Disruption
(PDF, 27Kb) |
What should happen when a placement
which was meant to be adoptive ends. |
Involving
young people in the Permanence Panel
(PDF, 15Kb) |
How best to involve young people when
the Permanence Panel is considering whether adoption is right for
them |
Involving
birth parents in the Permanence Panel
(PDF, 27Kb) |
How best to involve birth parents
when the Permanence Panel is considering whether adoption is in
their child’s best interests. |
References
and checks for prospective adopters
(PDF, 41Kb) |
How adoption social workers should go
about checking the safety and suitability of adoptive
applicants. |
Permanence
Panels
(PDF, 125Kb) |
How the Permanence Panels are
managed: their membership, roles and responsibilities. |
Letterbox
(PDF, 45Kb) |
Arrangements for letters and other
material to be forwarded to enable continuing contact between an
adopted child and their birth family. |
Medical
(PDF, 112Kb) |
How to gather the necessary
information so that the adoption process is informed by the best
information possible about the child and the adopters. |
Inter
Country Adoption
(PDF, 33Kb) |
How to direct enquirers to PACT who
now provide a complete information and assessment service on
Suffolk's behalf |
Adoption
allowance applications
(PDF, 33Kb) |
How to apply for a new adoption
allowance when a child is already placed or to enhance an existing
one |
Physical
chastisement
(PDF, 11Kb) |
This practice directive sets out the
agency's position on smacking in relation to children placed for
adoption and prospective adopters. |
Assessment
of prospective adopters
(PDF, 143Kb) |
What procedures and practice issues
social workers assessing adoptive applicants should follow when
assessing adoptive applicants. |
Confidentiality
of adoption records
(PDF, 79Kb) |
These procedures explain the special
need to keep children's and adopter's case records confidential and
how this is achieved. |
Matching
and placing with agency adopters
(PDF, 130Kb) |
These procedures give a step by step
guide for Social Workers on what to do when placing a child with
identified Suffolk adopters |
Inter
agency placement
(PDF, 47Kb)
|
These procedures give a step by step
guide for Social Workers on what to do when placing a child with
adopters from another adoption
agency. |