Wales

Welcome to the BAAF Cymru page. BAAF Cymru covers the whole of Wales and provide a full range of advice, information, training and publications from our two offices. A fully bilingual service is available from the Rhyl office.

Additionally we provide specialist advice to all adoption and fostering agencies in Wales on meeting the needs of Black, Minority Ethnic children and refugee children - contact the Cardiff office.

We also support the South Wales Adoption Agencies Consortium www.swaac.org.uk.

> Contact
> How we can help
> Our team
> South Wales Adoption Agencies Consortium
> Special interest groups
> News
> Other key Welsh websites

Contact

How we can help

We offer:

• An advice line, for members of the public and for professionals - for help and information about adoption, fostering and tracing relatives.
• Consultancy services for professionals, offering in depth help on complex cases and other issues.
• Training in Wales - a wide range of courses for social workers and other professionals.
• Consultancy on your agency's training needs.

Legal and medical professionals as well as social work staff are welcome to visit our offices for informal discussions and to browse our BAAF publications library.

Each office holds an annual open day for child care and family placement social workers to become more familiar with the range of services offered by BAAF Cymru. The days are free and all visitors receive a complimentary information pack. Contact your nearest office for further details.

Our team

Cardiff

Jenny McMillan, Director BAAF Cymru
Val Leung/ Fiona Probert, Regional Administrators
Trevor Evans, Maureen Ingham, Trainer Consultants
Sarah Coldrick, Legal Consultant

Rhyl

Non Davies, Craig Wilkinson – Trainer Consultants
Erina Roberts – Regional Administrator

Adoption Consortia

South Wales Adoption Agencies Consortium

Consortium Co-ordinator - Judith Jones

The South Wales Adoption Agencies Consortium (SWAAC) was set up in 2002 as a joint initiative between 9 local authority adoption agencies and 2 voluntary agencies.  It is supported by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF).
The work of SWAAC is coordinated by a qualified Social Worker who has experience of both child care and adoption.  She is supported by a part time Administrative Assistant.

To find out more visit www.swaac.org.uk

Special interest groups

Meeting dates for 2010:

• Private Fostering - 19th April
• Independent Reviewing Chairs – March 17th, June 16th, September 15th and December 15th
• Independent Panel Chairs (South Wales) – 22nd March and 12th July
• North Wales Adoption and Fostering Forum – 13th April, 13th July and 12th October
• South Wales Adoption and Fostering Forum - 2nd March
• Independent Panel Chairs (North Wales) – 25th February, 24th June, and 21st October
• South Wales Legal Group - tba
• Adoption Support Services Advisers - 12th March
• Wales Medical Group - 26th March (Wrexham) and 11th June (Cardiff)

Please contact the Rhyl office for more information.

News

The first issue of the BAAF Cymru Legal Bulletin can be downloaded as a PDF.

Other key Welsh websites

The Adoption Register for England & Wales:
www.adoptionregister.org.uk/

Children in Wales:
www.childreninwales.org.uk/

Fostering Network:
www.fostering.net/wales

The National Assembly for Wales:
www.wales.gov.uk/index.htm