SCSA Certification Council

The independent SCSA Certification Council oversees and directs the SCSA Certification Program. The Council is comprised of five members – four CSAs who represent the health, financial and social areas of professions that serve seniors, and one public member.

The purpose of the Council is to establish and uphold high standards for the competence of CSAs, to evaluate candidates against those standards, and to increase the public safety of the senior population through the use of the CSA credential.

Among other duties, the Council:

• Establishes, evaluates and maintains the:

  • Eligibility requirements for the CSA credential

  • Recertification requirements for the CSA credential

• Ensures the CSA examination is developed, administered, scored, and maintained in a way that:

  • Upholds the established purpose of the credential
  • Meets generally accepted psychometric methods
  • Upholds the mission of the CSA certification to address the health, social, and financial issues of aging

The SCSA Certification Manager manages and directs all the operational and day-to-day activities of the CSA Certification program such as the CSA CE program, and supports the Certification Council.