Success story: Baby Amy
Concurrent Planning carers made sure Baby Amy didn’t drift in the care system. She was born into a home where substance misuse by her parents threatened her safety and well-being, leading her to be removed at birth from her family by the courts. The local authority responsible for finding suitable care for Amy had recently […]
Concurrent Planning

Concurrent Planning is for babies and young children under 2 in care who are likely to need adoption, but who still have a chance of being reunited with their birth family. Concurrent carers are dually approved as both foster parents and adoptive parents and perform the role of foster carers while the courts decide whether […]
Early Permanence for Young Children

Early Permanence (EP) placements allow babies and young children who may need adopting to be placed with a potential permanent family earlier than a conventional adoption. EP enables a baby or young child in care to find foster carers who are ready to adopt them later, if the courts decide they cannot be cared for […]
Fostering for adoption

A Fostering for Adoption placement will only be made where there is clear evidence to the Local Authority that there is little likelihood that the birth parents can resolve their problems or that other family members known to the Local Authority can care for the child. Fostering for Adoption places a child with approved adopters […]