If you wish to apply to adopt a child, please contact the Adoption Team for an information pack and 'Finding Out About Adoption' form. Alternatively, pass on your details on-line (see below). Once the Adoption Team receives your details, checks will be made to see whether or not you are known to Children and Young People's Services. You will then be invited to an Information Evening which is facilitated by social workers who specialise in adoption, and with whom you can discuss any issues.
Following the information evening you will recieve an initial visit by two of the adoption workers. You will then be allocated a social worker, who will undertake a detailed assessment of your family history and your lifestyle (this involves completing a 'P.A.R - Prospective Adopters Report'). The assessment report will be submitted to the Children and Young People's Services Adoption Panel, which meets monthly. If successful, your details will be listed on the Adoption 22 database.
Obviously it is easier for social workers to match a child with you if you are flexible about the age of the child or their (dis)ability. At the moment, we are particularly short of adopters for children over 5, brothers and sisters together, children with disabilities, children who require extra help at school, and children who have emotional problems and who require consistent secure and loving families.
If you would like an information pack about adoption, please contact the Adoption Team.
If you want to be considered as an adoptive parent, please complete the
on-line visit request form.
