At CHS, we recruit, train and support volunteer Panel Members who make legal decisions with and for children and young people in children’s hearings.
You may have heard of us being referred to as the Children’s Panel too.
If you are a good listener, have empathy, are trustworthy and can show compassion, volunteering for CHS may be the role for you!
Take our quick quiz to find out if you can apply to be a Panel Member.
The role of a Panel Member is to listen and make legal decisions with and for infants, children and young people in Scotland.
Volunteering in your local area can make a huge difference to your community.
62% of our current Panel Members volunteer because they want to ‘make a positive contribution to their local community’, could you join them?
As part of her programme of engagement with Children's Hearings Scotland, Natalie Don-Innes MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and the Promise, met with the CHS Board for its September quarterly meeting.
Children’s Hearings Scotland is proud to become accredited as a Fostering Friendly employer in a programme run by the Fostering Network to help organisations actively support fostering and foster carer employees.
A new national participation group, Experts by Experience, will give children and young people with lived experience of hearings the chance to shape the work of the Children’s Hearings System.
