As the Sector Skills Council for the UK’s justice, fire and rescue, local government and armed forces, we work directly with employers to ensure high quality and sustainable public services by improving delivery and skills within the workforce.
Workforce planning solutions
Skills for Justice are widely recognised and referenced nationally for the Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning®. Discover our workforce planning solutions.
Discover industry events
Our industry events calendar is the definitive guide to events taking place across the justice sector. Explore upcoming events, or submit your own event to be featured and reach our audience.
About us
As a not-for-profit we pride ourselves on being the authoritative voice around workforce challenges, working closely with criminal justice and community safety services throughout the UK to deliver a range of people-focused products and services for organisations with workforce challenges.
Creation of a UK wide custody and detention workforce development network
Developed an apprenticeship standard aimed at workers on the frontline of domestic abuse
Evaluation of the Police Uplift Programme in England and Wales
Commissioned to develop a career framework in restorative justice
Our sectors
Our team supports employers, large and small and across the UK, to develop workforce, leadership and research strategies to improve and retain skilled staff in policing, probation services, custody and detention, armed forces, fire and rescue and local government.
Justice
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Justice
Justice
A trusted partner for community justice, courts tribunals and prosecutions, offender management and policing.
Armed forces
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Armed forces
Armed forces
Helping armed services develop their personnel for current and future roles.
Fire and rescue
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Fire and rescue
Fire and rescue
Growing the skills and developing professional pathways for all staff roles.
Local government
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Local government
Local government
Working with local authorities to help them deliver first class local services.
Our products and services
Our products and service offering is based on our core mission of developing a more skilled, productive and flexible workforce across all of our sectors.
Centre for QA, training and qualifications
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Centre for QA, training and qualifications
Centre for QA, training and qualifications
We work with organisations to design and implement bespoke training, assessment and QA solutions.
Employee engagement surveys
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Employee engagement surveys
Employee engagement surveys
Our Ambit Survey tool lets your colleagues tell you what's great and what needs improving within your organisation.
Competency frameworks
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Competency frameworks
Competency frameworks
We identify and structure the training and developing your staff need to enhance their professional skills and knowledge.
Consultancy
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Consultancy
Consultancy
Our experts will work with you to develop tailored solutions that meet your workforce development needs.
Leadership and management
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Leadership and management
Leadership and management
We partner with employers to deliver strong leadership, excellence in management practice, culture change and transformation.
Qualifications and apprenticeship support
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Qualifications and apprenticeship support
Qualifications and apprenticeship support
Experts in the design and delivery of apprenticeships and qualifications, whatever the size of your organisation.
Research and evaluation
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Research and evaluation
Research and evaluation
Academically trained team of researchers who provide high quality research and evaluation services.
Workforce planning
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Workforce planning
Workforce planning
Applying our widely renowned Six Steps Methodology®, we help organisations achieve current and future service needs.
Our products and service offering is based on our core mission of developing a more skilled, productive and flexible workforce across all of our sectors.
Become a member
Our growing community of members are able to unlock a wealth of knowledge and resources to help transform their organisation.
From exclusive events, consultancy days, free access to our labour market research and workforce survey platform, and much more, members receive the full support of our experienced team who will work with you every step of the way as you look to deliver and sustain a skilled and robust workforce.
Trusted by
Our unrivalled industry knowledge and experience has seen us work with many of the sector’s most influential and highly respected organisations. We are trusted to deliver high quality and impactful programmes and practices that ultimately improve the delivery of services on the front line.
Meet the team
Throughout our organisation, we are passionate about delivering better workforce and skills development outcomes across the justice sector.
Industry events
The definitive industry events calendar that helps keep the justice sector updated and informed about upcoming online and face to face events.
Customer testimonials
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.”
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.”
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
“We feel valued as members with regular and worthwhile communication and visits.”
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.”
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.”
