Adoption Panel Advisor (RAA)

Full Time 37 Hours

Permanent

Grade 10 £42,476 - £46,431 depending on experience

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join One Adoption South Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) as an Adoption Panel Adviser. The post has arisen due to the reconfiguration of panel adviser roles across the South Yorkshire region that cover Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield and Rotherham.

The post holder will predominantly cover the Adoption panels in both Doncaster and Rotherham, whilst on occasion covering panels in Barnsley and Sheffield. You will join a dynamic, creative, confident and forward thinking management team within the RAA to ensure consistent standards are met in terms of advice to both panels and Agency Decision Maker’s (ADM’s) in each respective local authority/Trust.

The person appointed should be a qualified social worker with at least 5 years post qualifying experience preferably with some management experience.

The panel adviser will provide advice to both the ADM of the RAA and to the adoption panels regarding adopter approvals and matches for children as well as local authorities and the Trust’s ADM’s regarding plans and matches for children in their care.

They will also provide advice to the adoption panel in relation to specific cases and more generally in terms of the agency’s policies and procedures, raise any pertinent issues and provide regular updates to panel in relation to any cases it has considered.

The role involves quality assurance of all paperwork submitted to the ADM in respect of plans and matches for children and all paperwork submitted to panel in respect of adopter approvals. This will include liaising with social workers and team managers in respect of that paperwork to quality assure child permanence reports, prospective adopter reports and adoption placement reports. The expectation will be that the panel adviser feeds back to the local authority/Trust in respect of the quality of reports and contribute to the overall planning of the service as well as providing some training for staff in area teams e.g. on the writing of child permanence reports.

You will arrange for the appointment, termination and reviews of all members of the RAA central list to panels and the constitution of panels. The post also includes induction and training of panel members and the overall administration of panels to ensure they run smoothly.

For further information about this post please contact Stephanie Evans on 07971658597 or Stephanie.Evans@Doncaster.gov.uk

Should you wish to apply please read the attached Job Description & Person Specification and complete the online application form by:

Closing Date: Sunday 28 th May 2023 (Midnight)

Interview Date: To Be Confirmed