Adoption and Permanence Taskforce members

Denise Platt (chair), chief inspector of the Social Services Inspectorate
Mike Lauerman, Director
Enid Bazire, The Suffolk East Federation of Women's Institutes and SSI Lay Assessor
Professor David Berridge, Professor of Child and Family Welfare
Eleanor Brazil, Director of Social Services, London Borough of Sutton
Patricia Case, SSI Lay Assessor
Derek Cooper, SSI Lay Assessor
Maureen Crank, Chief Executive, After Adoption
Sarah Davis, Head of Policy Planning & Performance Review, Derby City Social Services
John Dennington, Assistant Director, Children & Families, Westminster City Council
Monica Duck, Director, Post Adoption Centre
Ratna Dutt, Director, Race Equality Unit
Julia Feast, Project Leader ­ Children's Society
Helen Ferris, Children, Adoption & Family Unit, Cornwall Social Services
Judith Finlay, Director, Children's Services, London Borough of Ealing
Angela Graham, Children's Services Provider Unit, Kent Social Services
Cherry Harnott, Adoption Manager, Portsmouth Social Services
Helen Humphreys, Independent Child Care Consultant
Mary James, Former Director of Independent Adoption Service and Chair of the Adoption and Permanency Panel, London Borough of Southwark
Jeanne Kaniuk, Director of Social Services, Coram Family Trust
Lesley Kettles, Service Manager Adoption & Fostering, London Borough of Southwark
Ruth Lawrence, Adoption Coordinator, Somerset Social Services
Doug Lawson, Senior Manager, Family & Youth, Cheshire Social Services
Pat MacKay, Group Leader, Family Support Services ­ Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Glen Mason Assistant Director, Children & Families, Manchester City Council
Ray Morris, Team Manager for Children and Young Person's Planning
Cathie Pattison, Group Manager, Quality Protects, Brighton & Hove
Lynn Plummer, Resource Manager, Somerset Social Services
Liz Railton, Director of Social Services, Cambridgeshire County Council
Mary Roberston Director of Social Services, Oxfordshire County Council
Pam Rowe, Seconded to Department of Health
Meg Staples, Adoption Team Manager, Forever Families Nottinghamshire Social Services
Judith Stone, Standards & Development Officer, Durham Social Services
Helen Wilkins, Adoptive Parent and Volunteer local coordinator for Adoption UK
Judith Wright, Strategic Commissioning Manager for Children Surrey Social Services

Adoption and Permanence Partnership Council members

Denise Platt (chair), chief inspector of the Social Services Inspectorate
Dorothy Blatcher, Policy Officer Children, Local Government Association
Susanna Cheal, Director, Who Cares? Trust
Felicity Collier, Chief Executive, BAAF
Ratna Dutt, Director, Race Equality Unit
Moira Gibb, President, Association of Directors of Social Services
Pamela Hodgkins, Trustee, National Organisation for Counselling and Adoptees and their Parents
Billie Ibidun, National Co-ordinator, National Voice
Ian Johnston, Director, British Association of Social Workers
Gerri McAndrew, Executive Director, National Foster Care Association
Philippa Morrall, Director, Adoption UK
Ann van Meeuwen, Principal Policy officer, National Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies
Polly Neate, Editor, Community Care Magazine
Liv O'Hanlon, Director, Adoption Forum
Jill Robinson, Executive Producer, Planet 24