Custody

Val Lawrie Team Manager Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian D.T.T.O. Lessons from Alternatives to Custody

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The past is history • The future is a mystery • What is important is the present!

Lesson One! WORKING TOGETHER WORKS!

Edinburgh Probation Project • Groupwork • Addressing Offending Behaviour

Probation with a condition of Drug Treatment • Use of Local Resources • Residential Treatment

Lesson Two! Co-operation NOT Competition

EH ? ? ? What ! ! ! How * * *

Included • Sorted • CLAN • Turning Point (Scotland)

Well We Can’t! Lesson Three! Anything you can do We can do better! We can do Anything better than you!

Venture Scotland • Princes Trust • B.B.V. clinic

It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it ….. Lesson 4

“Positive individual relationships with staff” • “Good relationships with workers” • “People believing in me”

It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it …..

That’s What Gets RESULTS Lesson 4