Amendments
September 2024
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Later Life Letters | This chapter has been updated. |
| Recruitment, Assessment and Approvals of Prospective Adopters | This chapter has been reviewed locally and updated where required. |
| Inter Country Adoption | This chapter has been updated. |
| Next Update: March 2025 |
March 2024
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers and Approved Prospective Adopters (Early Permanence) | This chapter has been refreshed and a link added (above) to National Early Permanence Practice Standards (Coram Centre for Early Permanence). |
September 2023
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted | This chapter has been amended in line with revised Keeping Children Safe in Education. New Section 2, The Difference Between an Allegation of Harm and a Concern has been added. |
March 2023
| Updated Terminology | |
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September 2022
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Recruitment, Assessment and Approvals of Prospective Adopters | This chapter has been refreshed. |
| Adoption and Permanence Panel | This chapter has been refreshed. |
| Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted | This chapter has been refreshed. |
| Placement for Adoption | This chapter has been refreshed. |
| Adoption Support | This chapter has been refreshed. |
| Disruption of Adoptive Placements | This chapter has been refreshed. |
| New Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Safeguarding and Child Protection | This new chapter has been added. |
March 2022
| New Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere | This link has been added to the manual. |
September 2021
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Placement for Adoption | References to CoramBaaf Forms were updated. |
| The ICO now refers to UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) | References to GDPR were updated throughout. |
March 2021
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters | A revised link has been added to Prepare for a review panel: adopters and foster carers. See Section 10, Representations / Independent Review Procedure. |
| Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case Records | This chapter has been given a general refresh throughout and information added on applying for a copy of a birth certificate online. |
March 2020
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters | This chapter has been amended to reflect the national changes in adoption registration and matching (see Section 9, After the Panel Recommendation). A link has also been added to Attending an IRM Panel: information sheets. See Section 10, Representations / Independent Review Procedure. |
| Placement for Adoption | This chapter has been amended to reflect the national changes in adoption registration and matching (see Section 7.13, Inter Agency Placements and Section 11, Children Approved for Adoption for whom no Placement has been Identified). |
| Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case Records | A link has been added to Attending an IRM Panel: information sheets. See Section 3.2, Adoption Orders made on or after 30 December 2005. |
September 2019
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Adoption Support | This chapter has been updated in line with the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and revised statutory guidance which require schools, through the Designated Teacher for Looked After Children, to offer support to previously looked after children. A previously looked-after child is one who is no longer looked after in England and Wales because subject of an Adoption, Special Guardianship or Child Arrangements Order which includes arrangements relating to with whom the child is to live, or when the child is to live with any person, or has been adopted from 'state care' outside England and Wales). |
| Adoption Reviews | Section 5, The Conduct of Adoption Reviews (bullet point 1(6)) has been amended to reflect the status of adopted children as being 'previously looked after' when considering their educational needs. A link to DfE guidance on Promoting the Education of Looked After and Previously Looked After children has also been added. |
