We are a not-for-profit organisation committed to an improved and sustainable workforce. Skills for Justice deliver workforce and organisational development; working with organisations, both public and private, to increase the quality of essential services. Learn more about our vision, mission and values.
Vision, Mission and Values



Vision
Established in 2004 as the Sector Skills Council for the UK’s Justice, Fire and Rescue, Local Government and Armed Forces, we work to inform policy and industry standards, while focusing on the improvement of service delivery across all the sectors we operate in.
We work directly with employers to ensure high-quality and sustainable public services by improving delivery and skills within the workforce.

Mission
Our core mission is to develop a more skilled, productive and flexible workforce across all of our sectors, and our product and service offering reflects this mission.
Our experts work with employers to help them establish an efficient, productive and fully sustainable workforce that is able to respond to current and future challenges.

Values

Help you maximise the potential of your workforce

Improve quality, productivity and service delivery

Deliver workforce transformation

Raise standards in skills and training delivery

Provide insights to help inform policy and workforce planning
Certifications

Clients of Skills for Justice work with us safe in the knowledge that we protect their data after we became ISO27001 certified. After many months of hard work to ensure our processes met the required standard, the Workforce Development Trust (our parent company) passed its information security audit by a UKAS Accredited Auditor.
This means that our Information Security Management System has achieved the required ISO27001 standard.
For more information about ISO27001, click here.
Company History
Find out about our company history as the Sector Skills Council for the UK justice sector.

Why Skills for Justice
Discover why we are the workforce development organisation of choice for the UK’s justice sector.

Customer Testimonials

Ministry of Justice
The Skills for Justice team were invaluable to us to deliver this result. This required exceptional support and project management from the team to bring several organisations together working to the strictest of deadlines. Staff feel more valued and have greater transferable skills. We are confident that they will progress their careers in the sector.

National Crime Agency – IQA Training 2022
My Assessor was excellent, she helped me so much throughout and the sessions we had were first class – providing the guidance and support that was needed and from assessment perspective, always providing feedback in a lovely but extremely professional manner. I cannot fault the service at all.

G4S
Ambit helped us think about how to align core G4S values with the main areas of organisational life, so we are able to offer excellent support and opportunities to those we care for and get the best from our people through ongoing development and recognition of their achievements.

National Probation Service Assessor Training 2022/23
My Assessor was excellent, she made me feel so at ease and I always understood what was expected of me and the types of evidence required. She was so supportive but ensured that I remained responsible for my own learning, exactly how I work best! Thank you.

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
We feel valued as members with regular and worthwhile communication and visits.

National Crime Agency – IQA Training 2022
My Assessor was brilliant, very helpful and patient, always prompt and punctual and always accessible. My feedback was always developmental and supportive and they made the whole process an enjoyable and interesting one,

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation
Our project was about trying to bring more rigour in. Checking what skills everybody needs, and making sure we’ve supported them in getting those skills. The ambition in working with Skills for Justice was accreditation – to design a bespoke customised certificate of achievement in inspectorate skills.

National Probation Service Assessor Training 2022/23
TAQA workshops were really informative and gave clear directions about how the course was laid out and what to expect. My assessor was amazing and guided me through the whole process with ease.

Women’s Aid
The Skills for Justice consultancy experts helped us, but also allowed us to speak when we needed to change things. They completely understood the needs of the sector, but most importantly, they understood how to accommodate the learning requirements within the really restrictive environments that we work in.