Amendments
October 2024
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Recruitment, Assessment and Approvals of Prospective Adopters | Information has been added to Section 3, Stage One-The Pre-Assessment Process, with details on how to request information about an applicant from Ofsted. |
| Next Update: April 2025 |
April 2024
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Recruitment, Assessment and Approvals of Prospective Adopters | This chapter has been updated. |
October 2023
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Early Permanence: Fostering for Adoption, Concurrent Planning and Temporary Approval as Foster Carers of Approved Prospective Adopters | This chapter has been refreshed and a link added to National Early Permanence Practice Standards (Coram Centre for Early Permanence). ‘Early Permanence’ has been added to chapter title. |
April 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. |
| New Chapters and Features | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Regional Adoption Agencies Adoption Support Transfer Protocol V1 | This protocol has been added to the manual. It 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 agency to another. |
October 2022
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Recruitment, Assessment and Approvals of Prospective Adopters | This chapter has been refreshed. |
| Adoption 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 and Features | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Safeguarding and Child Protection | This chapter has been added. |
April 2022
| Updated Chapters | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Placement for Adoption | Some CoramBAAF forms have been changed/no longer exist. |
| Adoption Records | Some CoramBAAF forms have been changed/no longer exist. |
| New Chapters and Features | |
| Chapter Name | Details |
| Adoption Strategy: Achieving Excellence Everywhere | This link has been added to Section 4, Adoption Support. |
