Kindercare, Northern Ireland are looking to add to there Foster Care Panel. We are looking to recruit Panel Members to attend our meetings at our office in Belfast.
The fostering panel provides independent oversight of the recruitment, assessment and review of foster carer’s and makes reasoned decisions on their suitability to foster.
Applicants should have experience either professionally, personally or both of the placement of children in adoptive or foster families or of children being cared for away from their birth family.
We are looking to recruit the following people:
- someone from a medical or health background
- someone from a social work background
- someone from an education background
- someone with recent experience of fostering children.
- someone who has personal experience of being a looked after child.
Good listening and communication skills are essential along with the ability to make an assessment based on the written and oral information presented to the panel in order to discuss and make decisions in a balanced and informed manner.
We are specifically looking to recruit individuals to these key roles with experience and skills in chairing and or attending complex meetings where a wide variety of views maybe expressed.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.
We are committed to Equal opportunities.
Successful applicants will be required to undertake relevant AccessNI checks, the cost of which is funded by the agency.
We welcome your application
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