SWAC Best Practice Meetings

The SWAC Project Lead runs several Best Practice Meetings for practitioners in member adoption agencies every 2 months. There are separate meetings for recruitment and assessment workers, those working in adoption support, family finders, panel administrators, intermediary and access to adoption records workers, panel chairs, panel advisers, and those supporting birth relatives.

The meetings are held virtually and provide safe reflective spaces for practitioners in similar roles in different adoption agencies across the South West to discuss common issues, and to share good practices and dilemmas.

Those working in adoption support

— 25^th March 2025 – 9.30-11.00 am

Those providing access to records

— 25^th March 2025 – 11.30 am-1.00 pm

Panel advisers

— 16^th April 2025 – 9.30-11.00 am

Panel administrators

— 12^th May 2025 – 9.30-11.00 am

Those supporting birth relatives

— 12^th May 2025 – 11.30 am-1.00 pm

Family finders for children and adopters

— 14^th May 2025 – 9.30-11.00 am

Front door, marketing and recruitment and assessment workers

— 14^th May 2025 – 11.30 am-1.00 pm

Those providing access to records

— 15^th May 2025 – 9.30-11.00 am

Those working in adoption support

— 19^th May 2025 – 9.30-11.00 am

Medical Advisers

The SWAC medical advisers organise and run their own meetings 3 times a year.

For joining details, please contact us at swac@ccsadoption.org.

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