Foster Panel Member

3 weeks ago


El Cajon, United States West Sussex County Council Full time

Would you like to make a difference to lives of children being cared for by West Sussex foster carers? Could you be an independent voice helping to ensure that West Sussex foster carers have the skills and experience needed, meet the standards and are suitable to care for our children?

West Sussex County Council is seeking to appoint independent members to sit on our Fostering Panel. Foster Panels provide a vital role in ensuring that the people who are approved as foster carers are suitable and continue to be suitable to foster. As an Independent Panel Member, you would be involved in the making recommendations about foster carers suitability.

These roles are independent from West Sussex County Council and paid on a set day rate basis of £300 for a full day or £150 for half a day. This rate is inclusive of the preparation time involved which includes reading all the reports in the week prior to the Panel. This can take between approximately 4 – 8 hours.

As an independent member your work may be a combination of virtual fostering panels as well as face to face panels in Horsham and/or Worthing. In the application form you will need to indicate which location/s you are able to attend.

We currently run 3/4 Panels a month all on Thursdays (from 9am – 5pm). Panel Members generally sit on one Panel a month, but this is not guaranteed and there is some flexibility around this. This will be discussed further if you are interviewed.

The Fostering Panel has independent oversight and makes recommendations on the future suitability of our foster carers through the assessment and review of foster carers. This also includes Kinship foster carers (caring for family members or friends) and Supported Lodgings Hosts.

Panel members must be committed to supporting our aim to provide high quality foster care and achieving the best possible outcomes for our children.

You do not need experience of sitting on fostering panels, as long as you have transferable skills; for example, experience of attending multi-disciplinary meetings and a passion for supporting vulnerable children.

We are in particular need of panel members with the following areas of expertise:

Personal experience or knowledge of being a Foster Carer or Connected Persons / Kinship Foster Carer or a Special Guardian People with personal experience, knowledge and understanding of the care system. Those who work or have worked in Education. Those who work or have worked with children or adults who have experienced trauma and loss (for example counsellors, therapist, educational psychologists, social workers). To help us create a diverse Panel membership that reflect West Sussex foster carers and the children for whom they care, we particularly welcome applications from men, people from global majority backgrounds, young people and care leavers.

If this is something you wouldn’t normally consider, then now is the time to get in touch and apply today.

Panel members are required to attend two training sessions a year, which we provide. We also provide access to online learning.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Contact Details:

If you would like any further information about the role or to obtain an application form, then please email us on .

We look forward to receiving your application.



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