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Free Level 2 Early Years Safeguarding Officer Course Online

CostFREE
Duration60 hours
LevelLevel 2
DeliveryOnline
StartFlexible
Awarding bodyNCFE awarding body
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About this course

Free Level 2 Designated Safeguarding Officers in Early Years Course. Study online, at your own pace, without travelling to a centre. This course is for adults aged 19 or over who are already working as a designated safeguarding officer in an early years setting for at least 7 hours a week. Over 60 hours of online study, you'll build the specialist knowledge to identify and challenge weak safeguarding practice, model best practice, and coordinate intervention strategies.

Who this course is for

This Level 2 Technical Specialist Qualification is designed to provide the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to perform specialised roles within a specific occupational area.

This level 2 qualification is designed for early years professionals who serve as designated safeguarding officers. Throughout the course, you will identify and challenge weak practice, maintain and model best practices, and coordinate and deliver safeguarding intervention strategies.

Entry requirements

Anyone 19+ who is working as a Designated Safeguarding Officer within an early years setting for a minimum of 7 hours per week.

What you will learn

  • You'll identify weak safeguarding practice and know how to challenge it.
  • You'll apply and model best practice in an early years safeguarding context.
  • You'll coordinate and deliver safeguarding intervention strategies.
  • You'll understand the specialised roles and responsibilities of a designated safeguarding officer.
  • You'll develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required for a technical specialist role in early years safeguarding.

How you will learn

You'll study entirely online, working through course materials at a pace that fits your schedule. Assessment is based on the knowledge, skills, and behaviours set out in the qualification. As this is a work-based qualification, your current role as a designated safeguarding officer in an early years setting will support your learning throughout.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Be Central Bedfordshire will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Nursery Practitioner: specialist safeguarding lead in a nursery setting.
  • Designated Safeguarding Officer: formal DSO role in an early years or childcare setting.
  • Room Leader: senior practitioner with safeguarding responsibility.
  • Early Years SENCO: supporting children with additional needs, including safeguarding overlap.
  • Childcare Manager: overseeing safeguarding policy and staff practice.

What you could study next

  • Level 3 Award in Safeguarding and Protecting Children and Young People: deepens your safeguarding knowledge at a more advanced level.
  • Level 4 Certificate for the Early Years Advanced Practitioner: moves you toward senior or management roles in early years settings.
  • Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator: the qualification recognised in statutory staffing ratios for nursery work, if you want to broaden your early years practice beyond the safeguarding specialism.
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