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
Justice
A trusted partner for community justice, courts tribunals and prosecutions, offender management and policing.
Armed forces
Armed forces
Helping armed services develop their personnel for current and future roles.
Fire and rescue
Fire and rescue
Growing the skills and developing professional pathways for all staff roles.
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
Centre for QA, training and qualifications
We work with organisations to design and implement bespoke training, assessment and QA solutions.
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.
Competence frameworks
Competence frameworks
We identify and structure the training and developing your staff need to enhance their professional skills and knowledge.
Consultancy
Consultancy
Our experts will work with you to develop tailored solutions that meet your workforce development needs.
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
Qualifications and apprenticeship support
Experts in the design and delivery of apprenticeships and qualifications, whatever the size of your organisation.
Research and evaluation
Research and evaluation
Academically trained team of researchers who provide high quality research and evaluation services.
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.