• Closing date:
    28 February 2025
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    Children’s Social Care & Social Work
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  • Independent Panel Member - London Borough of Hillingdon Fostering Panel

  • About the role

  • We are proud to announce that Hillingdon’s Children's Services have recently received an Outstanding rating from OFSTED, a testament to our unwavering commitment to providing exceptional care and support for children and families. We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our Fostering Panel as Independent Panel Members. This role offers the unique opportunity to significantly impact the lives of vulnerable children by ensuring they are placed in the best possible care.
     
    Key Responsibilities:
    • To participate actively in fostering panel meetings on a rota basis.
    • To engage in Panel induction, attend mandatory training and ongoing annual training relevant to the role.
    • To engage in an annual self-appraisal.
    • To support the review and recommendation process for fostering cases, ensuring all decisions are made in the best interests of children and young people.
    • To read the Panel paperwork submitted for each agenda item and prepare questions for applicants to support a recommendation.
    • To work collaboratively with the Panel Chair, Panel Advisor, Social Work professionals, fostering teams, and other stakeholders.
    • To ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and procedures related to fostering and child welfare.
    • Raise questions and concerns, contributing to a thorough and careful decision-making process.
    • To provide post-Panel feedback to the Fostering Service in relation to practice and performance, and to escalate issues of concern.
    • To uphold a commitment to challenging discrimination and promoting anti-discriminatory practices.
    • To ensure confidentiality of panel discussions and documents. 
    An Independent Panel Member will need to: 
    • Have the ability to identify key issues, problems and solutions.
    • To contribute to the Panel’s recommendations, being clear about the reasons for making them.
    • Sensitive regard to a fair and transparent process for foster care’s whilst ensuring the welfare of the child is paramount.
    • Have an ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
    • Have an ability to respectfully challenge others and maintain a child-focused approach. 
    Experience 
    • No prior experience on fostering panels required; however, transferable skills are essential.
    • Have some understanding of the Fostering process either personal or professional.
    • Have excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills. 
    LBH is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 
     

    Remuneration:

    • Half Day: £100
    • Full Day: £200

    An additional payment of £25 for attending Panel Business meetings (3 times per year) and annual appraisals where these fall outside of scheduled panel days.

    If this looks like the role for you, we look forward to receiving your application and potentially welcoming you to our team.

  • About us

  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
    At the London Borough of Hillingdon, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.

    This commitment means that all employees, job applicants and others who work for us will be treated fairly.

    The aim is for our workforce to be representative of all sections of society and Hillingdon residents so we welcome applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds.

    We strive to ensure that our recruitment process is free from discrimination and bias, and we are dedicated to providing reasonable adjustments to applicants with disabilities.

    Join us in building a workplace where everyone feels respected, able to give their best and be themselves at work, whilst contributing meaningfully to our organisation's success.
     
    Additional Information
    Due to an expected high volume of applications, we could close this role early, we therefore recommend you apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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