Scottish Government

MENTAL HEALTH (CARE AND TREATMENT) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003 TRANSITIONAL TRAINING GUIDE INTRODUCTORY TRAINING FOR MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE REPORTS ; PROVISIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH MENTAL DISORDER WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; AND, OTHER RELATED MATTERS

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Contents

Foreword
1. Introduction
1.1 A brief word about the Codes of Practice
2. Provisions for People with Mental Disorder within the Criminal Justice System and Other Related Matters
2.1 Aims of the new legislation
2.2 An overview of pre-conviction provision
2.3 Post-Conviction Assessment and Treatment
2.4 Post Conviction Disposals
2.5 Duties Following Making of Orders
3. Provision of Social Circumstances Reports
3.1 When is an SCR required?
3.2 When would the preparation of an SCR 'serve little or no practical purpose'?
3.3 What is the general purpose of an SCR?
3.4 What is the purpose of an SCR prepared after Short-term Detention or pre - sentencing orders of the 1995 Act?
3.5 Some words about SCRs required by virtue of criminal procedures
3.6 What differentiates the SCR from the Proposed Care Plan and other reports?
3.7 A Template for SCRs
4. What next?
5. Last word
6. The fourth self-assessed test of knowledge
Annex A: Answers to the fourth self-assessed test of knowledge (Reader 4)
Annex B: Summary of the duties of the MHO for Criminal Procedures Act provisions