Assurance & Accreditation

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Social Value UK provide a range of assurance and accreditation services on behalf of Social Value International. All of the following services are available to members of Social Value International:

• Assuring Reports
• SVI Practitioner
• Accrediting Software Products
• Accrediting Products
• The Social Value Management Certificate

Why is assurance important?

Assurance provides confidence in your work, and the judgements you have made. It is also a useful learning tool, to assess how you might be able to improve your social value measurement for next time. Assurance also speaks directly to Principle 7 –  Verify the result.

Assurance Calendar

Assurance Service	Round Opens	Round Closes
Social Value Management Certificate	30th November 2020	11th December 2020
Report Assurance	18th January 2021	29th January 2021
Level 1 Associate Practitioner Results	25th January 2021	29th January 2021
Level 2 Accredited Practitioner	8th February 2021	19th February 2021
Level 3 Advanced Practitioner	8th February 2021	19th February 2021
Social Value Management Certificate	8th March 2021	19th March 2021
Report Assurance	12th April 2021	23rd April 2021
Level 1 Associate Practitioner Results	19th April 2021	23rd April 2021
Level 2 Accredited Practitioner	10th May 2021	21st May 2021
Level 3 Advanced Practitioner	10th May 2021	21st May 2021
Social Value Management Certificate	7th June 2021	18th June 2021
Report Assurance	5th July 2021	16th July 2021
Level 1 Associate Practitioner Results	12th July 2021	16th July 2021
Level 2 Accredited Practitioner	6th September 2021	17th September 2021
Level 3 Advanced Practitioner	6th September 2021	17th September 2021
Social Value Management Certificate	27th September 2021	8th October 2021
Report Assurance	18th October 2021	29th October 2021
Level 1 Associate Practitioner Results	25th October 2021	29th October 2021
Level 2 Accredited Practitioner	8th November 2021	19th November 2021
Level 3 Advanced Practitioner	8th November 2021	19th November 2021
Social Value Management Certificate	6th December 2021	17th December 2021

Download a PDF Assurance Calendar here.

For more details on specific rounds, please click on the following links:

Social Value Management Certificate

Report Assurance

SVI Practitioner

For the Social Value International Assurance and Accreditation services, run by Social Value UK, there are now a number of different services running that require systemic planning.  These services are:

1. Report Assurance
2. SVI Practitioner Levels 2 and 3
3. Social Value Management Certificate

All services have a pool of applicants through the year and require timely responses and managed feedback processes. Therefore, Social Value International will be running rounds of application for all services. There will be 4 rounds for each service. Report Assurance and Accredited Practitioner applications will be separated due to the updated AP pathway. 

Fast track application requests can be made directly to the SVI Assurance Team. 

There are a number of other assurance services that are managed on a bespoke basis.  These are:

1. Product Accreditation (training, guidance and frameworks)
2. Software Accreditation

Assurance Coffee Mornings:

Our Assurance Coffee Morning sessions are a chance to:

Hear about the Social Value assurance services

Ask questions on the A&A services and talk to the SVUK assurance team, and others interested in assurance.

To share information on the assurance and accreditation services and to hear from those that have achieved an accreditation / assurance / certification.

Date	Title	Sign up
Tuesday 6th April 2021 11.30-12.30 UK time	Assurance Coffee Morning and Questions - ‘Report Assurance and Level 1 Practitioner Applications’	N/A
Tuesday 4th May 2021 11.30-12.30 UK time	Assurance Coffee Morning and Questions - ‘Level 2 Accredited Practitioner and Level 3 Advanced Practitioner’	N/A
Tuesday 1st June 2021 11.30-12.30 UK time	Assurance Coffee Morning and Questions - ‘Social Value Management Certificate’	Register here
Tuesday 29th June 2021 11.30-12.30 UK time	Assurance Coffee Morning and Questions - ‘Report Assurance and Level 1 Practitioner Applications’	Register here
Tuesday 31th August 11.30-12.30 UK time	Assurance Coffee Morning and Questions - ‘SVMC and L2 and L3’	Register here
Tuesday 12th October 11.30-12.30 UK time	Assurance Coffee Morning and Questions - ‘Report Assurance / L2 and L3’	Register here
Tuesday 30th November 11.30-12.30 UK time	Assurance Coffee Morning and Questions - ‘Social Value Management Certificate’	Register here

Assurance and Accreditation Complaints and Appeals:

There may be situations where issues arise with the outcome (results) of your application for accreditation or assurance, or with the process itself, or anything else that you may wish to raise as an appeal or complaint.  Social Value International three-step complaints and appeals process to deal with your issue in a thorough and responsive manner.  Details of the procedure can be found here.

Case studies and blogs

We have collected case studies about how assurance and accreditation have positively impacted the work of individuals and organisations. These can be found here.