Social Value International has a Practitioner Status Pathway.
There are very few practitioners in Ireland at the moment and we would love to see many more.
Level 1 - Current Level 1 Associate Practitioners in Ireland:
Level 2 - There are currently no Level 2 Accredited Practitioners in Ireland
Level 3 - Current Level 3 Advanced Practitioners in Ireland:
The Social Return on Investment (SROI) Practitioner Training Course is offered by Quality Matters in partnership with Social Value Ireland (an Associate Network of Social Value International). The course is designed to help organisations with measuring the full impact of their activities by equipping participants with a deeper understanding and practical skills needed to measure and communicate impact.
The SROI Practitioner Training is delivered online as three-hour blocks over a six-week period to teach you the knowledge, tools, and applied skills to undertake a Social Return on Investment of your organisation or specific activity to measure and maximise the social value of your work. The course is accredited by Social Value International.
Who is the Training intended for?
Individuals working in non-profits, charitable organisations, and NGOs interested in a Impact or SROI evaluation of their organisation
Researchers or social value practitioners interested in SROI
Social Entrepreneurs interested in valuing and maximising their impact
Directors or Leaders interested in assessing their social and environmental return on investment
Course Schedule
There are three SROI Practitioner Training Courses schedules
Spring Course - Delivered from 6 February to 20 March (mid-term break on 20th February)
Summer Course - Delivered from 8 May to 12 June
Autumn Course: Delivered from 16 October to 27 November (mid-term break on 30th October)
Each of the training courses are delivered online (via Zoom) over a six-week period. All training sessions are held on Thursdays between 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Training Fee
Organisations who are members of The Wheel and individuals who are members of Social Value Ireland are entitled to a 10% discount.
Standard price per person - €700
Social Value Ireland or The Wheel price per person (10% discount) - €630.
Registration
If you are interested in booking a space for an upcoming course, complete the registration form by clicking here. (Link: https://forms.gle/1V8Ntcfvc55UkN8H8)
The Social Value Management Certificate can be awarded to an organisation, a department or franchise, or a specific programme/project being run by an organisation.
It assesses the extent to which social value is being managed in its day-to-day practice. There are currently no Irish organisations that have applied for and gained the certificate.
Below are sample social value reports that have been produced in Ireland measuring the social impact/value/return on investment of specific programmes or organisations. In order to ensure quality, we believe strongly that any report that is released into the public domain should be assured by Social Value International or undergo similar external scrutiny (for example, academic peer review).
Social Value UK has produced a free Social Value Self Assessment Tool.
Important documents about the social value approach, including its relationship with other approaches, can be found in the Standards and Guidance section of the Social Value International website.
The Global Value Exchange is a crowd sourced database containing over 30,000 social impact metrics.
There are undoubtedly overlaps between accounting for social value and natural capital accounting: Natural Capital Ireland is therefore interesting to explore.