ISSUES CONCERNING POTENTIAL ADOPTION APPLICANTS
1. Infertility Treatment
We prefer people to have completed this type of treatment prior to the start of any adoption assessment.
2. Ethnic/Religious Background
We attempt, as far as possible, to match children of any age with people who reflect the child&'s own background. It is worth telling agencies your ethnic and religious background. Other factual information, such as age, occupation, interests and if married, how long for and so on is also useful to include in any exploratory letters to adoption agencies, as this may spark off the agency's interest in you.
3. Multiple Applications
Many people approach more than one agency to increase their chance of being assessed and all agencies accept this. However, it is best for everyone that any adoption assessment is not duplicated. Therefore, if you receive offers beyond the initial information stage (such as training) from more than one agency, you should choose with which one agency you wish to follow these offers up further.
4. The Type Of Child You Are Interested In
| Most people who are interested in
adoption, even those who already have children, want to adopt a
child as young as possible. At the same time, the number of babies
needing adoption is very small. The wider the age range of the child
you would consider, the ability to take on a sibling group (that is
more than one child from the same family) or a child with special needs increases your chance of being taken up for assessment by an adoption agency. |
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5. Openness and Contact After Adoption
Greater openness after adoption is being encouraged. For the sake of the child, it is important that they grow up knowing and feeling comfortable with the knowledge that they are adopted. It is now fairly common practice for an annual exchange of photographs to take place between adoptive and birth families through the agency. Depending on the circumstances, there may be contact with sisters and brothers living elsewhere or with some children, who were older when they were placed for adoption, limited direct contact with their birth parents.
6. Complaints Procedure
In common with most organisations (and all adoption agencies)
Redbridge has a complaints procedure. You can complain by either writing to the Chief Social Services Officer at Ley Street House, 397 Ley Street, Ilford, Essex, 1G2 7QX. Alternatively, you can ask for a copy of the leaflet “How to: Compliment, Comment, Complain” at any Council office. If necessary you can obtain assistance on how to proceed with your complaint from our Customer Services staff.
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