Accreditation

Community Legal Centres Australia's National Accreditation Scheme (NAS) for community legal centres is designed to promote best practice and consistent high-quality services by member community legal centres around Australia.

Accreditation for community legal centres in NSW is a joint process between the Community Legal Centres Australia (CLCA) and Community Legal Centres NSW.

To become accredited, a community legal centre must demonstrate compliance with nationally consistent service standards. In order to become a full member of Community Legal Centres NSW, a centre must satisfy all of the requirements of the National Accreditation Scheme.

Community Legal Centres NSW employ a Regional Accreditation Coordinator (RAC) who conducts on-site visits with every community legal centre in NSW. The RAC makes assessments and recommendations for whether the centre meets the requirements of the National Accreditation Scheme. The state Certifier makes the final certification decision.  All full members of Community Legal Centres NSW have achieved Accreditation Certification. Currently centres are submitting updated improvement plans on a six monthly basis to the Regional Accreditation Coordinator to demonstrate ongoing quality improvements during the three years of the Accreditation cycle. 

Further information about the National Accreditation Scheme is available on the Community Legal Centres Australia website.