The Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre, part of the University of Edinburgh, is an independent national resource that provides a range of services to those working in, or concerned about, criminal and youth justice social work services.

We work in partnership with statutory and voluntary sector service providers, with central government and government agencies to identify, promote, develop and disseminate good practice and management, based on the best available evidence.

We are the national body for criminal and youth justice social work practice and our overarching aim is to have a positive impact on practice in Scotland.