Your Home
A child or young person coming to live with you needs to feel that you have the time and energy to care for them and that they have space in your home they can treat as their own. Any child you are adopting should therefore have their own room.
We would expect you to have your own transport or readily available access to public transport. This is important for helping the child to maintain a range of activities, for example helping them to stay fit and active through participation in sports or to attend clubs and activities in which they show an interest.
Angus Council does not set precise household standards for adoptive parents or permanent carers but we do expect your home to be safe, reasonably clean and to meet basic health and safety standards. You must also have a telephone.
Just as the children who need permanent families come from different backgrounds and with different experiences, so do the people that care for them. If you have space in your life to offer love, commitment and a family home to one of the children waiting for a family to grow up with, whatever your circumstances, please get in touch with us to talk about what might be possible.
Further information about adoption and permanent placements including the legal issues involved are described in the next section entitled: "Adoption and the Law".