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Social Worker or Senior Social Worker, Adoption team

| Parents And Children Together

We support children and families from diverse backgrounds. With access to our specialist therapeutic support services, we are proud to provide excellent lifetime support for our families’ adoption journeys. Our adoption teams focus on assessing prospective adopters who can consider early permanence and/or adopting a wide range of children of all ages, sibling groups of two or more children, children from diverse ethnicities and children who may have physical or learning disabilities. With social work experience with children and families, the postholder will manage all aspects of work with our valued applicants from the early stages of recruitment, information sharing meetings, assessment, preparation and training, through to successful placement and post placement support up to the making of the adoption order.

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Fostering Panel Chair and Vice Chair

| Luton Borough Council

We would like to appoint a new independent Panel Chair to join our Fostering Panel. The post holder should be an experienced Foster Parent, Panel Member or Vice Chair, with an appreciation or lived experience of Foster Care. The post holder should have an understanding of what should be offered by Foster Carers under the Fostering Standards; Fostering National Minimum Standards and Fostering Regulations.

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Fostering Panel Members

| Luton Borough Council

Luton Borough Council Fostering would like to appoint new Panel Members to join our Fostering Panel. We are seeking to appoint to the following roles: Independent Panel Members x4 – Foster Carers, Formerly Cared in Local Authority Care x2, Independent Social Workers x2.  The post holders should have relevant knowledge of the diverse needs of children who are Looked After and in foster care. The post holders should be passionate about making a difference to the lived experience of young people who are looked after and living away from Birth Families with Foster Parents in fostering homes.

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Independent Fostering Panel Member

| Rutland County Council

Our Fostering Panel membership consists of a range of people who have personal or professional experience relevant to fostering. 
We are looking for a Social Worker with at least 3 years relevant post qualifying experience in child care social work, including direct experience of fostering either within a fostering service or in placing and supervising children in foster care. The post holder must be registered with Social Work England and demonstrate an understanding of current legislation, policy and good practice in relation to fostering matters. We are also interested in candidates who are care experienced; those with experience of being a foster carer for family and friends (Kinship/ Connected foster carers) and those with experience or background within the Police, Education and Health.

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Adoption Panel Chair and Panel Members

| Barnardo's Adoption Midlands and South West

Barnardo's Adoption Midlands and South West is a voluntary adoption agency and we're seeking an Independent Panel Chair and Panel Members to join us. The panel has an oversight of recruitment and assessment of prospective adopters. Panel members together make recommendations on the suitability of applicants. We are seeking to appoint to the following roles: Experienced Independent Panel Chair; Independent Panel Vice Chair; Independent Panel Members from a range of disciplines, particularly from a medical/health background, education or registered Social Workers. The post holders should have relevant knowledge of the diverse needs of children who are Looked After and adopted. The post holders should be passionate about making a difference to the lived experience of children.