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.

SWAC Operational Management Board

For service managers and team managers.

— 21^st November 2023 – 12.00-2.00 pm

— 13^th February 2024 – 9.30-11.30 am

Adoption Support Workers

For social workers and individuals who work in and provide adoption support services.

— 21^st November 2023 – 9.30-11.00 am

Front door recruitment and assessment workers

For social workers, support workers, marketing and recruitment staff.

— 20^th November 2023 – 12.30- 2.00 pm

Supporting Birth Relatives

For independent support workers for birth relatives and letterbox and direct contact workers.

— 14^th November 2023 – 9.30-11.00 am

Family Finders in the RAAs and Cornwall

For social workers and support workers who are family finding for children.

— 20^th November 2023 – 9.30-11.00 am

Panel administrators

For minute takers and those involved in panel administration.

— 9^th November 2023 – 1.30-3.00 pm

Panel Advisers

— 10^th January 2024 – 12-1.30 pm

— 16^th April 2024 – 9.30-11 am

Panel Chairs

For panel chairs and vice chairs.

— 12^th January 2024 – 10.00 am-12.00 pm

— 12^th April 2024 – 10.00 am-12.00 pm

Intermediary and access to records

For adoption social workers and support workers involved in access to records, adoption counselling and intermediary services.

— 31^st October 2023 – 12.00-1.30 pm

— 18^th January 2024 – 12.00-1.30 pm

— 19^th March 2024 – 12.00-1.30 pm

— 9^th May 2024 – 12.00-1.30 pm

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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