Elected Members
The members of Lothian & Borders Community Justice Authority are drawn from the membership of the five local authorities in the CJA area, bringing individual councils together for the purposes of:

• Developing a Strategic Area Plan for the management of offenders in liaison with local authorities, the Scottish Prison Service and other partners;
• Receiving and distributing amongst local authorities funds provided by Ministers for criminal justice social work under section 27A of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;
• Promoting and sharing good practice;
• Monitoring and reporting on local authority performance; If necessary intervening to ensure the local authority elements of the area plan are delivered; and
• Carrying out wider monitoring and reporting functions on other partners, including SPS.

Chief Officer
The Chief Officer is appointed by Lothian & Borders Community Justice Authority to support the day-to-day management of its functions and is accountable to both the CJA and Ministers for the co-ordination and implementation of the plan and monitoring the delivery of services by local authorities.