Background:

This course is a key part of the Social Value International Accredited Practitioner Pathway for social value professionals in Canada and around the world.  It is a requirement for all seeking credentials in Social Value and SROI practice. 

Course Overview:

Social Value and SROI are internationally recognised tools for understanding, measuring, maximizing, and valuing outcomes - i.e. to inform insights into how well impact is maximized via decision-making and allocation of resources.   

Both are impact-informed approaches. They illustrate the value and relative importance of impacts from the perspective of those impacted, which is the foundation of a credible Social Value Account.  

SROI takes this work further.  It includes the value of secondary and systems impacts and draws upon a variety of valuation techniques to represent the relative importance of impacts experienced. Once completed, an SROI ratio compares the value of change to the cost of achieving it.  

Format:

Highly interactive. Based upon real-life examples of participants and course leaders.   

Currently online, this course is structured into 5, 3-hour sessions.  Followed by a 1-hour recap session.  Dates will be the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, then on the Monday and Tuesday of the following week

Learning outcomes:  

• Clear understanding of the history, philosophy and principles of SROI and social value  

• Practical application through work on a real-world example using an impact map  

• Per individual case  

• Clarity on scope, stakeholders, inputs and outputs  

• Outcomes mapped, evidenced, and valued  

• Options & application of different valuation techniques 

• Understanding of assurance and accreditation requirements  

• Discussion on broader implications of Social Value and SROI in decision making, implementation, policy development, impact investment, and accountability/reporting - across all sectors.  

  Social Value Canada (SVC) is operating these courses on behalf of Social Value US. If you intend on becoming or are a SV US member, please purchase member pricing, if not Non-Member pricing is applied.