ACCREDITATION
Our accreditation: history and current status
Sober Academy is proud to have been the first in our sector in the UK to offer external accreditation for our courses, through OCNCredit4Learning.
WHERE WE STAND
Previously accredited. Re-accreditation in progress.
Our Sober Intervention Training was accredited at Level 4 by OCNCredit4Learning, and our Recovery Coaching Training at Level 5 — a UK sector first.
That accreditation lapsed while training was paused. Re-accreditation of the current curriculum is now in progress, and we will announce the outcome here as soon as the process completes. The framework, the trainers and the standards remain exactly the same.
THE ACCREDITING BODY
About OCNCredit4Learning
OCNCredit4Learning is an educational charity, learner-focused, offering bespoke accreditation that draws on best practice and guidelines in every sector it works in. It works with training providers in a wide variety of ways across a wide variety of sectors.
OCNCredit4Learning has a legal constitution to operate as an accrediting body dating back to the 1980s, and is UKAS-approved through ISO to ensure its management quality-assurance processes are maintained to the highest level across the organisation.
THE FRAMEWORK
Levels and credits, explained
Credits are awarded at nationally recognised levels. Here is what the levels mean:
Entry Level
The development of basic skills, concepts and practical activities.
Level One
Consolidation of existing and introduction of new skills and competencies. Comparable to NVQ Level 1 or GCSE lower grades.
Level Two
Extension and application of skills, with independent learning techniques. Comparable to NVQ Level 2 or GCSE higher grades.
Level Three
Independent application of critical, reflective, creative and problem-solving skills. Comparable to NVQ Level 3 or A-Level standard.
Level Four
Evaluation of information to plan and develop investigative strategies; innovative responses to well-defined but unfamiliar problems. Our Sober Intervention Training sits here.
Level Five
Mapped against the learning and teaching required at degree/MA level. Not a degree or MA — a learning-level comparison. Our Recovery Coaching Training sits here.
Credits: one credit represents a notional 10 hours of learning — the total directed and independent study time a learner will need on average to achieve the outcomes. Learners accumulate credits in a credit record.
