18 March 2018
LS/CMI mentors from across the country gathered in Glasgow on 1st February. We would like to thank all those who came along to join us to share experiences and learning from Quality Assurance in practice.
16 March 2018
Development work on Version 5.1 of the LS/CMI system is now complete and will be installed in all services over the next few months.
5 December 2017
The event will take place on Thursday 1st of February 2018 and will have a primary focus on quality assurance and sharing experiences and learning from criminal justice social work practice across Scotland.
16 November 2017
Work to install the latest version of the LS/CMI system (Version 5) across the country started in September 2017.
13 November 2017
Changes in who to contact for technical/ IT related queries come into effect on 15th November 2017.
6 March 2018
We would like to thank all those who came along to join us to share experiences and learning from Quality Assurance in practice at the LS/CMI mentors event on the 1st of February in Glasgow.
10 January 2018
The RMA’s report on Biodiversity 2015-17 is available for download.
21 November 2017
The RMA are pleased to announce accreditation as a Living Wage Employer.
6 October 2017
The RMA’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2016-17 is available to download.
6 April 2017
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice Michael Matheson today announced the appointment of David Crawford as Convener to the Risk Management Authority alongside three new members; Aileen Burnett, Jane Davey and Terry Powell.
26 October 2016
The revised publication of Standards and Guidelines for Risk Management (2016) contains a number of minor amendments to clarify guidance and replaces the 2013 version.
31 October 2016
The Risk Management Authority (RMA) are looking to appoint a new Convener.
28 October 2016
Would you like to play your part in preventing and reducing further offending by developing best practice in offender risk assessment and management?
26 April 2016
The RMA undertook an evaluation of the community implementation of the Moving Forward: Making Changes programme and training delivered as part of this.
18 January 2016
A real world study of the reliability, validity and utility of a structured professional judgement instrument in the assessment and management of sexual offenders in South East Scotland.
9 October 2015
The RMA was delighted to host a conference on the Level of Service / Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) in October.
3 September 2015
The RMA is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Katharine Russell to the RMA Board.
20 July 2015
The RMA’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2014-15 has been laid before Parliament and is now available to download. Please click here to be directed to the corporate reports section of the website.
10 April 2015
Scottish Ministers are seeking to appoint a new psychologist member to the RMA Board.
10 November 2014
The LS/CMI in practice national report is drawn from the analysis of aggregated data provided by Criminal Justice Social Work Services from across Scotland at the end of September 2013.
28 July 2014
The RMA’s Annual Report and Accounts were laid before the Scottish Parliament on the 25th of July 2014.
30 May 2014
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopts Recommendations concerning Dangerous Offenders.
1 April 2014
The RMA has adopted the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) model complaints handling procedure. The procedure introduces a standardised approach to handling complaints across government.
24 February 2014
We would be grateful if users of our website could complete the attached short survey, to help us shape the way we communicate with our partners, stakeholders and practitioners.
9 December 2013
The Risk Management Authority (RMA) is seeking to establish a small pool of suitably qualified and experienced individuals to provide clinical support to Scottish criminal justice social work practitioners and managers on the delivery of a sex offender programme.
14 October 2013
Most of the LS/CMI in Practice reports, originally published between the end of 2012 and May 2013, have been amended and updated.
5 September 2013
The Standards and Guidelines for Risk Management are now available online and will become effective from 1st January 2014.
29 August 2013
RATED is now an online resource and there are sections for both authors and users to provide feedback on the instruments evaluated.
9 August 2013
The Quality Assurance section of the website has been updated for those involved in LS/CMI.
23 July 2013
The RMA’s Annual Report & Accounts for 2012-13 was laid before Parliament on the 11th of July 2013 and is now available to download.
4 July 2013
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Hawkes, Stephen Swan and Elizabeth Carmichael to the Risk Management Authority Board.
30 May 2013
Presentations from ADSW, Care Inspectorate and the RMA are now available from the 22 May 2013 event.