PART 2E+WADOPTION AGENCY - ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADOPTION WORK

[F1Requirement to appoint an agency adviser and a medical adviserE+W

8.—(1) The adoption agency must appoint a senior member of staff, or where local authorities agree to constitute joint adoption panels as necessary appoint a senior member of staff of one of them, (referred to in this regulation as the “agency adviser”)—

(a)to assist the agency with the maintenance of the central list and the constitution of adoption panels,

(b)to be responsible for the induction and training of persons in the central list,

(c)to be responsible for liaison between the agency and an adoption panel, monitoring the performance of persons in the central list and members of the adoption panel and the administration of adoption panels, and

(d)to give such advice to an adoption panel as the panel may request in relation to any case or generally.

(2) The agency adviser must be a social worker and have at least five years’ relevant post-qualification experience and, in the opinion of the adoption agency, relevant management experience.

(3) The adoption agency must appoint at least one registered medical practitioner to be the agency’s medical adviser.

(4) The medical adviser shall be consulted in relation to the arrangements for access to, and disclosure of, health information which is required or permitted by virtue of these Regulations.]

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