Panels Considering the Approval of Prospective Adoptive Parents or Permanent Carers
Prospective adoptive parents or permanent carers will be invited to attend the panel considering their own approval. They will always have seen this report before it is presented to panel.
Panel members find it helpful to meet with prospective adopters and permanent carers, to put faces to the names in the report and have the opportunity of asking questions directly. It is also hoped that by inviting applicants to the panel, the process becomes as open and transparent as possible.
Prospective adopters or permanent carers will generally be contacted by their link worker as soon as the decision of the agency decision maker is known.