Social workers can struggle to find appropriate adoption and fostering placements for looked after children from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Too few approved adopters and foster carers share the same culture and heritage as these children.
Topic of the month
Questions about adoption from LGBTQ+ people
Here are some questions from LGBT+ people about adoption that we’ve answered.
New Family Social podcast: Adoption, fostering and tea
The UK’s LGBTQ+ adoption and fostering charity, New Family Social add new episodes to its series of podcasts discussing adoption and fostering with people “who’ve done it”:
Free Eating disorder online workshops for parents and carers
Funded by the NHS, these online courses offer five free sessions to carers/parents supporting undiagnosed and diagnosed eating disorder needs, using the ‘New Maudsley’ approach.
New resource for supporting sensory needs
Becoming a sensory detective can help you to identify if there is a pattern to your child’s sensory needs, and recognise how they react to sensory information. This resource has a great breakdown of needs, as well as sensory strategies to try in school and at home.
Quality mark recognises best practice by Adopt South West
We have achieved a prestigious status for our work in finding caring families for children in the region.
The impact of our conference on adopters – “Connecting birth parents”
Karen tells us: “I think the conference really had an impact on many adopters who have looked at their own letterbox agreement, and felt more empathy for birth parents.” Find out how Karen is connecting birth families.
Adopt South West’s Annual report for 2022 to 2023
Our Annual Report for 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 has been published. It provides an overview of our services including adoption support, early permanence, improving adoption services, partnership work, recruitment and much more! Find a link on our website at the bottom of the homepage.