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Panel Advisors: Their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

Event--ONLINE

Panel advisors have a complex role in managing the relationship between the agency and the panel, quality assuring and feeding back to all involved in panel work.

This open course will enable panel advisors to examine this role in detail and build on effective practice as they carry out their role and responsibilities including: quality assurance; inducting new panel members; contributing to the appraisals of panel members; feeding back issues to the agency and working with the agency decision maker. Case scenarios, group work and practice application will provide opportunities for panel advisors to address shared dilemmas and good practice.

Private fostering practice

Event--London

This course is an opportunity to explore the legal and practice framework of private fostering, including best practice in how to work with this often unseen group of children.

Fostering starter pack - bumper bundle

Bookshop product-- Fergus Smith, Chris Brann and Alexandra Conroy Harris / Pat Beesley / Shefali Shah / Alison Davis / Paul Adams

Save when you purchase five of our best selling fostering titles in our new bumper bundle pack! Essential reading for newly qualified social workers.

Independent Fostering Panel Chair
Independent Fostering Panel Chair Milton Keynes City Council is currently developing its Fostering Service and is seeking an experienced Chair for its Fostering Panel. On average the Panel meets every three weeks, although additional panels are occasionally scheduled. Meetings are currently virtual however this may change to include some face-to-face sessions. As Chair the post holder will ensure that all items of business are covered and ensure that the Panel operates in accordance with regulations, policies and procedures. The post holder will read papers carefully, identify key issues, work with an adviser to help ensure cases are adequate for submission, and facilitate the active participation of all members as the Panel considers cases and makes clear and well evidenced recommendations. Milton Keynes City Council £550 per full panel day, £300 for panel appraisals, £200 for completing the annual report, £100 for attending quarterly meetings Milton Keynes mkc/TP/238/1053 As required to chair Fostering Panel and attend other meetings.

Effective adoption and fostering panels in Scotland

Bookshop product- 978 1 910039 72 4 - Marjorie Morrison

What are the roles and responsibilities of adoption and fostering panel members? What laws and regulations determine how these panels function? How can panels help to make better placements? This book answers these and many other questions and is the first and only definitive guide for members of both adoption and fostering panels.

Fosterline Adviser
Fosterline Adviser Are you passionate about fostering? Would you like to make a difference to foster carers and people thinking about fostering? We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic adviser to support the delivery of Fosterline England, the national advice and information service for prospective and current foster carers across England. With excellent inter-personal skills, and demonstrable experience of providing practical and/or emotional support to others, the post holder will use sound understanding of current fostering legislation, policy and practice in England to provide appropriate, relevant and accurate information and advice verbally and in writing to everyone contacting Fosterline England.
The Fostering Network £37,000 Homebased 36

Joint letter to the Secretary of State for Education

News and updates-

We are proud to be co-signatories of a letter to the Secretary of State for Education calling on the Government to ensure all children in care receive free school meals automatically, regardless of their foster carer's financial circumstances. The initiative, led by The Fostering Network and supported by organisations including TACT Fostering, the National Association of Fostering Providers (NAFP), Foster Talk, Adoption UK, the British Association of Social Workers and Home for Good, demonstrates the sector coming together to advocate for children in care and the families who support them.