NORTHFIELD — Spaulding Academy & Family Services has announced they has been awarded a three-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International, an independent, nonprofit organization that evaluates health and human service providers. Spaulding Academy & Family Services is now considered a Qualified Residential Treatment Provider.
The accreditation process required Spaulding Academy & Family Services to conduct detailed research, including off-site trainings to understand CARF International’s standards and reviews of CARF International manuals. To align with CARF International standards, the organization redefined programs and their descriptions; created new student, stakeholder, and staff surveys; developed student and parent “Bills of Rights;” ensured all Residential program staff members completed trainings on restraint and seclusion, emergency response, suicide prevention, treatment services, and gender identity; and instituted regularly scheduled competency-based trainings.
CARF International conducted a two-day virtual survey of Spaulding Academy & Family Services this spring, followed by an on-campus safety review in July. Accreditation was awarded on Aug. 31, and Spaulding Academy & Family Services was notified of its success in late September.
“Spaulding Academy & Family Services is thrilled to be awarded this distinctive accreditation by CARF International,” said Amanda Champagne, executive director of Family Services, Spaulding Academy & Family Services. “It reflects the high quality of educational, residential, and therapeutic services we provide to the children and families we serve every day. The CARF International standards we follow will serve as a guidepost as we continue to evolve as an organization.”
To learn more about CARF International, visit carf.org. Spaulding Academy & Family Services is online at SpauldingServices.org.
For information about Spaulding Academy & Family Services, visit www.SpauldingServices.org.
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