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Fostering Panel Chair
Fostering Panel Chair The postholder will be responsible for ensuring Oxfordshire Fostering Panels operate effectively and in line with statutory requirements, including chairing the Fostering Panel, providing quality assurance of Panel documentation and Panel members, attending Panel Chair business meetings, appraisals and training events. Oxfordshire County Council £500 per panel inclusive. There is an additional £50 per hour for work undertaken outside of Panel., please see Job Advert County Hall Oxford when face to face, alongside virtual. Panel day runs between 3 - 6 hours plus preparation time.
Fostering Team Manager
Fostering Team Manager Newcastle City Council's Fostering Service are seeking to recruit a Fostering Team Manager. As a team manager, the postholder will be expected to work closely with colleagues in the management team to provide good quality supervision and support, empowering the teams to deliver excellent, relationship-based practice, provide appropriate care arrangements, and achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Newcastle City Council £50,269 - £54,495 per annum Newcastle upon Tyne (Hybrid working options available) CES929(e)/ 286214 37

Report published: private fostering survey 2024 – findings and analysis

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CoramBAAF would like to support a better understanding of private fostering and this often hidden group of children. We launched a Private Fostering Survey in July 2024, as a first attempt to gather some basic data about the national picture from our members.

Fostering Panel Adviser
Fostering Panel Adviser We’re seeking a part time Fostering Panel Advisor to provide professional advice to our Fostering Panel. The post holder will likely be a social worker with good knowledge of child care legislation. The post holder will ensure arrangements for the panel are co-ordinated in advance, run smoothly on the day and that follow up actions and reports happen as required. Milton Keynes City Council is a modern and friendly place to work. We offer an excellent benefits package which includes training and career development, and an enhanced pension. Milton Keynes Council £43516 - £47573 - This will be pro-rota depending on the hours worked Milton Keynes mkc/TP/238/1027 22.5
Fostering Panel Chair
Fostering Panel Chair Hertfordshire Fostering Service is looking to recruit an experienced, self-employed professional, who holds a Social Work Qualification, to act as an Independent Chair for Hertfordshire Fostering Panels. It is desirable that applicants have existing experience as a Chair or Vice Chair of fostering panels, with an appreciation or lived experience of foster care. Hertfordshire £600 per day and £300 per half day Stevenage or MS Teams virtual meetings Fostering Panel Chair Varied
Fostering Panel Advisor
Fostering Panel Advisor To advise and support the Agency Decision Maker (ADM) and Children’s services staff and other stakeholders on fostering matters, initial and on-going assessment and selection of carers to whom the council can safely entrust its cohort of CIC to enable better outcomes for children, young people and their families as a result of a thorough high quality selection process. Luton Council £44,428-£47,420 Pro Rata Hybrid 14.8
Fostering Panel Members
Fostering Panel Chair 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. Luton Borough Council £150 for Panel Member Luton Monthly panel