We work with Regional Adoption Agencies across the country to provide placements for children where the adoption plan has been confirmed though Adoption Focus and for children where the planning court process has not concluded via Triangle Project. We work particularly closely with local Regional Adoption Agencies to enable children to be placed in the region, supporting local adopter recruitment campaigns, and developing support for both adopters and kinship carers.
Our Approved Adopters
Adoption Focus specialises in finding new families for those children who wait the longest to be placed, usually because of their age or ethnicity, or because they have siblings or additional needs. Our adopters and dual-approved carers are extremely well prepared and benefit from our pledge of lifelong support for themselves and their children.
We attract potential adopters of all backgrounds from across Central England. Their unifying desire is to become parents to adopted children.
Our Linking and Matching Team
We have a dedicated Linking and Matching Team committed to working closely with Regional Adoption Agencies and Local Authorities. The team, led by our Linking & Matching Officer Alex, work with our adopters to understand their strengths, experience and skills and to find children who could be potential matches.
Alex says, “I am proud to be working for an organisation where prospective and current adopters are offered lifelong support. Working in partnership with families and ensuring they feel heard and supported is at the heart of what we do.”
Alex is always delighted to talk to our Local Authority and Regional Adoption Agency colleagues about our approved adopters. You can contact Alex here.
Our Early Permanence Carers
Through Triangle Project, we offer Early Permanence placements with our dual-approved carers. We are really keen to use these placements for a variety of children – particularly those who have been waiting longest for a new family, as well as sibling groups. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have children who could benefit from this flexibility.
Other services
We welcome enquiries from Local Authorities, Regional Adoption Agencies, Schools and other partners interested in commissioning our services.
We have dedicated assessment and adoption support teams, plus staff with experience in delivering an extensive range of therapeutic inventions and accredited training programmes including:
- Enhanced Adoptive Parenting
- SafeBase Therapeutic Parenting Programme
- SafeBase - The Teenage Years
- SafeBase for Schools
- Therapeutic Life Story Work
- Talking and Telling and Life Story Books
- Non-Violent Resistance
- Live and Remote Theraplay and DDP informed practice
- A range of workshops including: Understanding Challenging Behaviour, Teenage Behaviour, Adopting Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Family, Adopted Children’s needs in the Classroom
- Social events, structured activities and support networks including online groups
- Our unique Adopterverse platform which allows our adopters to connect with, learn from and support one another in a secure online environment.
For more information about any of the services we provide, please call our main office on 0121 779 0891 or email us here.