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Accreditation for
Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMS)
Accreditation of Library and Information Services in the Health
Sector
Autism
Accreditation
Better
Services for People who Self-harm
Child Health
Informatics Centre (CHIC)
CHKS
Clinical
Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd
Community of
Communities
Electroconvulsive Therapy Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
Health Promoting Hospitals and Trusts
The
Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health–UK (POMH-UK)
Quality Network for Forensic
Mental Health Services
Quality
Improvement Network for Multi-agency Child and Adolescent Mental
Health Services
Quality Network
for In-Patient Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (QNIC)
RDB Star Rating Ltd
(Residential and Domiciliary Care Benchmarking)
Trent
Accreditation Scheme |
Autism Accreditation
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Corporate origins, affiliations, memberships |
The National
Autistic Society |
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Objectives |
To Improve
the Quality of Lives for People with an Autistic
Spectrum Disorder |
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Scope and focus of programme |
A service
development tool to enable establishments to better meet
the needs of the people they cater for who have an
Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Autism
Accreditation is a Peer Review System operating at ‘Arms
Length’ from The National Autistic Society.
The focus of
the programme being continuous review and service
development for establishments registered in the scheme.
Autism Accreditation is a UK wide service, with
additional services registered in Europe. |
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Products and services |
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Allocated
Accreditation Advisor
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Workshops & Training
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Client Guidance
Manual
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Standards Manual &
Self Audit Tool
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External Review &
Audit of Service, presented to an Independent
Accreditation Panel
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Service Development
Planner
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Bespoke Packages by
Strategic Consultant
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Certification for
Services who have achieved Accreditation status
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Plaques for Services
who have achieved Accreditation Status three times
consecutively
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Job Vacancy
Advertising on Website for Services
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Placement Vacancy
Advertising for Services on Website
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Regional Network
Meetings 2 per annum
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Best Autism Practice
Seminars 2 per annum
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Standards |
Core
Standards (Required to be met by all Services) + at
least one of the following:
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Pre-Schools
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Play
Schemes
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Day
Schools
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Residential Schools
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Educational Outreach Services
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Further
Education & Colleges
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Adult
Day Services
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Adult
Residential Services
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Community Outreach Services
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Adult
Secure Accommodation
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Supported Living Schemes
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Elderly
Services
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Short
Break & Respite Services
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Employment Services
Standards
of Excellence – in order to be eligible to apply to
be accredited under the separate Standards of Excellence
an establishment must be at plaque status, i.e.
Accredited three times consecutively and be sponsored by
their Accreditation Advisor and Approved by an
Accreditation Panel. There are separate Standards of
Excellence for all of the above standards. |
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Web-site |
www.autism.org.uk
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Please confirm that the appropriate authority (Chief
Executive, Director, Management Council, etc., as
appropriate) has given permission for a link to be made
from the UKAF website to your organisation’s website:
I can confirm that
permission is approved for a link to be made from the
UKAF website to Autism Accreditation’s website.
Lydia Daniels:
interim Director of Autism Quality Programmes |
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