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The provision and experience of adoption support services in Wales: perspectives from adoption agencies and adoptive parents
- Authors:
- OTTAWAY Heather, HOLLAND Sally, MAXWELL Nina
- Publisher:
- Cardiff University
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 127
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This is a report of a research study on the current structure and provision of adoption support services throughout Wales. It explores the views of local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies regarding the availability and effectiveness of adoption support services, and how adoptive families’ support needs can be appropriately met through the new National Adoption Service Framework. It also examines adoptive families’ current experiences of assessment and provision of adoption support services in Wales, and their views about how their needs can most appropriately be met. The report draws on the findings of an online survey and follow-up telephone interviews with adoption agencies and an online survey of adoptive families. The report makes a series of recommendations, including increasing access to and provision of specialist training for all social workers involved in the adoption of children; considering the development of dedicated adoption support teams in each region and streamlining the adoption request process across the regions; increasing the visibility of information about adoption support services; reviewing the framework for the assessment of adoption support needs; implementing a consistent approach for reviewing adoption support plans across the regions; improving data collection; considering the development of a specialist multi-disciplinary service in Wales for children with complex multi-dimensional needs; and increasing investment in the services and further developing the role of the voluntary sector. (Edited publisher abstract)