Publications

To provide guidance with regard to how SPS supports employees during major disruption to travel.

The new Behavioural Competency Framework, branded Competencies for Success (CSF) comprises eight competencies.

Support any employee experiencing the menopause and help them to minimise the impact it can have on them while at work, enabling them to remain in employment.

To set out in a single document the refreshed SPS governance arrangements in line with recommendations made in Audit Scotland’s Review of Governance Arrangements Report (February 2015) and in an independent report by Polley Solutions Limited SPS Governance Review 2015-16 (February 2016).

Targeted ICM will complement the existing ICM Guidance Practice Manual 2007 and focuses on identifying and managing the risks of all statutory offenders.

The policy is designed to promote good practice and provide a framework for the effective management of issues relating to employee health and wellbeing.

The intended outcome is to reward loyalty and increase engagement and retention levels in the business by offering a competitive and comparable total reward package to staff.

The purpose of the policy review was to develop an updated and evidence-based corporate policy position which would clearly articulate an updated intent and how this would be achieved, consistent with the obligations of SPS as a public body and as a prison service.

This document is an initial assessment of the impact of The SPS Policy on the Management of Transgender People in Custody. SPS will continue to review and update this document where required.

This policy (and separate operational guidance) has been written for SPS staff and is based on evidence gathered during the review of SPS’s Gender Identity and Gender Reassignment Policy (2014), conducted between 2021 and 2023.

This Policy outlines the SPS position on the use of force by Prison staff, Prisoner Custody Officers and those who come into contact or work in the vacinity of prisoners during the course of their duties within our Prison estate.

This document outlines the Scottish Prison Service Policy in relation to Code of Conduct.

Scottish Prison Service Code of Conduct for Non-Executive Advisory Board Members and Risk Monitoring and Audit Committee Independent Members.

This document outlines the Scottish Prison Service Policy in relation to Attendance Management.