Battlefords Treatment Centre earns top international accreditation
Battlefords Treatment Centre has earned the highest level of international accreditation for addiction treatment following its first on-site review.
“We are the first addiction treatment in Saskatchewan that is accredited. So, we are setting a gold standard for everybody else in the province,” said Carla Jamison, community engagement officer with Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres in Edmonton, which operates the Battlefords location.
The centre received a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF International). Clinical Director Darlene Marchuk said CARF awards either a three-year accreditation, a one-year accreditation that allows organizations an opportunity to meet the standards, or no accreditation.
CARF International, based in Tucson, Ariz., is an independent accrediting body that evaluates health and human service organizations in areas including leadership, governance, client safety, organizational performance and continuous quality improvement.


