The role of the minute taker in adoption and fostering panels is a crucial one.  Adoption and fostering panels are underpinned by specific legal and regulatory requirements. Therefore, minute takers need to have a sufficient understanding of these requirements in order to produce a minute that is relevant, clear and appropriate.

This workshop is for administrative staff who take minutes for adoption and fostering panels.

FACILITATOR

Ravinder is a qualified social worker with over 30 years’ childcare experience in local authorities and latterly in the voluntary sector as a founding member of AFKA Scotland. She is the course leader for two postgraduate courses: Securing Children’s Futures (all aspects of permanence) and Relative Matters (kinship care), both accredited by the University of Strathclyde.

Ravinder has many years of experience delivering a range of training, workshops and consultancy as well as being an Agency Decision Maker (ADM) and chairing adoption and fostering panels for several agencies. Her training portfolio includes training ADMs, panel members and advisers, chairs and minute takers for adoption, fostering and kinship panels; diversity training – caring for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) children and assessing LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) carers and adopters; adoption and fostering assessments; foster carer reviews; managing contact and family time; intercountry adoption as well as permanence training including the Child’s Permanence Report and other considerations. Ravinder oversees the Family Placement Forum and Intercountry Adoption surgeries for practitioners. Ravinder has also contributed to some BAAF/CoramBAAF publications.

For more information and to book a place, download our Booking form 18 November 2026