This part of the guidance explains the duties of an adoption agency in respect of prospective adopters.
Table of Contents
- Statutory guidance on adoption
- Ministerial foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Adoption agency arrangements
- Chapter 2: Deciding if a child should be placed for adoption
- Chapter 3: Prospective adopters CURRENT valid until 30/06/13
- Timescales
- Eligibility criteria
- Preparing and assessing prospective adopters
- Informing and counselling
- Considering applications and case records
- Police checks: AAR 23
- Preparation, other checks and assessment
- Prospective adopter’s report
- The adoption panel
- Agency decision
- Adoption Register
- Agency decision - unsuitable to adopt
- Representations
- Agency decision following representations
- Review of approval
- Chapter 3: Prospective adopters - valid from 1 July 2013
- Chapter 4: Matching and proposing a placement
- Chapter 5: Placement and reviews
- Chapter 6: Adoption records
- Chapter 7: Contact
- Chapter 8: Agency and LA duties in court proceedings
- Chapter 9: Adoption support services
- Chapter 10: Intermediary services and access to information
- Chapter 11: Information access in post-commencement adoption
- Chapter 12: Post-adoption counselling and registers
- Annex A: Offences - since 30 December 2005
Statutory guidance on adoption:
Chapter 3: Prospective adopters CURRENT valid until 30/06/13
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- Statutory guidance
- Updated: 07 May 2013
