Wiltshire Council

The Panel is constituted in accordance with Regulation 24 of The Fostering Services Regulations 2002.  The Panel consists of a cross section of people including professionals and lay persons interested in fostering.  They will have read the Form F report compiled as part of the assessment and ask you and your FPO some questions.  They will then make a recommendation as to your suitability to foster.  This will then be confirmed/or not by the Agency Decision Maker (Assistant Director Children & Families branch).

In the rare occasion an applicant is refused approval they are invited to make a written submission to appeal this decision if they wish.

At a later stage, if you wish to change the type of fostering you want to do or age group you wish to foster, the panel will consider these changes.