APS Re-accreditation

The purpose of re-accreditation is to ensure that the programme is continuing to operate safely and effectively and to provide programmes with the opportunity to inform the MBF of any developments that have taken place that would contribute to the promotion and sharing of good practice. Re-accreditation lasts for three years. The re-accreditation process requires an organisation to complete a questionnaire in which changes introduced to policies and procedures since the programme was first accredited are described where policies have changed these should be backed up with documentary evidence. Completed re-accreditation questionnaires will be assessed by an experienced assessor from the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation who will review the information contained in the questionnaire and assess the documentary evidence supplied. In most cases a decision will be made as to whether the programme should be re-accredited based upon this desk-top assessment. However, as part of the re-accreditation process a small number of programmes will be sampled for a visit by the MBF. The purpose of the assessment will be to re-confirm the details supplied in the questionnaire and to offer scheme co-ordinators and their managers the opportunity to discuss the development of the programme with an experienced APS assesso.

If there have been substantive changes made to the programme e.g. change of client group and/or aims and objectives, or the project has been replaced another completely new programme, then this will normally require a re-application using the initial application form and guidance notes produced for APS. A change of name or changes to policies and procedures would not normally require a re-submission. If you are in any doubt about the status of your programme, please contact the MBF on 0161 787 8600 or email us. APS re-accreditation form (Word format)