Designated Safeguarding Officer Tutor Status

Designated Safeguarding Officer tutor status grants those with the appropriate pre-requisites the ability to deliver and assess Safety Training Award’s Designated Safeguarding Officer qualification.

Gaining Full Tutor Status

Upon successful application, tutors are granted probationary status and in order to gain full tutor status must:

• Be linked with an approved training centre
• Have successful face-to-face IQA activity for a minimum of 4 hours delivering and assessing your first course.

Deliverable Qualifications

Upon successful application, a safeguarding tutor may deliver the following qualifications:

• Designated Safeguarding Officer

Validity of Tutor Status

To maintain the validity of status as an STA tutor, tutors must:

• Attend updates and refresher courses, as and when required by STA
• Hold current membership of STA.

Interested? Before You Get Started…

You’ll need to make sure you’ve met the following requirements before you attend your course:

• Be at least 19 years of age
• Hold current membership of STA
• Meet one of the following criteria:
  • Be a current STA tutor in another discipline; or
  • Hold a formal teaching and assessing qualification such as Level 3 Award in Education and Training (or an acceptable equivalent) and have completed the STA Tutor Status CPD
• Hold the STA Designated Safeguarding Officer qualification (or an STA approved acceptable equivalent)
• Provide evidence of acting as a Designated Safeguarding Officer within the last 5 years
• Provide evidence of maintaining occupational competence through relevant continuing professional development (CPD)
• Completed the STA Designated Safeguarding Officer Tutor Upskill.

Apply for Your Tutor Status

Safeguarding tutor status is gained via recognised prior learning, so you do not need to attend a course.

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