CORONAVIRUS
Please note the Risk Management Authority offices are now closed until further notice. The Risk Management Authority is operating business as usual with all staff currently working from home. If you wish to contact the Risk Management Authority, please phone 0141 278 4478 where all calls will be diverted directly to voicemail. Please leave a message together with your contact details and a member of staff will be in contact. Alternatively you can email us at: info@rma.gov.scot
The RMA works closely with partner agencies to develop and promote risk assessment and management practices that are proportionate, meaningful and legitimate. And by supporting the practitioners who work within the field of criminal justice, helping them to carry out their work effectively and consistently, we contribute to our wider purpose of reducing reoffending and the harm that it causes.
▪️Work proactively being done to identify those who are serving sentences of 12months or less & nearing end of their sentence - again excluding certain categories
Emergency Release powers (as name suggests) will only be used if absolutely critical. Robust risk assessments vital.
Welcome PBS, good to see you here
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Please note the RMA offices are closed. If you need to contact RMA staff, please phone 0141 278 4478. Calls will divert to voicemail so leave a message and your contact details and we will get back to you. Alternatively you can email us at info@rma.gov.scot
The RMA has delivered 27 Fundamentals of Risk Practice training courses to 568 justice social workers
We carry out our functions to promote effective practice through working closely with partners across the criminal justice system in Scotland; drawing evidence from national and international research and development programmes to advance a shared framework approach.
