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Rights Person centred Comprehensiveness Partnership Participation Result orientation Ethics Leadership Continuous improvement EQUASS Quality Framework
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European Quality in Social Services
Training ConsultancyCertification
Rights
Person centred
Comprehensiveness
Partnership
ParticipationResult orientation
Ethics
Leadership
Continuousimprovement
EQUASS Quality Framework
Multi stakeholder approach
Non-prescriptive
Measurable
Self-evaluation
External verification
EQUASS Concept of Quality
European quality requirements
EQUASS Certification programmes
RightsEthics
Person centredComprehensiveness
PartnershipParticipation
Leadership Result orientation
Continuousimprovement
Scope
• All types of Social Services
• Tested in:• (Vocational) Rehabilittion
• Vocational Education and Training
Achievements
Indicators 2008Certified organisations 18
Certified centres 24
Certified sites 35
Countries 10
Local Licence Holder 3
EQUASS Consultants 23
Auditors Excellence
Assurance
47
47
Project: ‘EQUASS Best Practice’
Aim:• sharing best practice
VET-sector• Increase availability /
accessability
Method:• Exchange• Training• Dessimination
Results:• EQUASS auditors• Local Licence Holders• Web based manual
Project: ‘Prometheus’
Aim:
• Develop & validate cross sectoral Quality approach for social services
Method:
• CEN Workshop
• Training
• Field testing
Results:
• CWA: European Quality Framework for Social Sector
• European Quality system for social sector
• Bench mark of best practice
Project: Best Quality
• Aim: Advice and instruction to EC on how the quality of social service providers can be compared, evaluated and improved European-wide.
• Method: Analaysis , comparision and study of QM-system at European Level
• Results: Recommendations to the European Commission regarding the comparability and effectiveness of the QM systems.
• Partners: • Josefheim Bigge , Bugenhagen Berufsbildungswerk Timmendorfer Strand, Technische
Universtität Dortmund and Stiftung Liebenau (D)
• Ceder Foundation (UK),
• Valakupiu Rehabilitation Centre (LT),),
• Ergastiri PANAGIA ELEOUSA (GR),
Tasks Local License Holder (1)
• Receiving EQUASS Assurance applications
• Invoicing for the application fees
• Transmitting the applications in English to the EQUASS unit in Brussels
• Contracting a qualified auditor
• Planning the audit in accordance with the EQUASS Assurance procedures.
Tasks Local License Holder (2)
• Ensuring that the auditor sends the audit report (in English) to the EQUASS unit in Brussels after the completion of the audit.
• Informing EQUASS applicant about certification. • All EQUASS auditors must be qualified and appointed by the
EQUASS Awarding Committee.
Thank you!www.equass.be