A Community Service Order is an alternative to custody and offers offenders the chance to make reparation for their offences by undertaking unpaid work for the benefit of the community. The hours on the Order are worked either as part of a team or on an Individual/Personal Placement. Community Service must present a challenge to the offender and the 'punishment' element is contained in the time they must devote to the Order, the discipline of regular attendance, prompt time-keeping and satisfactory work performance.

A wide range of work is carried out in Moray and as long as the work carried out by the team does not deprive others of paid employment the list is extensive and includes: painting, gardening and other environmental work, joinery tasks, leaflet/pamphlet distribution, charity bag drops and collections, small removals, taking older people from Sheltered Homes shopping, assisting local voluntary, community and charitable groups. The work can be carried out either in teams under the supervision of a Task Supervisor, in which case the task must be of a size to accommodate and provide sufficient work for 4 offenders, or in an Individual/Personal Placement where the placement provider supervises the work of an individual offender.

Contact Details

If you would like more information please contact:

Criminal Justice Team
Tel:  01343 557200
Fax:  01343 557201
Email:  criminal.justice@moray.gov.uk