The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) is seeking examples of good practice in supporting families with children aged 0-5 who have disabilities or complex needs and are adopted or in early permanence placements. Specifically, CDC is interested in children whose needs only become well known by parents/carers after the child’s placement with […]

An update on the London regionalisation project for individuals and organisations interested in the future of adoption in London.

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The Future of Adoption in London – Summer Update: August 2017

Welcome to the summer 2017 update for the London Regional Adoption Agency (LRAA) project.

The new […]

Vacancy Intercountry Assessment Administrator

Maternity Cover Fixed Term Contract for 12 months (starting 21st August 2017)

Salary £21,876.00

Hours Full Time 35 hours per week

Job Description and Person Specification

Closing date Monday 7th August 2017

Contact for further information Claire.palmer@icacentre.org.uk

Website www.icacentre.org.uk

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The Adoption Leadership Board has published a briefing paper outlining its views on recent trends in adoption and permanency decision-making.

Andrew Christie, Chair of the Adoption Leadership Board, said: “This paper looks at the recent trends in adoption and highlights some […]

Department for Education
Adoption Reform Update – Winter 2017

Welcome

Welcome to our Winter quarterly edition of the Adoption Reform Update. On this occasion, we cover news and updates about Special Guardianship, Intercountry adoption issues, the Adoption Leadership Board, and the Queen’s Honours. We trust you will find […]

Department for Education
Adoption Reform Update – November 2016

Welcome
Welcome to our Autumn edition of the Adoption Reform Update.  Following reader feedback, we have decided to issue this update quarterly, and the next one will be in February.  Membership has not been affected by this change and everyone who has signed […]

As part of the evaluation activities of the Adoption Support Fund the Tavistock Institute are currently undertaking an online-survey in cooperation with Adoption UK.

The survey aims to find out whether the experience of adoptive families, prospective adopters, and professionals changed after the implementation of the ASF.

They would like three groups to fill in […]

Department for Education
Adoption Reform Update – August 2016

Policy Paper Published
On Monday 4 July, the government published ‘Putting Children First: delivering our vision for excellent children’s social care’.  The paper sets out the government’s reform programme for children’s social care in England over the next five years, creating the […]

From: Ofsted
First published: 28 June 2016
Last updated: 11 July 2016, see all updates
Part of: Looked-after children and adoption

This consultation seeks views on proposed changes across Ofsted’s inspections of children’s social care.

It has four parts:

principles for children’s social care inspections a new approach to […]

Department for Education
Adoption Reform Update – April 2016

Adoption: A vision for change
As many of you may already be aware, the Department for Education published a new adoption policy paper, Adoption – A vision for change, on 27 March. This paper explains how the government plans to address challenges […]