| Professor Sue White | Social Work Reform Board Link / Association of Social Work Professors / University of Birmingham |
| Marion Davis | ADCS President (2010– 11) / DCS Warwickshire County Council |
| Dr Sheila Shribman | National Clinical Director for Children, Young People and Maternity Services |
| Corinne May-Chahal | Co-Chair, College of Social Work |
| Melanie Adegbite | Social work practitioner / Senior Safeguarding Children Officer, London Borough of Newham |
| Avril Head | Foster carer |
| Lucy Sofocleous | Young people’s representative |
| District Judge Nicholas Crichton | Judiciary |
| Dr David Lane | London School of Economics and Political Science - Advisor to the group |