Information on Assessment
Being assessed as an adoptive parent or permanent carer - what's involved?
Once you have decided that you are interested in taking forward your application to adopt or become a permanent carer you (and your partner) will be required to attend group preparation sessions.
This is where you will receive more information about permanence including adoption. Social work staff run the group with input from the medical and legal advisor, adult adoptees, permanent carers and/or adoptive parents. Sharing your experiences, and hearing more about the needs of children who have been received into accommodation will help you build on your current parenting and communication skills. You will learn how a child’s early life experiences may impact upon their longer term development.
The training will help you to gain an insight into the needs of children requiring permanent care and help you to understand how this may differ from raising your own child.