How the Adoption Panel Runs
Angus Adoption and Permanence Panel and Angus Foster Panel are managed and co-ordinated by the Service Manager (Accommodation and Aftercare) who offers consultancy to social workers, advises the panel members on policy and procedural issues and also sits as a panel member.
The panel makes its recommendation on the basis of reports circulated in advance of the meeting and through discussion with those invited to attend. The reports include those written by the social worker and other professionals involved in the case.
Prospective Adoptive Parents will be invited to attend panels considering their own approval as Adoptive Parents. Where permanence plans for children are being considered the panel will want to speak to child's social worker, senior social worker, temporary Foster carers and any other professional who has a central role in work with the child. They will also speak to the parent and possibly the child themselves. Depending on the circumstances of the case, the panel may ask to speak to contributors separately rather than have everyone in the meeting at the same time. Panel's considering the approval or review of adoptive parents will generally only involve the adoptive parents, their link worker and the senior social worker from the family placement team.
Prospective adopters will be informed of the recommendation of the Adoption Panel within 24 hours of the Panel. The final decision will be made by the agency decision maker and you will be informed of this decision in writing within 21 days. Prospective adopters will generally be contacted by their link worker as soon as the decision of the agency decision maker is known.
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