The Process - Adoption Routes

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10 steps to being placed on the list of adopters waiting placement:

Step 1 – Make that initial call. Contact us on T: 028 9073 6080 or email info@adoptionroutes.co.uk including your phone number.

Step 2 – Someone from our team will call you back for an initial phone conversation to answer your questions and outline the process.

Step 3 – An information meeting will be arranged at your home.

Step 4 – You will be asked to confirm that you wish to proceed.

Step 5 – Invitation to attend a three day ‘Preparation To Adopt’ course.

Step 6 – Allocation of an Assessing Social Worker.

Step 7 – Initial Stage 1 checks including: Access NI (safeguarding), health, references and financial stability.

Step 8 – Adoption Panel.

Step 9 – the Agency Decision Maker will make a decision based on the recommendation of the Adoption Panel.

Step 10 – If approved names added to the list of adopters waiting placement

FIRST: Contact us on T: 028 9073 6080 or E: info@adoptionroutes.co.uk including your phone number.

Adoption Routes
Ground Floor
Unit 2
18 Heron Road
Belfast
BT3 9LE

T: 028 9073 6080

E: info@adoptionroutes.co.uk

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