Transcript 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
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Groupwork
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Addressing Offending Behaviour
Probation with a condition of Drug
Treatment
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Use of Local Resources
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Residential Treatment
Lesson Two!
Co-operation
NOT
Competition
EH ? ? ?
What ! ! !
How * * *
Included
Sorted
CLAN
Turning
Point (Scotland)
Lesson Three!
Anything
Well you can do
We can do better!
We
can do Anything better than you!
We
Can’t!
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Venture Scotland
Princes Trust
B.B.V. clinic
Lesson 4
It ain’t what
you do it’s the
way that you
do it …..
 “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 …..
Lesson 4
That’s What
Gets
RESULTS