So, what is the assessment process?
Your journey is designed to be as simple and productive as possible and comprises of 6 key steps:
- Choosing your Assessment Body from a choice of three independent Assessment Bodies that deliver assessment services on a national basis
- Commitment from your organisation to achieve the requirements of the Standard
- Agreement between you and the assessor about the scope and scale of your assessment and the contract to deliver the assessment service
- Self-assessment questionnaire to support you and your colleagues to understand how close you are to achieving the Standard
- External Assessment where the assessor meets a range of your people to find out more about how you do things and also assesses the extent to which you meet the Standard
- Report and feedback where your assessor summarises the findings, results and outcome of your assessment and provides some developmental support and action planning