Decommissioning of Senior Attendance centres (SAC)

The Police Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act has enacted the decommissioning of Senior Attendance Centres (SAC), meaning that Courts will not be able to use SACs as a disposal in sentencing. Some staff delivering work in the SACs, may start to use their skills to deliver Structured Interventions (SI). This may not happen immediately; I will work with my Head of Programmes to ensure that these transitions take place and will be supported in having the right conversations with affected staff to support them in the transition.

I will schedule people on probation to attend the Senior Attendance Centre in line with my current processes.  However, if a person on probation is made subject to a SAC at a location that is no longer delivering SAC, I will need to ensure that the practitioner managing the case returns the Order to court for and amendment.  Either proposing an alternative venue or requirement

Having SAC colleagues move into my team will help to increase delivery of SIs, reduce the backlog and expand the options for PoPs, improving accessibility to treatment options.

If I previously occupied an Officer In Charge role, I will continue to provide oversight to SAC cases till their completion.