Skills for Justice Offer Training in Self Assessment

CJI uses the ‘common core’ as its inspection framework.

One person taking a keen interest in the CJI’s training day on self assessment was Skills for Justice’s Judith Thompson. "Skills for Justice" has been licensed by the Government to work across the UK, developing occupational standards for policing, courts, prosecution, community justice and custodial care. Skills for Justice will be working with employers across justice sector organisations, identifying models for best practice, and looking at how these can inform HR systems and skills development.

Judith Thompson (right), with (left) Graham Kelly (Deputy Chair),
Joe Stewart (Chair) and Liz McCrystal (Development Officer)
of Skills for Justice Northern Ireland

Judith was impressed by the agencies’ response. “There are a number of ways in which Skills for Justice can help organisations to prepare for self assessment. We would be happy to hear from any organisations who wish to use occupational standards to develop human resource management systems and benchmark best practice in preparation for self assessment. The training provided by CJI gives a framework within which self-assessment will take place, and that is very helpful. However, we are conscious that the process may be daunting for some agencies embarking on it for the first time. Therefore we will be pleased to assist where we can.”

CJINI offer a written guide to self assessment which is downloadable here: Guide to Self Assessment.pdf

Judith can be contacted at judith.thompson@skillsforjustice.com or at:

7th Floor

14 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7BA