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This contents list is sub divided into the following sections, each Section contains relevant Chapters/Procedures: (Click on the title to jump to the Section you require):

  1. Journey of the Child
  2. Recruitment and Assessment of Adopters
  3. Family Finding
  4. Adoption Support
  5. Education
  6. Safeguarding and Child Protection


1. Journey of the Child

Life Story Books Guidance  
Later Life Letters  
Statement of Purpose  


2. Recruitment and Assessment of Adopters

Recruitment, Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters Updated
Adoption Panel  
Inter Country Adoption Updated
Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted  
Non Agency Adoption  
Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective Adopters  


3. Family Finding

Placement for Adoption  


4. Adoption Support

Adoption Support  
See also: Regional Adoption Agencies Adoption Support Transfer Protocol - This protocol applies to all Regional Adoption Agencies. It outlines the expected process, accountabilities and procedures that should be applied when the responsibility of the provision of adoption support transfers from one agency to another.  
Disruption of Adoptive Placements  
Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case Records  
Adoption Case Records  
Intermediary Services  
Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements  
Adoption Reviews  
See also: Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere  

5. Education

Education Policy for Children Adopted from Care  

6. Safeguarding and Child Protection

Safeguarding and Child Protection  

See also relevant Safeguarding Children Partnership Procedures including:

Responding to Abuse and Neglect
Referrals
Female Genital Mutilation
Online Safety
Radicalisation and Violent Extremism
Safe Recruitment