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Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
To be adopted, a child must: be under the age of 18 when the adoption…
To adopt a child you can go through either: an adoption agency that’s part…
Once the agency gets your application it will do the following: Invite you…
To make an adoption legal, you need to apply for an adoption court order.…
You need to tell your local council if you want to adopt your spouse’s or…
You can adopt a child from overseas if: they cannot be cared for in a safe…
For another couple (or person) to adopt your child, you normally have to…
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Manually calculate if your payroll software or GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.
Employer guide to Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, proof of adoption, recover statutory pay
Resource to help local government improve local wellbeing and growth through its multiple functions, service areas and partnership working.
The government's strategy to deliver excellence in adoption services across England.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency official Parental Leave policy and procedures.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in China.
Evaluation and summary reports for the Children's social care innovation programme (CSCIP) grouped by theme.
This is a consultation on proposals for revisions to the inspection of voluntary adoption agencies.
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