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HomeManagementSafeguarding Support Officer Level 3

Safeguarding Support Officer Level 3

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£7,000.00
Safeguarding Support Officer Level 3

£7,000.00

Duration: 18 Months
Safeguarding Support Officer Level 3

 

Occupation summary

This occupation is found in a range of public, private, and voluntary sector organisations to support statutory safeguarding responsibilities to be fulfilled and demonstrate how organisations work to protect an individual’s health, wellbeing and human rights; enabling individuals to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. These include Education and Training Providers, Health and Social Care Providers, Police Support Staff, Fire and Rescue Services, Housing organisations, Charities and the Voluntary Sector, Religious Organisations and Professional Sports Organisations. Safeguarding support officers have an emphasis on preventative safeguarding and cooperate with different organisations to support in making informed decisions in the safeguarding of children and adults. Safeguarding support officers will be skilled in recognising and responding to emerging safeguarding needs, initiating and advocating early intervention when a problem first arises. Safeguarding support officers will be knowledgeable in multi-agency early help strategies, referral pathways and key legislation and processes to help prevent children, young people and adults with care and support needs being referred into safeguarding services. 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. Safeguarding support officers ensure that wellbeing is promoted, having regard to the individual’s views, wishes, feelings and cultural influences in deciding on any action and recognising vulnerable individuals are less likely to identify abuse or report it.

The broad purpose of the occupation is to work alongside designated safeguarding leads to support and enable their employing organisation to safeguard the vulnerable populations they work with. 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.

An employee in this occupation will be responsible for responding and triaging, initial safeguarding concerns. This will include investigating the concern, seeking advice as needed and signposting and or referring to the most appropriate person or organisation. Safeguarding support officers will assist practitioners to collate and assess information and intelligence to prepare an accurate account of the safeguarding concerns to ensure a high-quality referral is made to ensure that the most appropriate action is taken to safeguard the vulnerable persons. Safeguarding support officers will also be responsible for recognising and responding to early signs of abuse and neglect in vulnerable children, young people and adults and supporting staff within their employing organisation to report concerns about the safety of individuals working alongside external organisations and agencies to adhere to safeguarding best practice principles.

Typical job titles include:

Safeguarding advisor, Safeguarding assistant and Safeguarding coordinator

Duties

  • Duty 1 Act as a first point of contact for safeguarding concerns.
  • Duty 2 Understand and apply knowledge around safeguarding legislation, guidance and policy to the safeguarding work that is undertaken within their own organisation.
  • Duty 3 Prioritise safeguarding concerns and recommend initial courses of action using a tailored approach to suit the needs of the individual, escalating complex cases to senior staff.
  • Duty 4 Report safeguarding allegations involving staff to Senior leaders.
  • Duty 5 Make decisions relating to the appropriate sharing of information in the context of safeguarding and information governance procedures/data protection legislation.
  • Duty 6 Collate evidence and report data to inform safeguarding meetings, processes and audits.
  • Duty 7 Maintain accurate and up to date safeguarding logs and registers using digital or paper systems in accordance with organisational policies reviews and audits.
  • Duty 8 Escalate concerns when a decision is not in the best interest of the vulnerable person(s) or family and report incidents as appropriate to their organisation.
  • Duty 9 Provide safeguarding support to employees working within their own organisation and partner agencies to assist with the implementation of organisational, multi-agency, national safeguarding legislation and guidance.
  • Duty 10 Initiate advice and intelligence to colleagues on safeguarding matters based on current safeguarding policies and procedures.
  • Duty 11 Support the management of a safeguarding caseload and be able to offer assistance to vulnerable people through the safeguarding process.
  • Duty 12 Participate in discussions of safeguarding cases with colleagues to review, reflect and learn from practice.
  • Duty 13 Assist with training to colleagues on safeguarding relevant to own organisation’s training requirements and ensure stakeholders are aware and compliant with safeguarding related policies and procedures.
  • Duty 14 Contribute to and prepare for external safeguarding inspections, reviews and audits.
  • Duty 15 Maintain own professional development via training and safeguarding supervision, ensuring that knowledge is up to date based on national and local legislation and best practice guidance.

Requirements

Occupation duties

DUTY KSBS

Duty 1 Act as a first point of contact for safeguarding concerns.

K1 K2 K19 K30

S1 S2 S4 S21

B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7

Duty 2 Understand and apply knowledge around safeguarding legislation, guidance and policy to the safeguarding work that is undertaken within their own organisation.

K1 K3 K4 K6 K7 K9 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K15 K16 K17 K18 K19 K22 K23 K24 K28 K30 K31

S1 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S12 S13 S14 S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S22 S23 S24 S25 S26

B1 B3 B4 B5 B6

Duty 3 Prioritise safeguarding concerns and recommend initial courses of action using a tailored approach to suit the needs of the individual, escalating complex cases to senior staff.

K1 K3 K4 K5 K6 K12 K15 K17 K19 K30

S1 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S14 S16 S17 S20

B4 B6 B7

Duty 4 Report safeguarding allegations involving staff to Senior leaders.

K1 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K9 K12 K13 K15 K19 K30

S1 S4 S5 S7 S8 S14 S17 S20

B6

Duty 5 Make decisions relating to the appropriate sharing of information in the context of safeguarding and information governance procedures/data protection legislation.

K1 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K9 K12 K13 K15 K17 K19 K30

S1 S4 S5 S7 S10 S13 S14 S16 S17 S20

B3 B4 B5 B6

Duty 6 Collate evidence and report data to inform safeguarding meetings, processes and audits.

K8 K9 K10 K15 K19 K22 K24 K25 K26

S4 S5 S11 S14 S16 S20 S25

 

Duty 7 Maintain accurate and up to date safeguarding logs and registers using digital or paper systems in accordance with organisational policies reviews and audits.

K1 K11 K19 K25 K26 K30

S1 S5 S8 S9 S11 S12 S14 S20

B6

Duty 8 Escalate concerns when a decision is not in the best interest of the vulnerable person(s) or family and report incidents as appropriate to their organisation.

K1 K3 K4 K5 K6 K12 K13 K14 K19 K30

S1 S4 S5 S6 S7 S13 S14 S17 S20

B1 B5 B6

Duty 9 Provide safeguarding support to employees working within their own organisation and partner agencies to assist with the implementation of organisational, multi-agency, national safeguarding legislation and guidance.

K1 K3 K5 K6 K14 K19 K20 K30 K31

S1 S3 S5 S15 S16 S20 S21

B1 B2 B3 B4 B7

Duty 10 Initiate advice and intelligence to colleagues on safeguarding matters based on current safeguarding policies and procedures.

K1 K3 K4 K5 K6 K17 K19 K30

S1 S3 S4 S5 S6 S14 S16 S21

B4 B7

Duty 11 Support the management of a safeguarding caseload and be able to offer assistance to vulnerable people through the safeguarding process.

K4 K8 K17 K18 K19 K21 K26 K30 K31

S1 S3 S5 S19 S20

B2

Duty 12 Participate in discussions of safeguarding cases with colleagues to review, reflect and learn from practice.

K1 K2 K10 K14 K17 K18 K20 K21 K22 K28 K29 K30 K31

S2 S3 S5 S13 S14 S15 S18 S19 S21 S22 S23 S26 S27 S28

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7

Duty 13 Assist with training to colleagues on safeguarding relevant to own organisation’s training requirements and ensure stakeholders are aware and compliant with safeguarding related policies and procedures.

K17 K22 K23 K28 K30 K31

S15 S18 S23 S24 S26

B2

Duty 14 Contribute to and prepare for external safeguarding inspections, reviews and audits.

K8 K10 K17 K22 K24 K25 K26

S11 S25 S26

 

Duty 15 Maintain own professional development via training and safeguarding supervision, ensuring that knowledge is up to date based on national and local legislation and best practice guidance.

K3 K14 K16 K17 K20 K21 K22 K23 K26 K27 K28 K29 K30

S10 S17 S18 S21 S22 S23 S24 S26 S27 S28

B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7

The above behaviours will be developed and exhibited, while adhering to high standards of quality.

Duration

It is anticipated that the Apprenticeship will typically last 18 months, depending on prior qualifications and relevant work experience and at the discretion of the employer.

Entry Requirements

Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment. For those with an education, health and care plan or a legacy statement, the apprenticeship’s English and maths minimum requirement is Entry Level 3. A British Sign Language (BSL) qualification is an alternative to the English qualification for those whose primary language is BSL.

Level

3

Progression

Upon completion of the programme, an apprentice might specialise in a particular type of consultancy or industry or remain more generalist. The skills that are developed often lead to employment in organisations within a certain industry, while some consultants who are established go on to run their own consultancy practices.

Review

The standard will be initially reviewed every three years to ensure it reflects employer

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£7,000.00

Duration: 18 Months
Safeguarding Support Officer Level 3
Company number QDOS Training : 06012731 / UKPRN : 10021018
Head Office Mansfield
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