Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people

Appendix 1: Membership of the SCIE Advisory Group on Fostering

• Professor Malcolm Hill, Director, Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society, Glasgow University
• Iris Amoah, Team Manager, Fostering Team, Hackney Social Services
• Mark Burgress, service user representative, A National Voice
• Beverley Clarke, Health Visitor and Team Advisor, Lambeth Primary Care Trust
• Clare Chamberlain, Director, The Blueprint Project for a Child-Centred Public Care System
• Vanessa Courtney, Senior Manager, Portsmouth City Council, Association of Directors of Social Services
• Rhonwyn Dobbing, Professional Advisor, Social Services Inspectorate for Wales
• Helen Hibbert, Education Development Manager, The Who Cares? Trust
• Hilary Rock, Team Manager, Fostering Support Team, Waltham Forest Social Services Department
• Emma de Zoete, Policy Lead, Choice Protects Team, Department for Education and Skills
• Sue Jardine, service user representative, Association for Transracially Adopted and Fostered People (ATRAP)
• Bill Kilgallon, foster carer and Chief Executive, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
• Sue Gourvish, Head of Development, The Fostering Network
• Robert Tapsfield, Chief Executive, Family Rights Group (now Chief Executive of The Fostering Network)
• Benni-Jo Tyler, service user representative, A National Voice
• John Simmonds, Head of Research, British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
• Marcia Spencer, Independent Training Consultant, Talawa Social Work Training and Consultancy