Re-accreditation and/or re-endorsement

Every three years, you are expected to renew your accreditation and/or endorsement in specialist areas of practice.

Eligibility

Criteria one:

To be eligible to renew your accreditation, you must have completed at least six conferences or pre-conferences over the three years.

If you are endorsed for sexual violence, you will complete all six conferences or pre-conferences in sexual harm cases
If you are endorsed to work in family violence cases as well as standard cases, at least three of the cases must relate to family violence
If you just hold standard accreditation all your cases will relate to ‘standard’ matters.

Criteria two:

Requirements

Re-accreditation and/or re-endorsement involves an assessment to confirm that you are continuing to demonstrate and adhere to the current New Zealand Ministry of Justice Restorative Justice Standards. The assessment involves:

Assessment requirement	Alternative way to meet assessment requirement
Peer observation of a restorative justice conference.	In some situations, other relevant practice may be able to be considered to contribute to meeting this requirement. For example, mediation practice, supervising/mentoring/assessing others facilitating cases.
20 hours of CPD, including any updated training mandated by the Ministry of Justice. Relevant CPD with another professional body (e.g., RI, AMINZ, SWRB) can also be recognised here.	10 hours of CPD, including any Ministry of Justice-mandated updates and five hours of restorative justice teaching/training or providing professional supervision; and A personal declaration including which areas you practice (standard only, standard and family violence, sexual violence) and that supervision is in place (for endorsed areas only); and An authorisation from your Provider Manager.

Expired accreditations

In some circumstances, you may let an accreditation or endorsement lapse but then want to renew it at a later date.

If the expiry is within 12 months, contact Simply Resolution. A plan to renew can be put in place.
If the expiry is beyond 12 months up to 3 years, you will need to go through the steps to accreditation/endorsement again (but not re-do training).
If the expiry is beyond 3 years, you will be required to re-do the training as well as step through accreditation.

If you go on leave for a defined period of time (for example, through illness, travel plans or taking parental leave etc), have a conversation with Simply Resolution so a record is kept.

More information

Please download the pathways guide and resource package