Safeguarding Support Officer

Apprenticeship , Level 3
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What Our Students Say

I love how open and honest and supportive everyone is. I appreciate the tutor giving strong and clear instruction for the written work and the skills practice. Also that the work set is marked quickly, so I know where I stand.

Georgina

I found a safe space to be myself, I feel comfortable with my classmates and tutor, this is my third year and I don’t remember one day that I wouldn’t have wanted to come to the class. The environment, classmates, tutor, study and exercises (all together) facilitated (and still are facilitating) my personal growth, a better understanding of myself and acceptance. This journey made me flourish. It is helping me to fulfill my purpose, keeping my life balanced, connected with reality and people.

Maria

“The benefit of the creative stuff is just learning different activities that you could do with the children when you’re in the setting or learning what activities they actually like to do, or they prefer to do, that’ll actually help them with their development. You can even use [the kitchen] as different activities to do with the children, so, like making buns with them.”

Katie

“The facilities like the kitchen are so great because you get to learn about what nutrition children need, and you can make at home yourselves to look after the children or even in the nursery making different things for lunch and snack time”

Niamh

Really like my tutor, I find them to be direct, warm, professional and knowledgeable. They are helpful in asking me if I need any additional support. I find their turnaround with homework very efficient and their feedback is clear and helpful.

Simon

Course Information

Introduction

Support statutory safeguarding duties and show how organisations uphold individuals’ health, wellbeing, and human rights. Empower individuals to live safely, free from harm, abuse, and neglect.

Overview

Safeguarding Support Officers work across public, private, and voluntary sectors to help organisations fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities. They support the protection of individuals’ health, wellbeing, and rights, enablingthem to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. Working alongside designated safeguarding leads, they are the first point of contact for concerns, carrying out risk assessments, triaging, and sign posting appropriately.They collaborate with internal staff and external agencies, maintain accurate records, and promote early intervention. They also support staff in recognising and responding to safeguarding needs and help ensure that concerns are addressed effectively, sensitively, and in line with legislation.

Entry requirements

The employer will agree entry requirements for these apprenticeships and these will depend on the role that they are advertising.

Available apprenticeships and progression options

  • Safeguarding Advisor
  • Safeguarding Assistant
  • Safeguarding Coordinator

Course details

Duration: 21 Months
Course Code: 79961-01

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