Meet Your Corporate Parent

Meet your Corporate Parents

Scottish Police Authority (SPA)

Each issue of SpeakOut Junior we’ll introduce you to a different Corporate Parent. This will hopefully help you understand who your Corporate Parents are and what they do.

WHO ARE WE?

The SPA’s job is to watch over policing in Scotland and to make sure the Chief Constable (the head of Police Scotland) does what he’s meant to. The SPA also helps to make the police service better for you and everyone in Scotland.

MEET SAM…

Hi,

My name is Sam, and I am the Operational Policing Policy Lead with the Scottish Police Authority. Since I joined the Scottish Police Authority almost a year ago I have learned a lot about the challenges that people with care experience can face. I am really proud to be part of a team who are working hard to listen to the needs of people with care experience and find out what we can do to help. In November the Scottish Police Authority asked some people from Who Cares? Scotland to run a session for all our staff on the job of a Corporate Parent. We really want to make sure that Care Experienced people are involved in making decisions and that they have fair job opportunities. We also work with Police Scotland who are also trying to make life better for people with care experience. By working together, I believe we can make a huge difference and make life better for our Care Experienced community.