Accreditation
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Accreditation Field
Overview: Field Definition and Scope
Accreditation refers to information regarding an independent evaluation of a service or organisation, against governing industry or recognised standards from an agency.
Usage
SAcommunity has an accreditation field in each organisation record where it is possible to link records via URL to relevant authoritative accreditation sources and registers. In this way authorised regulatory information is available with an organisation's contact details to assist people to make informed decisions.
We add the URL of the accreditation body to maintain the independence and veracity of the evaluation of this third party, rather than add a credentials note or other information found ourselves or issued from the organisation.
Data Conventions & Standards
MARC 21 Format for Community Information Data defines standards for community information records and contains descriptions of the data elements and examples.
In this case, MARC 21 format for Community Information Data 573 - Credentials Note
https://www.loc.gov/marc/community/ci573.html - referring to "information that the community information entity has been licensed or accredited by a particular agency or organization."
Some of the accredited sources organisations that are linked to include:
Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission (ACNC)
Information and details of registered charities and their operations
https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity
Search by Charity Name or ABN >>here https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities
Entering the name of the organisation you are searching for
Find the Organisation by name or ABN and Select the website URL to add the the accreditation field.
ACNC contains valuable information about organisations and additional contacts can be used to locate 'missing organisations' and/or find out more details about service provision.
Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) - National Register
Information and details of approved education and care services and providers
such as: Child Care centres
https://www.acecqa.gov.au/resources/national-registers
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission - Reports
Information and details of the performance of aged care services and residential services
such as: Residential Aged Care Facilities
https://www.agedcarequality.gov.au/reports
Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
Regulatory body for vocational skills and training
https://www.asqa.gov.au/
Links to the following:
My Skills
Information and details on training including training providers
https://www.myskills.gov.au/
Training.gov.au
National Register on Vocational Education & Training (VET) in Australia
Providing information and details of registered training providers
https://training.gov.au/Search/SearchOrganisation
National Regulatory System Community Housing - National Provider Register
Information and details of nationally registered Community Housing providers
https://www.nrsch.gov.au/national_register
Add the register link (above) to the accreditation field
Recreation & Sport
Concessions connected to services listed on SAcommunity include:
Sports Vouchers
Provides primary school children from Reception to Year 7 an annual discount on sports or dance membership/registration fees and learn to swim programs. The Sports Voucher portal lists participating clubs.
https://www.sportsvouchers.sa.gov.au/find-a-club/
Club Governance and Development Schemes connected to services listed on SAcommunity include:
STARCLUBS
The Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing STARCLUB Club development program.
Provides a list of sport and active recreation clubs registered as STARCLUBs and lists their progress level (1-4) from registered to full STARCLUB recognition status as clubs work thought this online assessment tool.
https://www.starclub.sa.gov.au/list-of-all-starclubs.php
