IPS Received Accreditation for their Aboriginal Social Work Training Program

CARF Accreditation CARF International announced that the Indigenous Perspectives Society has been accredited for a period of three years for its Aboriginal Social Work Training Program. This is the first accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to the Indigenous Perspectives Society.

This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are measurable, accountable, and of the highest quality.

Linda Lucas, Executive Director said how honoured the Society is to become the sixth Indigenous organization in Canada to receive CARF accreditation. CARF is an independent, nonprofit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF International, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services. For more information about the accreditation process, please visit the CARF website at www.carf.org.