Community Justice Scotland scales essential training with Thrive

The search for a platform that works for everyone

With a strong focus on building safe communities through social work, the team at Community Justice Scotland hadn’t previously invested much in technology – relying instead on traditional LMS platforms like Moodle and Blackboard. But it was quickly becoming clear that as their organisation grew, these platforms couldn’t keep up: “clunky”, “challenging to navigate”, and “a poor user experience” was the feedback from their end users.

An organisation without any dedicated digital specialists, Community Justice Scotland required an LMS that could both keep up with their evolving business needs and be simple to manage independently. Given their diverse range of users (mostly social workers across various authorities), they needed a platform with straightforward access that would make self-directed learning easy.

Introducing seamless, user-friendly learning

Thrive instantly answered Community Justice Scotland’s need for simplicity and ease of use. The platform’s intuitive design meant that it was adopted across the organisation in a matter of days, with social workers engaging in critical training on stalking awareness and trauma-informed practice — without the need for any additional support. Self-directed learning: Tick!

Thrive’s campaign functionality allowed CJS to give their training the impact it needed, placing essential courses front and centre to draw their learners’ attention. Within just days of launch, key training materials were accessed hundreds of times – and the momentum only built from there, with Thrive's responsiveness allowing CJS to effortlessly tailor content to meet precise needs.

Stronger communities through better learning

Since launching Thrive, Community Justice Scotland has completely transformed the way it delivers training. Social workers have embraced the platform straight away, with its intuitive design making learning feel simple, not stressful. Instead of battling clunky systems to get to the training they need, they can now dip into essential resources whenever and wherever they need them — on a laptop between meetings, or on a phone out in the community.

By streamlining their training, CJS has made sure critical knowledge reaches the people who need it, fast. Engagement has soared, compliance has improved, and the organisation is seeing real impact on the ground. Backed by Thrive’s support and simplicity, effective learning has become a natural part of daily life for the team at Community Justice Scotland. 

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