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Reports on adoption system performance using quarterly survey results - includes reports to the Adoption Leadership Board.
The government's strategy to deliver excellence in adoption services across England.
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
Use form SC6 if you're an employee, are adopting a child from abroad and need to claim Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) and Leave.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Research about the effects on families receiving support through the adoption support fund.
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
How adoption agencies should handle applications from people wishing to adopt a child from another country.
Adoption contact register form - part 1
Intercountry adoption and the 1993 Hague Convention. (A21)
Information about the move to regional adoption agencies.
Guidance on plan-making.
Adoption and children's care services provided by every local authority in England between 2012 and 2014.
Fostering or adopting a child, including from abroad, and being a surrogate mother
Ofsted has today published a thematic review looking at how adoption services provided by regional adoption agencies (RAAs) contribute to good outcomes for children and families.
Some employment types like agency workers, directors and educational workers, have different rules for entitlements.
Adoption in Vietnam for British nationals
The Department for Business and Trade announces the membership of the SME Digital Adoption Taskforce
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