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Job description

Panel Member (Office Holder)

When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed.

Role: Panel Member (Office Holder)

Locations:  North-West

Rate:  £200 per full day or £100 per half day 

Hours: At least 15 days per year - plus training and additional events

Why Join TACT?

  • Top 5 UK Charity to Work For (2024)
  • 97% proud to work at TACT | 92% love working here
  • Not-for-profit – every surplus reinvested into children, carers & staff
  • Children’s voices shape every decision, system, and improvement we make at TACT.
  • Trauma-informed, values-led organisation

The Role

Panel Member 

We are seeking proactive and passionate individuals to join our Fostering Panel. We welcome applicants with a strong understanding of trauma-informed practice and therapeutic care, and a commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people in care.

We are particularly interested in hearing from:

  • Foster carers
  • Individuals with lived experience of care who have lived within a children's residential, foster or adoptive home.
  • Professionals from therapeutic backgrounds
  • Professionals with experience and background in Education or Social Work

The successful applicants must be IT literate, as documentation is shared at online meetings on a monthly basis. The Panel meets via Microsoft Teams on the second Tuesday of each month, but additional meetings may be scheduled as needed. The successful candidate may need to travel to attend an annual panel business day in person and other occasional meetings and training. 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Reading the meeting documents carefully before the meeting and attending the meeting prepared to raise issues and to contribute to the panel discussion.
  • Participating in the making of recommendations on each case, drawing on both personal and professional knowledge and experience.
  • To attend at least 75 per cent of meetings of the panel.
  • To be prepared to attend additional panels, if possible, if requested.
  • To participate, with other panel members, in advising on policy and procedural matters as required.
  • To address diversity issues and promote anti-discriminatory practice.
  • To safeguard the confidentiality of all panel papers and panel discussions.
  • To participate in panel induction and in panel training, which will be at least one day per year.
  • To participate constructively in the annual review of their panel membership if this is an agency requirement.

What You’ll Need

  • Enhanced DBS (processed by TACT)
  • Please see the Job Information Pack for a full breakdown of the role.

Travel

  • Homebased role:

    Candidates residing in the North West area are preferred, however, this is not essential.

  • Travel may be required for training.

Key Dates

  • Closing Date: Wednesday, 9th September 2026
  • Interviews: Tuesday,15th September 2026 (Microsoft Teams)

Safeguarding Commitment

Safeguarding is everyone’s business, and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work.  As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children.  We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people.  All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies. 

Apply early - We may close the role if we receive a high volume of applications.

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Organisation
TACT View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500
Posted on: 20 July 2026
Closing date: 19 August 2026 at 23:30
Job ref: 318216CHJ
Tags: Youth / Children