Independent Adoption Panel Members

The time commitment will be approximately 4 to 6 days per year to attend panel, more if required, with a payment rate of £200 per panel, plus reasonable travel and other expenses incurred. Attendance at 2 training sessions per year is required and travel expenses will be covered.

PACT is one of the UK’s leading independent adoption charities, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support. Our Adoption Panel Members play a very important role at PACT by carefully considering applications from those wishing to become adoptive parents.

We are currently seeking independent Adoption Panel Members with a sound understanding of the adoption process from either professional or personal experience to ensure our panel makes fair, informed recommendation outcomes to a high quality standard. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, efficiency in time management and demonstrate an understanding of, and a commitment to, the need for confidentiality. You’ll show willingness to increase your knowledge and understanding of adoption through reading, discussion and training.

With an awareness of the richness of different kinds of families and their potential for meeting children’s needs, we would love to hear from you if you can bring different experiences, knowledge and perspectives to our panel member group. We are actively working to ensure that equality and inclusion is embedded in everything that we do. It is central to our work with vulnerable children and families, and championed by our community. However, we know there is more we can do. We want to do all we can for our service users, and we want everyone at PACT to feel a sense of belonging.

To support this aim, we are working proactively to develop a panel member group that is representative of our diverse service users (both current and prospective), volunteer community and our wider eco‑system. We also know the value of having panel members who champion inclusive values and bring a wide variety of perspectives to our organisation. We welcome people of all ages, backgrounds, cultures and experience to apply for this role.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sarah Stollard, Panel Advisor at sarah.stollard@pactcharity.org. If you believe you can contribute to the skills and diversity of our panel as an Independent Panel Member, please visit our website and apply today to join a dedicated team who are part of something truly meaningful. We look forward to hearing from you! Early applications are encouraged as we may review and appoint on an earlier basis if a successful candidate is secured.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Friday 05 December 2025. Interviews will be held on: Tuesday 06 January 2026.

Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do at PACT. We have robust measures and best practices in place to safeguard and protect the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we take pride in maintaining outstanding safeguarding standards. Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s safer recruitment pre‑appointment enquiries, including a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). The role description provides information on what our safer recruitment enquiries include and the level of DBS required to work in the role. All opportunities with PACT are based in the UK.