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STA Level 3 Designated Safeguarding Officer

STA Level 3 Designated Safeguarding Officer

£195.00 incl. VAT

The STA Level 3 Designated Safeguarding Officer qualification aims to equip learners with the knowledge, understanding, and practical skills required to allow them to effectively manage safeguarding responsibilities, respond appropriately to concerns, and promote a safe and supportive environment in line with current legislation and best practice.

Who is this qualification for?

This qualification is aimed at those who currently work with children or adults at risk within sport, physical activity or leisure environments and have, or are preparing to take on the role of the Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO).

It is suitable for those who will lead safeguarding within an organisation, club, or setting. It is also appropriate for those who are already safeguarding leads, welfare officers, club or centre managers or those who have delegated safeguarding responsibilities.

How do I know this qualification is suitable for me?

To ensure that this is relevant and up to date it includes references from the following industry sources:

  • CIMSPA Technical Specialism Professional Standard: Safeguarding and Protecting Children
  • CIMSPA Technical Specialism Professional Standard: Safeguarding Adults
  • Working Together to Safeguard Children
  • Safeguarding and Protecting People for Charities and Trustees
  • After-School Clubs, Community Activities and Tuition
  • STA Swimming Teacher Code of Practice.

How to Take Your Career Further

Once qualified, progress on your teaching pathway by continuing to expand your knowledge. Why not look at some of the CPD’s available on STA online or expand your swimming teaching portfolio by teaching those with disabilities or baby and preschool participants with our People with Disabilities and Baby and Pre-School Award qualifications. Alternatively, why not consider teaching Aquafit with our Aquacise qualification or have fun being a mermaid or merman with the Monofin qualifications?

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Additional information

Dates

18th and 25th Nov. 2026 (Remote), 29th Nov. 2026 (Remote)

Assessment Information

This qualification is tutor-assessed by the completion of two post-course case studies. These are quite short and should take no more than an hour. Both case studies must be completed and submitted within four weeks of the last day of the course.

The details and information in the case studies must align with the most current version of the STA Designated Safeguarding Officer resource manual.

Should the case studies not be submitted within four weeks, or not at an acceptable standard within a further two weeks (i.e. 6 weeks from completion of the course), the candidate will fail the qualification and must resit the case study/studies they’ve not submitted or not met the required standards on.

Resits must take place within 6 weeks of the fail and incur a minimum charge of £25.

Pre-requisites

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

  • Be at least 18 years of age at the point of assessment.

It is also strongly advised that learners hold the STA Safeguarding Children and Adults and Risk CPD or an acceptable equivalent before commencing this course.

Online E-Learning Pre-requisites

For some courses, we are able to reduce face-to-face contact time by making e-learning a pre-requisite. This may not be the case for every course, and you will be told on the booking page if it is; however, as a rule of thumb, if your course is one day in length, there will be pre-learning.

Learners must have all pre-requisites in place before the start of the course. Qualification certificates cannot be issued if all pre-requisites are not met before the start of the course. Refunds are not issued if these are not in place and you cannot attend the training.

Important Note: the e-learning modules do take time (up to about 6 hours) and MUST be completed before day 1 of the course. Therefore, please ensure you timetable these in time. Refunds will not be issued for those who fail to complete the e-learning in time.

For support regarding additional needs, please see our Reasonable Adjustment policy and contact us for support.

Payment Plans and Invoicing

Payment plans are available for all courses run by in at the deep end!

Invoicing

If you would prefer we invoice an employer, please contact us with the relevant information, and we can arrange this for you.

No course materials will be supplied until a purchase order has been received.

Monthly Payment

Flexible monthly payments are available via GoCardless for a set fee of £20 and £2 per payment.

As an example somebody who had a course total of £275 and wished to pay over 5 instalments would pay £63 per month. This is made up of the £275 fee, £20 admin charge and 5 x £2 monthly payment fees giving a total of £315.

The following additional terms and conditions apply to flexible payments:

  • Failed payments will be subject to a £7.50 admin fee
  • Places will be reserved once the payment plan is set up via GoCardless
  • A minimum of £75 must have been paid before course materials will be sent out
  • The full and final payment must be made before submission of your work for certification
  • Refunds will be processed in accordance with our Booking Terms and Conditions and additional information below. Any refunds will be minus the £20 admin fee and £2 per transaction fee
  • Any chargebacks to direct debits result in removal from the course and a £25 admin fee to re-join.

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