Panel administrators: their role on adoption and fostering panels
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A course to develop the knowledge and skills of those working as panel administrators.
Senior Practitioner - Intercountry Assessment Team
Senior Practitioner - Intercountry Assessment Team
We are looking for a senior practitioner to join our Intercountry Assessment team. The role of the Assessment Senior Practitioner is to provide Coram IAC’s Intercountry assessment and support services in accordance with adoption guidance and regulations. The postholder will help coordinate intercountry adoption assessments, quality assuring and overseeing the work of sessional social workers.
CoramIAC
£42,000 per annum (currently under review)
Coram Campus and homeworking
35 hours per week
Adoption Social Worker
Adoption Social Worker
We are looking to recruit a Social Workers to our Adoption Support team. The Adoption Support team runs a busy service supporting adoptive families, adopted adults, and birth families. Work includes arranging therapeutic support under the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund, case working with families who need advice, support and advocacy, accessing and sharing adoption records with adopted adults, and helping birth families and adoptive families remain in contact. The team also provides support through groups run for a range of clients including adopted children, adopted adults and parents of adopted teenagers.
London Borough of Islington
£47,925 - £51,228
N1 1TH
2348
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News and updates-
In this blog, CoramBAAF Health consultant, Ellie Johnson expresses concerns about the impact NHS workforce reforms will have on specialist health roles that support and advocate for children in care. Emerging evidence suggests these vital posts are being reduced or reconfigured, risking the loss of expertise and advocacy for some of the most vulnerable children.
Service Manager (CoramIAC)
Service Manager (CoramIAC)
The Service Manager post holder will take the lead responsibility (under Ofsted registration) as the Registered Manager of CoramIAC. They will ensure the ongoing delivery of an outstanding VAA that is fully compliant with national minimum standards and regulations; and ensuring high quality adoption support and a sufficient supply of adopters that reflects the diversity of the countries they are adopting from.
CoramIAC
From £65,000 per annum
Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ (with flexibility for hybrid working)
35 hours per week
New Regulations for cross-border child placements in Scotland come into force
News and updates-
From 9 February 2026, new Regulations will reshape how children from elsewhere in the UK are placed in Scotland. Alexandra Conroy-Harris summarises what the changes mean and the key duties they place on local authorities.