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Fostering Panel Vice Chair
Fostering Panel Vice Chair The postholder will deputise for the Panel Chair in their absence and carry out all the functions of the Chair’s role as and when required. The postholder will prepare for the Panel meetings, reading papers carefully, identifying key issues & alerting the professional adviser to the Panel, if necessary, that the cases are good enough for submission to the Panel. The postholder will participate in the Panel meetings contributing to clear and well evidenced recommendations, with reasons.
Barnsley MBC £250 per Panel (£125 for a half day Panel) Westgate Plaza One, 1 Westgate Barnsley S70 2DR Fostering Panel Vice Chair There are 2 Panels a month, one is face to face at Westgate & one is a virtual Panel.

Effective fostering panels

Bookshop product- 978 1 913384 40 1 - Sarah Borthwick with Elaine Dibben

What are the roles and responsibilities of fostering panel members? What regulations and standards determine the functioning of a fostering panel? How can panels implement best practice to improve their work and make better placements? Effective fostering panels answers these and many other questions.

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A series of workshops to introduce fostering, adoption and kinship practice to social workers and other professionals.

Agency decision makers: their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

Event--ONLINE

Decision makers in fostering and adoption agencies have a vital but often under-explored role. Many decision makers describe finding themselves in the role with little or no preparation, and with few arenas locally to share dilemmas or discuss best practice. What is the best process for reaching a sound decision? How can you avoid it simply becoming a ‘rubber-stamping’ exercise? What is your role in relation to the quality assurance of the panel’s activities? How should a decision maker appraise a panel chair? What does a reasonable decision look like? How should it be conveyed?

Agency decision makers: their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

Event--ONLINE

Decision makers in fostering and adoption agencies have a vital but often under-explored role. Many decision makers describe finding themselves in the role with little or no preparation, and with few arenas locally to share dilemmas or discuss best practice. What is the best process for reaching a sound decision? How can you avoid it simply becoming a ‘rubber-stamping’ exercise? What is your role in relation to the quality assurance of the panel’s activities? How should a decision maker appraise a panel chair? What does a reasonable decision look like? How should it be conveyed?

Agency decision makers: their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

Event--ONLINE

Decision makers in fostering and adoption agencies have a vital but often under-explored role. Many decision makers describe finding themselves in the role with little or no preparation, and with few arenas locally to share dilemmas or discuss best practice. What is the best process for reaching a sound decision? How can you avoid it simply becoming a ‘rubber-stamping’ exercise? What is your role in relation to the quality assurance of the panel’s activities? How should a decision maker appraise a panel chair? What does a reasonable decision look like? How should it be conveyed?

Agency decision makers: their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

Event--ONLINE

Decision makers in fostering and adoption agencies have a vital but often under-explored role. Many decision makers describe finding themselves in the role with little or no preparation, and with few arenas locally to share dilemmas or discuss best practice. What is the best process for reaching a sound decision? How can you avoid it simply becoming a ‘rubber-stamping’ exercise? What is your role in relation to the quality assurance of the panel’s activities? How should a decision maker appraise a panel chair? What does a reasonable decision look like? How should it be conveyed?

Agency decision makers: their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

Event--ONLINE

Decision makers in fostering and adoption agencies have a vital but often under-explored role. Many decision makers describe finding themselves in the role with little or no preparation, and with few arenas locally to share dilemmas or discuss best practice. What is the best process for reaching a sound decision? How can you avoid it simply becoming a ‘rubber-stamping’ exercise? What is your role in relation to the quality assurance of the panel’s activities? How should a decision maker appraise a panel chair? What does a reasonable decision look like? How should it be conveyed?

Agency decision makers: their role and responsibilities for fostering and permanency panels

Event--ONLINE

Decision makers in fostering and adoption agencies have a vital but often under-explored role. Many decision makers describe finding themselves in the role with little or no preparation, and with few arenas locally to share dilemmas or discuss best practice. What is the best process for reaching a sound decision? How can you avoid it simply becoming a ‘rubber-stamping’ exercise? What is your role in relation to the quality assurance of the panel’s activities? How should a decision maker appraise a panel chair? What does a reasonable decision look like? How should it be conveyed?