Level 3 Apprenticeship In Safeguarding Support
Level 3 Safeguarding Support Officer Apprenticeship | Level 3 | 18 Months (Plus End Point Assessment)
Develop Confident Safeguarding Practitioners Across Your Organisation
A practical Level 3 apprenticeship designed to develop confident, capable safeguarding practitioners who can effectively support the protection of children, young people and adults across a wide range of sectors.
Safeguarding Support Officers play a vital role in protecting individuals, promoting wellbeing and ensuring organisations meet their safeguarding responsibilities. This programme equips learners with the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to contribute effectively to safeguarding systems, support colleagues and strengthen safe practice across their organisation.
Join A Lunch And Connect Session
We host friendly monthly lunchtime sessions for employers, managers and prospective apprentices who would like to learn more.
During the session we cover:
- An overview of the Safeguarding Support Officer apprenticeship
- Who the programme is suitable for
- How the apprenticeship works in practice
- Opportunities for questions, discussion and feedback
Time: 12:30pm to 1:15pm
Format: Microsoft Teams
Style: Informal, supportive and interactive
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Who Is This Apprenticeship For?
This apprenticeship is suitable for individuals working in roles that involve safeguarding responsibilities across a variety of settings, including:
- Education settings
- Health and social care services
- Housing organisations
- Police support and wider public services
- Fire and rescue services
- Charities and voluntary organisations
- Religious groups
- Sports organisations
It is particularly well suited for:
- Individuals progressing from Level 2 or Level 3 qualifications
- Staff taking on increased safeguarding or case handling responsibilities
- Those supporting referrals, concern management and multi-agency working
Typical Job Roles
- Safeguarding Advisor
- Safeguarding Assistant
- Safeguarding Co-ordinator
Watch: Our Interviews With Our Safeguarding Coaches
What The Programme Covers
The programme develops the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to support safeguarding effectively in real work environments.
Learners will explore:
- Safeguarding legislation, policies and current guidance
- Recognising, assessing and responding to safeguarding concerns
- Managing referrals and escalation pathways appropriately
- Promoting wellbeing, human rights and safe environments
- Information sharing and data protection in safeguarding contexts
- Working collaboratively across teams and agencies
- Supporting audits, inspections and quality assurance processes
- Reflecting on practice to improve judgement and decision-making
Core Duties
Throughout the programme, learners develop the capability to:
- Act as a first point of contact for safeguarding concerns
- Apply safeguarding legislation, guidance and organisational policies
- Prioritise concerns and recommend appropriate actions
- Escalate complex cases and report safeguarding issues appropriately
- Make informed decisions about information sharing and data protection
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date safeguarding records and case logs
- Contribute to safeguarding audits, meetings and reporting processes
- Provide advice and guidance to colleagues and partner agencies
- Support safeguarding awareness and internal training
Why This Programme Matters
Safeguarding is a fundamental responsibility across education, health, social care, housing, public services and the voluntary sector. As safeguarding cases become more complex and expectations around compliance continue to grow, organisations need skilled practitioners who can recognise concerns early, take appropriate action and support safe, consistent outcomes.
Our Safeguarding Support Officer apprenticeship has been designed to meet these challenges. It supports learners to work confidently alongside Designated Safeguarding Leads, apply legislation in real-world contexts, and contribute effectively to protecting vulnerable individuals.
This ensures safeguarding concerns are managed confidently, consistently and in line with best practice, while strengthening organisational culture and reducing pressure on senior safeguarding leads.
A Practical Programme For Real-World Safeguarding
This apprenticeship combines structured learning with workplace application, ensuring development is immediately relevant and impactful.
Delivered by experienced safeguarding professionals with real sector expertise, the programme supports learners to build both confidence and competence in handling sensitive situations.
Apprentices will:
- Work with real safeguarding cases and organisational processes
- Reflect on practice through coaching and professional discussion
- Strengthen professional curiosity and decision-making
- Build confidence in managing complex and sensitive concerns
This approach ensures learners are not only knowledgeable, but able to make a meaningful difference to safeguarding practice within their organisation.
Why Organisations Choose This Programme
Organisations choose this apprenticeship to:
- Strengthen safeguarding knowledge and confidence across teams
- Improve early identification and response to safeguarding concerns
- Support compliance with safeguarding legislation and inspection frameworks (e.g. Ofsted, CQC where applicable)
- Reduce pressure on Designated Safeguarding Leads
- Improve consistency and quality of safeguarding practice
- Build a strong safeguarding culture across the organisation
- Create clear progression pathways for staff
During the session we’ll cover:
- A clear overview of the programme
- Who the apprenticeship is suitable for
- How delivery works in practice
- Time for questions and discussion
Our Safeguarding Support Officer Content Pack For Employers
The resources within our content pack have been provided for use by our partners and employers, to help promote our apprenticeship to their staff through your own communication systems, such as emails, intranets and social media platforms.
Feel free to use these systems as required, and link to our website from your own communication systems. If you require custom resources, please see the information on this page.
The Apprenticeship Process
Apprentices are allocated a skills & development coach by a training provider such as Dynamic Training, who will support and guide them for the duration of their apprenticeship.
Training with the skills and development coach is delivered regularly throughout the length of the apprenticeship, both online and within the workplace itself. The training will always take place during the apprentice's normal working hours. The apprentice does not need to leave the workplace, or work additional hours, as part of their apprenticeship.
Apprentices will work to complete their portfolio of evidence for their apprenticeship, and submit assignments to the required standard, so that they can complete their apprenticeship and receive their qualification. The apprentice will also be learning and developing new knowledge, skills and behaviours within their workplace, and using this as evidence within their apprenticeship.
The skills and development coach will hold regular meetings with their learner and line manager, to see how the apprentice is developing and how much progress they are making with their portfolio of evidence. These meetings ensure that the learner is receiving the right support from both their employer and their training provider, and help move the apprentice forwards in their apprenticeship.
Being an apprentice requires access to a computer or other electronic device, as well a good internet connection, in order to complete their work and join online training sessions. Dynamic Training use Microsoft Teams for online meetings, and OneFile as our e-portfolio.
Frequently Asked Apprenticeship Questions
Apprenticeships are open to anyone aged 16 or over, entitled to live in England and who are no longer in full-time education.
Whether they are starting their working career or are already in the workplace looking to upskill or retrain, apprenticeships can provide an opportunity to increase skills and knowledge.
As there is no upper age limit, apprenticeships can be a great way for working professionals to help achieve career progression or for career changers to learn a new profession.
With an apprenticeship, employees have a fantastic opportunity to learn, gaining industry desired skills and knowledge and behaviours in the workplace.
Apprentices can be employed as a new apprentice on a fixed term contract or you they can be an existing member of staff who would like to upskill or retrain.
Once an apprentice starts their programme, they are allocated a Skills & Development Coach from Dynamic Training, who will support them for the duration of their training and ensure they are ready for end point assessment.
Additionally, employers are expected to provide apprentices with a workplace mentor who is normally a senior member of staff, but who is not the apprentices' direct manager.
Working hours vary depending on the employer, however the minimum duration of an apprenticeship (12 months) is based on an apprentice working 30 paid hours per week. For apprentices working less hours, the apprenticeship duration must be extended.
You can find out more about off-the-job training from the below page which fully breaks down how many hours an apprenticeship requires.
For existing staff members, their existing rate of pay will not be affected and you will not have to take a pay cut to become an apprentice.
For new entrant employed as an apprentice, you can view the minimum wages on the government's website.
You are able to search and apply for all apprenticeship vacancies using the National Apprenticeship Service website
Already Working: If you are looking to complete your apprenticeship with your current employer, first talk to your line manager about the opportunity to start an apprenticeship. We will gladly then talk to your employer about the options available to get you started.
Find out more about apprenticeships and answer your questions by exploring our comprehensive explanation of apprenticeships.
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How To Get In Touch...
Address:
Unit 7, Brook Business Centre,
Cowley Mill Road,
Uxbridge,
UB8 2FX
Phone: 020 8607 7850
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