Transforming our understanding of future need and demand for social care

The intern would have the opportunity to provide their skills and expertise to a multi-disciplinary analytical team on a time-limited, high profile project to improve our understanding of future social care need in Scotland. The intern will be based in the Social Care Analytical Unit, which has a mix of operational researchers, social researchers, statisticians and economists. The Unit works closely with […]

Reactive project in support of Drugs and Alcohol Policy

SGSSS internships present invaluable opportunities for analytical outputs to be produced that are reactive and supportive to rapidly changing policy needs. As such, the outputs of these internships are likely to be of great relevance and value to the work of policy colleagues and present the opportunity to have real impact on decision making. With […]

Employability pathways in prisons: understanding the current employability provision in prisons and how it supports people prior to release

The project will work with community justice policy staff, as well as research staff, and will focus on SPS’s current employability provision for people in custody, including mapping the breadth and impact of current provision as well as how this supports people prior to release. The suggested methodology for the study is as follows:    A proforma will be sent out […]

Balancing Safety and Wellbeing: Comparative Research on Personal Items in Use in Custody

The intern will work with the FAI taskforce team and research colleagues, and will focus on: • Mapping current SPS policies and practices regarding personal items in use, with particular attention to recent changes and their operational impact. • Gathering staff perspectives especially from governors and frontline staff on the challenges, opportunities, and practicalities of implementing these policies. Noting that existing […]

SPS prisoner complaints process: understanding variations in practice & differing prisoner experiences of the process across the Scottish prison estate 

The project will focus on SPS’s complaints mechanism for people in custody only, although other complaints, communications and feedback channels exist for both people in prison, visitors, solicitors and staff. The project will focus on understanding how prisoner complaints are handled across different establishments within SPS. This includes all stages of complaints handling, including receipt, logging, investigation, resolution and feedback.    The suggested methodology for […]