No matter how unique, big or small your organisation is, if you or your staff and/or volunteers have contact with children, young people, families or adults, you need to consider the potential for a safeguarding issue to be reported. Your staff need to know who to report to and how to report any concerns they may have and that this concern will be managed by an appropriately trained member of staff. This ensures you and your organisation are safeguarding compliant.
This role is commonly referred to as the Designated Safeguarding Lead or Designated Safeguarding Officer and is stipulated as necessary within safeguarding statutory guidance. The Athena Programme is here to help. We have designed the perfect course for you. It enables you to share your own experiences and learn form other DSL/DSO’s Our Individual Designated Safeguarding Lead/Officer course offers the following learning outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe the key legislation and guidance that determines your organisation’s policy
for child /adult safeguarding i.e., Ofsted, CQC, IPCC, Charity Commission etc. - To understand the purpose and importance of the Designated Safeguarding
Officer/Lead - Explore the role and responsibility of the DSO and of other Safeguarding partners.
- Understand how to respond to those subject of concerns or allegations of abuse (HR,
LADO, DBS) and to explore the difficult decisions to be made and the people they
need to be made with - How to manage and support staff through the process of allegations/and or
disclosures. - Understand and explore in-depth your organisations safeguarding policies and
procedures. - Understand how your own values and beliefs can affect your role and responsibilities
as a DSO. - Identify and understand the barriers to reporting and effective information sharing.
- Understand the duty to cooperate in multi-agency partnership working.
- Understand and commit to a safer culture and a risk management culture i.e., Audits,
Q&A of safeguarding concerns SCR’s and SAR’s duty to co-operate - Safer working practices with children and adults at risk.
- Understand and commit to a safer culture and a risk management culture.
- Contributing to legal and audit processes
- Assessing and managing risks
- Develop an action plan to apply learning to professional practice