the preparation, assessment and approval of prospective adopters who wish to adopt a child from abroad. Advice to Panel 2. In a case where prospective intercountry adopters are being considered, the agency should ensure that a social worker with experience of agency arrangements for intercountry adoption provides the panel with advice. 3. Advice to the panel may be given orally and in writing. As well as legal advice, the panel may wish to call for advice from social workers with particular expertise, such as in intercountry adoption. Medical adviser role in section 84 order cases 4. The agency medical adviser should be consulted where the agency prepares a report to the court where there has been an application for a section 84 order, as the agency is required to provide summaries written by the medical adviser on the health of the child and the prospective adopter. Persons who may prepare adoption reports 5. Regulation 3 of the Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005 provides that only persons who fall within one of three categories of the prescribed description may prepare adoption reports. These are: a social worker, employed by the agency, who either has the necessary experience or is supervised by a social worker, employed by the agency, who has the necessary experience a social worker, acting on behalf of the agency, (i.e. an independent social worker) who has the necessary experience and is supervised by a social worker, employed by the agency, who has the necessary experience a student training to become a social worker who is employed by, or placed with, the agency as part of a course and is supervised by a social worker, employed by the agency, who has the necessary experience. The social work student must be on a course approved by the General Social Care Council or the Care Council for Wales. 6. Where reports are being prepared by social work students, independent social workers or social workers without the necessary experience, the draft report should be considered and discussed during supervision and signed off by a social worker with the necessary experience before the report is submitted to the adoption panel or to a relevant foreign authority. 7. Regulation 4 of the Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations provides that only a person who meets the requirements of Regulation 3 may prepare any of the following:
the preparation, assessment and approval of prospective adopters who wish to adopt a child from abroad. Advice to Panel 2. In a case where prospective intercountry adopters are being considered, the agency should ensure that a social worker with experience of agency arrangements for intercountry adoption provides the panel with advice. 3. Advice to the panel may be given orally and in writing. As well as legal advice, the panel may wish to call for advice from social workers with particular expertise, such as in intercountry adoption. Medical adviser role in section 84 order cases 4. The agency medical adviser should be consulted where the agency prepares a report to the court where there has been an application for a section 84 order, as the agency is required to provide summaries written by the medical adviser on the health of the child and the prospective adopter. Persons who may prepare adoption reports 5. Regulation 3 of the Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005 provides that only persons who fall within one of three categories of the prescribed description may prepare adoption reports. These are: a social worker, employed by the agency, who either has the necessary experience or is supervised by a social worker, employed by the agency, who has the necessary experience a social worker, acting on behalf of the agency, (i.e. an independent social worker) who has the necessary experience and is supervised by a social worker, employed by the agency, who has the necessary experience a student training to become a social worker who is employed by, or placed with, the agency as part of a course and is supervised by a social worker, employed by the agency, who has the necessary experience. The social work student must be on a course approved by the General Social Care Council or the Care Council for Wales. 6. Where reports are being prepared by social work students, independent social workers or social workers without the necessary experience, the draft report should be considered and discussed during supervision and signed off by a social worker with the necessary experience before the report is submitted to the adoption panel or to a relevant foreign authority. 7. Regulation 4 of the Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations provides that only a person who meets the requirements of Regulation 3 may prepare any of the following:
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