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Directory of Intermediary Support Services in England and Wales for Birth Relatives

	Price: £14.95 158 pages	BAAF, January 2005 ISBN 978-1-903699-66-9

The Adoption and Children Act 2000 recognises for the first time the needs of birth relatives who want to let their adult adopted relative know of their interest for contact. The changes to the law mean that everyone will now be able to access a service, regardless of where they live.

The first directory of its kind, this book provides information on every local authority, voluntary adoption agency, adoption support agency and independent adoption support agency in England and Wales, the services they provide and how to contact them.

It also includes more information about the recent changes in legislation and the service people should expect to receive, along with useful resources and a reading list. This is an invaluable resource for adoption support workers, birth relatives, counsellors and adopted people.

The authors

Julia Feast is the Policy, Research and Development Consultant at BAAF. In the past she has managed The Children's Society's Post Adoption and Care: Counselling and Research Unit, worked as a local authority social worker and Team Manager and also as a Guardian ad litem and a Reporting Officer. See other books by Julia Feast.

Marion Hundleby has been a qualified social worker for over 25 years. She has provided consultancy to agencies in both the statutory and voluntary sectors, and for the past nine years she has worked for Catholic Children's Services, Nottingham, specialising in post-placement work and providing consultancy for two government-funded projects. She is co-author of Adoption: Theory, policy and practice (Cassell, 1997).