Horse Therapy & Care Services

For organisations using horses within therapy, care and equine-assisted services. AM4 places both horse wellbeing and beneficiary protection at the centre, covering professional boundaries, horse–beneficiary matching, safeguarding, safety, accessibility and responsible service delivery.

18 CML Criteria + 30 Activity Specific Criteria = 48 Criteria for Compliance

Criteria

What AM4 assesses

AM4-1Legal Authority and Applicable Service Requirements

AM4-2Service Scope and Professional Boundaries

AM4-3Governance and Allocation of Responsibility

AM4-4Beneficiary Assessment and Suitability

AM4-5Horse Selection and Initial Suitability

AM4-6Continuing Fitness and Welfare Assessment of Therapy Horses

AM4-7Horse–Beneficiary Matching

AM4-8Session Planning and Individual Objectives

AM4-9Horse Workload, Rest and Recovery

AM4-10Behavioural and Mental Wellbeing of Therapy Horses

AM4-11Handling, Restraint and Equipment

AM4-12Beneficiary Consent, Choice and Dignity

AM4-13Safeguarding and Vulnerable Persons

AM4-14Safety and Activity Risk Management

AM4-15Emergency and Medical Response

AM4-16Clinical and Professional Coordination

AM4-17Confidentiality, Records and Data Protection

AM4-18Biosecurity, Hygiene and Infection Prevention

AM4-19Accessibility, Inclusion and Equitable Participation

AM4-20Horse Healthcare and Preventive Management

AM4-21Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Performance

AM4-22Water, Wastewater and Resource Efficiency

AM4-23Waste, Manure and Circular Resource Management

AM4-24Land, Nature and Therapeutic Environment

AM4-25Personnel Competence and Multidisciplinary Working

AM4-26Workforce and Volunteer Wellbeing

AM4-27Economic Responsibility and Service Resilience

AM4-28Outcome and Performance Measurement

AM4-29Corrective Action and Continual Improvement

AM4-30Communication, Therapeutic Claims and Transparency

SEI AM4 — Full Module

Purpose, scope of responsibility, assessment hierarchy and every criterion with its evidence requirements. PDF · V3-2026.

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