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The Adoption Process in England

	Price: £12.95	(BAAF April 2008 ) ISBN 978 1 905664 41 2

• What are the options for securing permanence?
• How do I get started on life story work?
• How do I plan for contact?
• How do I prepare for the adoption panel?
• What is the legal effect of an adoption order?

The answer to these and many other questions about adoption, and the tasks associated with it, are contained in this informative and accessible guide.

The adoption process is a complex and demanding one, It is necessarily regulated and can be fraught with pitfalls! This guide will help you avoid these but, more importantly, will confidently steer you through the process from start to finish.

Written for social workers of looked after children who are, or may be, placed for adoption in England, this guide takes the reader through the various stages, from planning adoption for a child through to contributing to the court report for the adoption order. It focuses on what legislation and standards require to be done; it points to useful forms and templates; it describes good practice and makes suggestions for further reading; and it aims to answer questions which you may have when you get involved in placing a child for adoption.

It includes chapters on making a permanence plan ; working with the child and birth family; preparing the child’s permanence report; determining contact; assessing adoption support needs; finding a family and making a match; making and supporting a placement; and applying for the adoption order.

An A-Z about the adoption process, no children’s social worker or manager can afford to be without.