Employment of staff
12.—(1) Each local authority shall—
(a)ensure that all permanent appointments made by the authority for the purposes of the adoption service are subject to the satisfactory completion of a period of probation; and
(b)provide all employees employed by the authority for the purposes of the adoption service with a job description outlining their responsibilities.
(2) The authority shall ensure that all persons employed by the authority for the purposes of the adoption service—
(a)receive appropriate training, supervision and appraisal; and
(b)are enabled from time to time to obtain further qualifications appropriate to the work they perform.