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Independent Roles & Chairing

Delivering expert guidance and assured outcomes for adoption panels, foster panels, and complex social work tasks.

Our Expertise

A Wealth of Experience in Social Work Leadership.

Pharos Social Work Hub has been a trusted name in chairing critical social work panels and meetings for decades. Our expertise includes:


  • Chairing adoption panels (since 2004)
  • Chairing foster and permanence panels (since 2009)
  • Advising adoption, fostering and permanence panels (since 2009)
  • Agency Decision-Maker, Quality Assurance Advisor and Responsible Individual (since 2015)


We also have significant experience in chairing complex meetings and undertaking regulated roles such as LADO, IRO, Complaint Panel Chair and Panel Advisor.  We ensure that every session is conducted with fairness, clarity, and respect for all participants.

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Partner with Pharos Social Work Hub to ensure quality, expertise, and exceptional outcomes in your social work panels and meetings.

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Flexible solutions for Commissioners

Range of interim arrangements

Single task support

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Short-term support

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Long-term partnerships

All outcomes are quality assured

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Whatever the task and role, care consideration will be given to how best your needs are as a commissioner and your outcome will always be quality assured.  Commissions can be considered on a single, interim, short-term or longer term basis.