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Independent Panel Chair

| Camden Council

A rare opportunity has arisen to join London Borough of Camden’s Fostering and Permanence Panel as an Independent Panel Chair. The postholder would become part of an experienced, professional, and friendly panel central list who are child-focused and passionate about their role in the safe placement of children and young people. As an Independent Fostering and Permanence Panel Chair, the postholder will have a detailed knowledge of the legal framework of fostering, including kinship fostering and childcare law, as well as an in-depth knowledge of current fostering practice. The postholder will be an excellent communicator, with an ability to chair and guide complex meetings.

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Team Leader – Post Adoption and Aftercare

| Catholic

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our Post Adoption and Aftercare team and make a real difference to people’s lives. Facing an unknown past can be daunting. The postholder will lead a team of experienced social workers to ensure service users access a high-quality, sensitive and compassionate service. This is a challenging, varied and deeply rewarding role. The postholder will be responsible for managing referrals, overseeing casework, supervising staff, and ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and standards. The postholder will also act as the Ofsted Registered Manager for our Voluntary Adoption Support Agency.

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Fostering, Adoption & Permanence Panels Members

| Southend-on-Sea City Council

We are looking to recruit independent Fostering, Adoption & Permanence Panel members with a variety of personal and professional experiences to join our central list of Panel Members and ensure we have sufficient members to enable Panel to carry out its regulatory functions. Our aim is for our Fostering, Adoption & Permanence Panels to be fully representative of the children, carers and families that we work with in Southend-on-Sea and of our local population and local communities. We are interested in recruiting people from a range of diverse backgrounds and experiences but particularly in candidates who are care-experienced, those from diverse and underrepresented communities and backgrounds and those with experience of being a foster carer or kinship carer and those from related professions such as Police, Education and Health. We are particularly interested in recruiting those with lived experience of fostering and/or adoption to our panel central list.