Standards

Overview

This apprenticeship programme has been designed for individuals working across the public, private, and voluntary sector to support statutory safeguarding responsibilities and demonstrate how organisations work to protect an individual’s health, wellbeing and human rights. 

Role Profile

Safeguarding support officers will be skilled in recognising and responding to emerging safeguarding needs, initiating and advocating early intervention when a problem first arises.  The safeguarding support officer will be able to support staff in developing professional curiosity and how to ask the right questions to gain the information needed to complete any risk assessments. A safeguarding support officer will be the first point of contact when there is a safeguarding concern, conducting initial risk assessments, triaging, and signposting to the most appropriate person within their organisation or external agency if appropriate. The safeguarding support officer will maintain accurate and up to date documentation of any decisions and advice given, ensuring information is accurately recorded and that documentation is safely stored and shared appropriately, proportionately and securely according to national and organisational policy.  In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with staff and volunteers in their organisation, service users and members of the public as the first point of contact for raising safeguarding concerns. Safeguarding support officers will also interact externally with investigative statutory agencies. A safeguarding support officer will report into the designated lead for safeguarding within their organisation.

Requirements

• Learners should be comfortable using a computer to gather workplace evidence.
• A satisfactory enhanced DBS check will be an entry requirement for the programme.

End Point Assessment 

It is essential to gain the minimum marks in both assessment modes. Successful apprentices will gain a pass, merit or distinction.