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The Statement of Purpose is designed to inform you about the values, and structure of TACT,
some information about the recruitment, assessment and training of our carers, and details of staff
and placements. The Statement is a legal requirement, and the issues referred to, laid down in
Regulation.
TACT Peterborough Adoption 1st Floor, Bayard place, Broadway, Peterborough. PE1 1AY
01733 317448 - www.tactcare.org.uk
Statement of purpose
TACT Peterborough Adoption
Registered charity numbers: England & Wales 1018963. Scotland SC 039052.
TACT is also a limited company by guarantee: company registration number: 2779751.
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C o n t e n t s
1. Introduction and Background ............................................................................................. 3
2. Purpose of this document .................................................................................................. 3
3. Status and constitution ....................................................................................................... 4
4. Statement of objectives, aims, vision and values ............................................................ 4
5. Management of the agency ................................................................................................ 6
6. Registration of the agency .................................................................................................. 7
7. Adoption staff ...................................................................................................................... 8
8. Panel members ................................................................................................................... 8
9. Services ................................................................................................................................ 8
10. Monitoring and evaluation of services ............................................................................ 9
11. Recruitment, assessment and approval process ........................................................... 9
12. Training, support and review process ........................................................................... 10
13. Matching and pre adoption support for the child ...................................................... 11
14. Post adoption support ................................................................................................... 11
15. Support for birth parents .............................................................................................. 12
16. Support to adopted adults and their relatives ............................................................. 12
17. Complaints policy and procedure ................................................................................. 12
18. Contact details of the registration authority and children’s commissioner ............. 13
19. Approval, availability and review of this statement of purpose ................................ 13
20. Children’s guide .............................................................................................................. 14
21. Comments on this statement of purpose .................................................................... 14
22. Service staff and structure charts ................................................................................ 15
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1. Introduction and Background
TACT registered as an adoption agency on 10 November 2004. On 7 August 2007, the adoption
services of the Independent Adoption Service (IAS) and The Adolescent and Children’s Trust
(TACT) merged to become TACT IAS. The agency adopted the title TACT Adoption prior to Parents
for Children (PfC) joining with TACT in February 2009. PfC specialised in recruiting families for
children with special needs through its Child Specific Model and they held the archive records
for Family Ties previously known as Phyllis Holman Richards Adoption Society (PHRAS) due to a
similar merger. It offered a range of pre and post adoption services to its service users.
IAS operated as a voluntary adoption agency since it was founded in 1965. Its adoption services
were based in South East London and, since its foundation IAS placed over 1400 children with
new families.
PfC established itself as an adoption service in 1976. It was based in North London and
developed a UK wide profile and offered a national service to children with special needs.
Through its Child Specific Services it has placed many hard to place children for adoption and
continued to support those in permanent placements.
PHRAS grew from a mother & baby home into an adoption agency placing babies in adoptive
families. It later became Family Ties and some years later merged with Parents for Children.
TACT Adoption has gradually developed the range of adoption services available, in line with the
needs of the children already within its areas of operation and for those referred to TACT
Adoption. These services worked alongside TACT’s fostering services.
TACT has been operating as a charitable independent fostering agency since 1993 and has
well-established bases in London (South and East London), East Midlands (Kettering), West
Midlands (Birmingham), The North West (Liverpool), the South West (Bristol), Wales (Neath),
Yorkshire (Leeds) and Scotland (Edinburgh). All these offices are registered with the appropriate
national inspection/registration body: Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services
and Skills (Ofsted ) in England, the Care and Social Services Standards Inspectorate for Wales
(CSSIW) and the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (Scotland).
As TACT expanded, it became increasingly aware of the needs of children in placement, who
require adoption or some other form of permanency. TACT, therefore, decided to develop an
adoption service and other permanency services to meet the needs of children who are already
in placement and those who may be referred for services in the future.
On 1 April 2017 TACT was chosen to run Peterborough’s permanency services (including
adoption and fostering services) and this statement of purpose reflects that service.
These combined resources and services are aimed at maximising the life chances of children
who are unable to live within their birth families.
TACT & TACT Peterborough is a multi-racial organisation with trustees, adoption panel members
and staff reflecting the diverse origins of the children and families it serves.
2. Purpose of this document
This document is written in compliance with the Care Standards Act 2000 and in line with the
Adoption Regulations (The Voluntary Adoption Agencies and the Adoption Agencies
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(Miscellaneous Amendments)) Regulations 2003 and National Minimum Standards for
Adoption 2011.(Standard 18).
The expected outcome from Standard 18 is that ‘there is a clear written statement of the aims
and activities of the adoption agency and the adoption agency ensures that it meets those aims
and activities’.
This Statement of Purpose sets out the agency’s status and constitution, its mission statement,
principles, aims and activities, how the agency is managed and by whom, its staffing,
organisational structure, services, processes, targets for adoption and how it monitors and
evaluates the agency’s effectiveness. It also provides information on the main policies and
procedures under which the agency operates and contact details for the registration authorities
and children’s commissioners.
3. Status and constitution
TACT Peterborough is a voluntary adoption agency as defined by the Adoption and Children Act
2002 and the Voluntary Adoption Agencies and the Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Regulations 2003.
It operates within the requirements of legislation, regulations, guidance and standards relating
to adoption and other relevant matters, and is subject to three yearly inspection by Ofsted.
TACT Peterborough is registered as a charity (Charity No. 1018963) and Company Limited by
Guarantee (Company Registration No. 2779751). It is also registered as a Voluntary Adoption
Agency (VAA No. F570002191). It is governed by incorporated Memorandum and Articles of
Association and regulated by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
TACT Peterborough is a member of the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies, the South
London Adoption Consortium, the East Midlands Adoption Consortium and has links to other
organisations relevant to its functions.
4. TACT’s charitable objectives are:
To relieve children and young people who, by reasons of their circumstances,
have need of foster, adoptive or substitute care by placing children in foster
homes or adoptive placements and by training foster or adoptive parents to
deal with the needs of the children in their care.
Otherwise to promote the care and upbringing and establishment in life of
children in need thereof including by promotion of their health, development
and education attainment and particularly children in foster, special guardian
or adoptive care.
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TACT’s Vision and Values
The aim of TACT Peterborough is:
To find secure adoption placements for looked after children throughout England and Wales for
Peterborough children and any other local authorities which have been unable to make
provisions.
The activities of TACT Peterborough are:
To work in partnership with Peterborough City Council and other local authorities to find
permanent families for children for whom adoption is a plan.
To provide a high quality specialist service to children who have significant needs in helping
prepare them for permanence.
To increase the number and range of adoptive families for children, specifically sibling groups,
older children and those from minority ethnic backgrounds.
To recruit, prepare, assess and support a wide range of people to meet the needs of such
children.
To offer high quality preparation and ongoing support to both pre and post order adopters, to
ensure the highest possible opportunity for future stability and optimum development of
children placed through TACT Adoption.
To manage contact and support adoptive and birth families through letter box contact.
To prepare reports and attend adoption panel in the appropriate local authority when a match
has been recommended for a TACT Peterborough approved family.
Our Vision
‘Better lives for our children and young people’
Values
Aspirational – by helping others, we grow ourselves
Passionate – we are determined to keep improving what we do. We will
ambitiously pursue the best outcomes for everyone we work with and strive for
excellence in all we do
Customer Focussed – we shall listen and respond to the people we work with,
children and young people, their birth families, carers, our staff, our
supporters, local authorities and other stakeholders
Fair and equitable – we will be open and transparent, communicating what we
do and why we do it, based on equality and respect for all
Beyond Profit – reinvesting our resources into improving outcomes for children
and young people
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To prepare reports for the adoption panel and courts as appropriate to the adoption work.
To contribute to the provision and use of resources within the South London Adoption
Consortium and the East Midlands Adoption Consortium.
To provide information, advice and counselling services for adopted adults and their relatives.
To provide an independent counselling service for birth parents whose children have adoption
plans.
To provide an advice service for local authority social workers with whom the agency is co-
working.
To provide training, assessment & consultancy for children considered as foetally affected due
to drug & alcohol abuse in pregnancy.
5. Management of the agency
TACT Peterborough is managed by a Board of Trustees who are elected and are members of
the organisation. Two IAS Trustees were elected to the TACT Adoption board at the point of
merger and one PFC Trustee joined the board in 2009. The Trustees bring a range of expertise
carefully chosen to provide TACT Adoption with a breadth and depth of knowledge relevant to
its services to children and families and its business function as an organisation with charitable
status.
The Board meets six times per year to fulfil its statutory functions.
The Board has three sub-committees:
Finance and Remuneration
The Policy Sub Committee
Children’s Services & Safeguarding Committee
These sub-committees meet a minimum of twice per year.
The Board’s primary function is to set the direction of the agency’s services and approve the
annual business plan and budget for income and expenditure. It monitors the agency’s financial
activities and approves the audited accounts.
The Board also approves and reviews the adoption agency’s statement of purpose, its policies
and procedures, and staffing levels for the service
The Board delegates responsibility for day to day management of the agency to the Chief
Executive.
The Trustees take an active interest in the services provided to young people and families and
require managers to regularly report to the board. They also participate in consultative and
social events with those in receipt of services, both adults and young people.
Day to day management is undertaken by:
Senior Leadership Team (SLT) comprising of:
Chief Executive
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Executive Director Children’s Service North
Executive Director Children’s Services West
Executive Director Children’s Services Peterborough
Executive Director Finance and Corporate Services
HR Director
Business Development Director
Performance Support Director
Financial Controller
TACT services are organised into regions, managed by Executive Directors of Children's services.
The regions are organised into areas, managed by Area Managers/Heads of Services. In some
areas there are Deputy Area Managers/ Consultant Social Workers who assist the Area
Manager/Head of Service.
Human Resources and Finance are centralised functions.
Currently Andy Elvin is the Responsible Individual. The adoption service is managed by the
Head of Service of TACT Peterborough, Sue King. There are four consultant social workers with
thematic leads, who supervise four teams of social workers and support staff. Sandra Nelson
is the thematic lead for adoption and Tasalla Shaiyen has responsibility for adoption support.
The managers and social work staff are all appropriately qualified and experienced to undertake
the work of this agency.
The full structure of TACT and TACT Peterborough is outlined on page 15 and 16.
6. Registration of the agency
The Registered Provider is the agency:
TACT
The Courtyard
303, Hither Green Lane
Hither Green
London
SE13 6TJ
The Responsible Individual is the CEO:
Andy Elvin
303 Hither Green Lane
Hither Green
London
SE13 6TJ
The Manager is the Head of Service for TACT Peterborough:
Sue King
1st Floor, Bayard Place
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Broadway
Peterborough
PE1 1AY
Conditions in force under Part 11 of the Care Standards Act 2000:
The registration authority has not imposed any conditions on TACT Peterborough’s
registration as a voluntary adoption agency.
7. Adoption staff
Comprising of appropriately qualified and experienced social workers and
administrators. Sessional staff are used to undertake some assessments, make
placements and support placements, and for some post adoption work. The staff team
is racially and culturally diverse.
8. Panel members
The Joint Peterborough City Council and TACT Peterborough Adoption Panel is
constituted in accordance with the Adoption Agencies Regulations (2005) and has a
medical and legal advisor. There is an independent chair and vice chair. There is
representation of people who have both personal and professional experience of
adoption.
9. Services
Adoption, including preparing, assessing families, preparing children, supporting
families pre and post adoption order
Family finding for approved adoptive families
Permanency services, including direct work with children, assessments and planning
Family finding for Peterborough City Council children
Therapeutic services to support children to overcome their early life experiences,
commissioned through the Adoption Support Fund, or through Outreach Support
Services to children and families, including play therapy
Supervised contact
Letterbox service for Peterborough City Council children, birth and adoptive families
Independent counselling service for birth parents whose children have an adoption plan
Access to the carer training programme
A counselling and intermediary service for adopted adults and their relatives
A Section 98 Intermediary service to birth relatives of adult adoptees
A Schedule 2 service – access to records for adopted adults
Support groups and social events for adoptive families and children
Training courses for adopters including Nurturing Attachments
Intercountry adoption services
Non-agency adoption assessments
Black adopters support group run on behalf of SLAC
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10. Monitoring and evaluation of services
Standards of care are measured and monitored against the Adoption National Minimum
Standards 2011, National Adoption Standards for England, National Minimum Standards for
Fostering Services and the UK National Standards for Foster Care.
All staff and carers are provided with an appropriate set of policies, procedures and practice
guidance that are based on these national standards. Prospective adoptive parents are made
aware of the policies and procedures and they are informed that they are available should they
wish to read them.
The agency has a system in place for obtaining feedback from people using its services,
including, surveys completed by carers and young people, consultation events, staff and carers’
representatives groups. Adopters are invited to complete questionnaires at key stages such as
after information meetings, preparation training and after attendance at panel.
Feedback on the effectiveness and quality of service also comes through staff team meetings
and the work of the Adoption Panel. The information informs the management of the service,
policy and practice, and the service plan.
The agency operates within clear guidelines for the supervision and accountability of staff which
ensures the regular monitoring of services. It offers a programme of training and support to
staff in carrying out their responsibilities and this is reviewed annually following the review of
staff performance.
Case files and supervision records, which are stored electronically, are monitored and audited
regularly and the quality and effectiveness of the compliments, comments and complaints
procedure is regularly monitored and kept under review.
The Board of Trustees receives information about the adoption service through regular reports
to the Children’s Services and Safeguarding Committee which addresses the effectiveness and
outcomes of the service. It includes information concerning the number of complaints and
outcomes from those complaints.
11. Recruitment, assessment and approval process
Applicants wishing to adopt will be welcomed without prejudice and given clear information
about the preparation, assessment and approval procedure. They will be treated fairly, openly
and with respect throughout the process. The aim is to recruit prospective adopters who will
meet the needs of children requiring adoption, including adopters who are able to offer fostering
for adoption or homes for older children, brother and sister groups, children from black and
minority ethnicity backgrounds and children with disabilities or other special needs.
The Stage 1 and Stage 2 process is as follows:
a) In pre Stage 1, information is sent out following initial enquiries and telephone
discussion with applicants and an enquiry form is completed.
b) Applicants are invited to an information meeting or an initial office interview followed by
a home visit.
c) The initial visit is carried out (up to two visits) and the outcome is discussed with the
Adoption thematic lead.
d) The applicants may then submit a registration of interest (ROI).
e) The Adoption thematic lead makes the decision to proceed or not with an enquiry based
on the needs of children needing adoptive homes.
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f) If the decision is not to proceed, enquirers are informed verbally and this is followed up
in writing.
g) If the decision is to proceed to Stage 1, applicants are asked to complete consent forms,
and checks and references will be undertaken (DBS, medicals, references, etc.).
Applicants will start to complete the Self-Assessment Questionnaire.
h) Applicants are invited to attend the preparation course which comprises of three
separate days.
i) The preparation course includes information for applicants about:
Age range, gender likely needs and background of children who may be placed for
adoption;
The significance of adoption for a child and their family;
Contact between a child and their parent/guardian or relative where a child is
authorised to be placed for adoption or is adopted;
The skills which are necessary for an adoptive parent;
The procedure in relation to the assessment of a prospective adopter and the
placement of a child for adoption; and
The procedure in relation to placement for adoption and adoption support.
j) Work will be completed in line with the timescales set out in the statutory adoption
guidance. The assessment would normally be presented to panel within six months of
accepting an application. When the Prospective Adopter’s Report (PAR), is completed,
providing all checks and references are returned, it is taken to the Joint Peterborough
City and TACT Peterborough Adoption Panel for recommendation to the agency.
Applicant/s are invited and encouraged to attend Panel. Applicants are told the
recommendation of the panel verbally the same day.
k) The Agency Decision Maker, who is a senior manager in TACT decides on whether or not
to approve the applicants as adopters. Currently the role is fulfilled by Alister Brown or
Andy Elvin. The applicants are informed about the decision verbally on the same day and
in writing within five working days.
l) If the panel decides not to recommend the applicant’s suitability as an adoptive parent,
the agency will inform the applicant verbally and in writing. Information will be provided
about the Independent Review Mechanism and TACT’s Complaints and Representation
Procedures.
m) The panel also hears the matches between Peterborough children and their prospective
adopters, and makes its recommendation on the suitability of the match. The Agency
Decision Maker for ‘matches’ is a senior manager in Peterborough City Council.
Currently the role is fulfilled by Simon Green and Alison Bennett.
n) The agency adviser to panel is the Head of Service for TACT Peterborough, Sue King.
12. Training, support and review process
a) Once an applicant is approved as a prospective adopter, they will be supported by their
social worker through the process of family finding, waiting and being matched with
children.
b) Each area has an annual training programme and prospective adopters will be invited to
attend appropriate training. Specialist training is available for prospective adopters and
adoptive parents with children placed.
c) Prospective adopters are allocated an Adoption Social Worker.
d) The level and nature of post placement and post adoption support will be discussed at
the point of matching and included in the adoption support plan. It is regularly reviewed
and discussed between the adoptive parent(s), the placing local authority and the
adoption social worker on home visits, in formal reviews and supervision.
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e) Support is offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, via a duty system of Social Workers
and Social Work Managers. Information setting out details of this service is given to
adopters on placement.
f) Adoption support groups are provided and specialist training. Adopters are linked with
other support groups locally to them. Children and young people who are placed for
adoption and are adopted will be supported individually and through groups as and when
appropriate.
g) Regular mail outs promote events and training throughout the year. There are summer
and winter events in London and Peterborough for adoptive families.
h) A review is undertaken of each prospective adopter annually if a placement has not been
made. The social worker’s consultant social worker will consider this review. If the review
recommends an applicant is no longer suitable to adopt the review will be presented to
panel. The Adoption Panel considers this review and, where appropriate, makes
recommendations.
13. Matching and pre adoption support for the child
The match between a specific child and family will be considered by the adoption panel of the
placing authority. The TACT Adoption social worker will contribute to a matching report which
clearly sets out the assessed needs of the child and the ability of the proposed family to meet
those needs.
Once a child is placed with a TACT Adoption family for adoption, the child’s social worker from
the placing authority will be concerned with supporting the child in placement in order to ensure
that all aspects of the child’s welfare, safety and plans for the future are progressing
satisfactorily. The TACT Adoption social worker will work in partnership with the placing authority
to this end to the point of adoption and beyond if the need arises. The TACT adoption social
worker will work to support the adoptive parents in the parenting of the child/ren, offering
advice and guidance, recommending resources and ways forward.
If an adoption placement ends in an unplanned way or is at risk of doing so, the TACT Adoption
worker will assist the child’s social worker in convening a disruption meeting to evaluate what
has happened and to assist in planning for the future. The disruption report will be considered
by the TACT Adoption panel with particular reference to the learning for the future.
14. Post adoption support
A ‘letter box’ or indirect contact facility is provided through which birth families and adoptive
children and families can communicate as part of an agreed plan.
Direct contact between brothers and sisters and members of birth families is supported where
this is part of the adoption plan. This is supervised if needed by contact coordinators.
Adoption support assessments are incorporated into the referral process and identify the
presenting need and offer the family support swiftly. This may include signposting or referring
families on to a more appropriate service. Applications may be made to the Adoption Support
Fund to finance the therapy.
TACT has contacts with appropriate therapists and services. It also has staff trained in a range
of therapies such as VIPP-SD, theraplay and DDP. VIPP-SD is a NICE recommended evidence
based therapy for adopted children which was developed by the University of Leiden,
Netherlands and who are now working in partnership with the Tavistock and Portman.
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TACT Peterborough children and adopters have access to a dedicated clinical psychology
service which offers consultations for social workers, and direct work for children, young people
and their parents. It provides Nurturing Attachment Groups to support adopters to develop their
therapeutic parenting skills and other specialist training.
15. Support for birth parents and families
TACT Peterborough offers a counselling service to birth parents and families of children for
whom the plan is adoption who are referred by the local authority. This is operated by
Adoptionplus who have two counsellors who offer weekly sessions.
Up to six counselling sessions are offered initially. Their purpose is to enable a birth family
member to express their sense of bereavement and loss, to help reconcile them to the adoption
plan and to contribute as positively as possible to the child’s future by way of photographs,
memorabilia and information. Further counselling sessions can be offered if there is capacity
in the service.
16. Support to adopted adults and their relatives
TACT Peterborough provides information and a counselling and intermediary service for
adopted adults and their relatives in accordance with Schedule 2 and 98 of the Adoption and
Children Act 2002.
The agency undertakes some searching for birth relatives of adopted adults and negotiates and
facilitates reunions. The agency can refer adopted adults to appropriate agencies for searching.
17. Complaints policy and procedure
TACT Peterborough believes that everyone has the right to receive a good service from the
agency as set out in the standards of its Customer Care Code.
This code provides the opportunity for people to comment on the service provided or to make
complaints about the service they have received from the agency.
TACT Peterborough recognises that sometimes it makes mistakes and that people’s comments,
including criticisms and compliments, are valuable in helping the agency to plan the way its
services will be delivered in the future. The agency listens and learns from what our customers
tell us.
A leaflet explaining the comments, compliments, complaints procedure is provided to every
enquirer when they first make an enquiry. There is discussion at the preparation course about
how to make a complaint.
The complaints procedure suggests that initially complaints are raised with the person
concerned, and if this is not possible or does not resolve the matter, the line manager will
investigate. Complainants can ask for an independent investigation or contact the relevant
registration and inspection body.
The Children’s Commissioner for England is there to consider children’s rights. Young people
can contact them directly if they feel their voices are not being heard or they are unhappy with
the service being provided and need an independent advocate. See below for contact details.
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TACT has a “children’s Champion’s” group of staff to promote the interests and participation of
children cared for in TACT placements.
18. Contact details of the registration authority and children’s commissioner
The registration authority is:
OFSTED
(Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills)
Ofsted,
Piccadilly Gate,
Store Street,
Manchester, M1 2WD
0300 123 1231 (about children’s services)
0300 123 4666 (to make a complaint)
Contact details of children’s commissioner
Children's Commissioner for England
Anne Longfield – Commissioner
Children’s Commissioner for England
Sanctuary Buildings
20 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3B
Tel: 020 7783 8330
Fax: 020 7931 7544
Email: [email protected]
Or find out more at Help at Hand:
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/help-at-hand/
Tel: 0800 528 0731
19. Approval, availability and review of this statement of purpose
This statement of purpose is approved and reviewed by TACT Peterborough’s Panel & Board of
Trustees on an annual basis and it is ensured, by a system of review, that policies, procedures
and guidance accurately reflect the statement.
The Statement of Purpose is provided to all persons working for the purposes of the agency and
copies are made available on request to the following: Children who may be adopted, their parents and guardians,
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People wishing to adopt a child,
Adopted people, their parents, birth parents and former guardians,
Any person receiving adoption support services from the agency or acting on behalf of a child
receiving such services from the agency and
Any local authority.
Any revisions are notified to Ofsted.
20. Children’s guide
TACT has produced a children’s guide on adoption, for younger children – 0-5 and older children
5-12. It is provided to the child after placement.
The children’s guide on adoption is made available in a form that is appropriate to the child’s
needs and includes information on how a child can access an independent advocate, how to
make a complaint and how to contact the Children’s Commissioners in England and Wales.
21. Comments on this statement of purpose If you have any comments or have any queries, please contact the Executive Director for
Children’s Services for Peterborough – Andy Pallas.
The Courtyard
303, Hither Green Lane
London
SE13 6TJ
020 8695 8111 (England)
This Statement of Purpose will be available in translation or in other forms as appropriate.
A large print version is available.
Please ring 020 8695 8142 for a copy
22. Service staff and structure charts
Executive Director of
Children’s Services,
North
Executive Director of
Children’s Services
Peterborough
Corporate
Services
Manager
Financial
Controller
HR
Director
Performance
Support
Director
Marketing +
Recruitment
Manager
Enquiry
Officers x 3
Area
Manager
E London
Area
Manager
S London
Deputy
Area
Manager
Admin
Manager
Admin
Manager
Area
Manager
Scotland
Area
Manager
NE
Area
Manager
Yorkshire
Area
Manager
NW
Admin
Manager
Deputy
Area
Managers
Admin
Manager
Executive Director of Finance &
Corporate Services
Head of
Service TACT
Peterborough
Consultant
Social
Workers
Admin
Manager
Business
Development
Director
Communications
Manager
Policy/
Parliamentary/
Research
Officer
South Coast
Development
Business
Support
Manager
Executive Director of
Children’s Services, Wales
and Midlands
Area
Manager
South
West
Area
Manager
All Wales
Deputy
Area
Managers
Admin
Manager
Admin
Manager
Area
Manager
East
Midlands
Deputy
Area
Manager
Area
Manager
West
Midlands
Deputy
Area
Manager
Admin
Manager
Digital Activity
Officer
Deputy
Area
Manager
CEO
22. TACT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE 2018
Andy Pallas
Executive Director of
Children's Services
Sue King
Head of Service
Anar Somani* FGC
Angie Brierley SPSW
Anita Haskin* SPSW
Caroline Fitzgerald
SPSW
Claire Butcher PSW
Jade Cullum ** SPSW
Julie McCann PT
Richard Marsh SPSW
Rose Johnson FGC
Stacey Ding ** SPSW
AO / FO – ART officer / Finance officer SAO – Senior Admin Officer CSW – Consultant social worker (thematic lead) FGC – Family group conference PA – Panel administrator PT – Play therapist SPSW / PSW – Senior / Permanency social worker TSW – Team support worker * Agency ** Part time
ART
Emma Yeeles AO
Kate Lloyd AO
Ros Anderson BSO
Shirley Knights AO
Alison Cotterill SPSW
Debbie Brooks SPSW
Dilek Gathercole
SPSW
Chris Clipston SPSW
Claire Gibb ** SPSW
Danielle Murrells
SPSW
Heather Maxwell TSW
Joss Butler SPSW
Sam Boyd SPSW
Tammi Jones TSW
Yvonne Petticrew SPSW
Business Support
Debbie Howard SAO
Kathy Aubrey SAO
Prema Aravindhan**
SAO
Sally Taylor PA
Stephanie Hinson
SAO
Vanessa Lewis PA
Jummai Castle*
SPSW
Laura Dilkes**SPSW
Sharon Hall** SPSW
Mercia Jackson
SPSW
Rachel Chitambira
SPSW
Viviana Harvey SPSW
Vacancy SPSW
Vacancy SPSW
Finance
Paulina Marcfeld
FO
Tasalla Shaiyen CSW
FGC / Connected
Persons
Amanda Carter CSW
ART
Sandra Nelson CSW
Adoption / SGO
Vanessa Breen
Admin Manager
Vanessa Breen Admin Manager
Jayne Barrett-
McGrath CSW
Fostering
TACT Peterborough Permanency Service