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Regional Head of Together4Children
Regional Head of Together4Children Together4Children is an innovative partnership between Shropshire Council, Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Telford & Wrekin Council. We are the Regional Adoption Agency for the four councils. We also provide other services and initiatives that support children’s permanency.

Our ambition is to ensure that children who come into local authority care and are not able to return to their parents, achieve permanence within loving families without unnecessary delay.

This role is employed by Staffordshire County Council with duties across the Together4Children Region.
Staffordshire County Council £78,275 - £83,995 plus £4,395 car subsidy per annum Stafford staffscc/TP/20/1239 37
Senior Data and Performance Analyst
Senior Data and Performance Analyst We are seeking an experienced data analyst to work with us to support our delivery of outstanding outcomes for children with a plan for adoption and adopted families through our Regional Adoption Agency. You will be working closely with local authority data analyst teams on regular data collection and submissions, and with colleagues within the RAA and Coram Adoption to improve data collection and analysis. You will be required to present regular reports on performance to various settings and will have a number of opportunities to engage in service development both within the Coram Group, within the wider RAA and at national level. This is a 12-month fixed term contract. Coram Ambitious for Adoption £42,000 - £46,000 (dependent on experience) Coram Campus, Bloomsbury, London (home working available) 35

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Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer St David’s Children Society is a registered charity and not for profit  voluntary adoption and fostering agency. Due to the pending retirement of the CEO of St David’s Children Society, an exciting opportunity has arisen to lead this vibrant, forward-thinking Agency into the next stage of its development.  We seek an experienced, creative and passionate leader, combining innovation and commitment, to deliver on the Agency’s three-year Strategic Plan. The successful candidate will demonstrate energy, expertise and knowledge of the contemporary challenges facing adoption.  They will champion the modernisation agenda to ensure adoption is the placement of choice for those children unable to live with members of their birth family. They will demonstrate energy in driving forward developments in fostering and wider permanency spectrum.  The successful candidate will be able to evidence the professional, technical and managerial skills required to motivate and lead a team to optimise life chances for children. They will also demonstrate the ability to work in partnership with colleagues in the statutory and voluntary sector.  St David's Children Society To be negotiated Cardiff Full time
Panel Chair
Panel Chair Barnardo’s is seeking to recruit an Independent Panel Chair for its joint Adoption and Fostering South East and London panel. The panel hears adoption, fostering and early permanency assessments as well as foster care reviews and on occasion an emergency case may be added to panel business.  We welcome applications from prospective adopters and foster carers from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities and recognise their potential and unique worth. Prospective adopters and foster carers will need to feel welcomed, listened to with a clear promotion of reasonable and responsible decision making from panel and chair.   Barnardo's Adoption & Fostering South East and London £450 per panel Face to Face panels to be held at Barkingside various