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"Adoption with Kent means there is always someone who
cares"
Could adoption be your option? Kent Adoption Service is calling
on you to take the first step towards adopting a child. We are
looking for all sorts of people, from different backgrounds and in
different circumstances, to provide loving and permanent homes for
children. We are looking for single people, married couples and
unmarried couples in long-term relationships. Adoptive families are
particularly needed for older children, groups of brothers and
sisters and children from black and minority ethnic
backgrounds.
So if you are thinking about adoption, contact us for an
information pack which will explain the adoption process, which is
very thorough but you will get the chance to talk informally with
staff from the adoption service and with adopters who have been
through the process, to find out what it is really all about.
Adoption provides a new permanent family for children whose
birth families are not able to bring them up. This gives those
children who may have had difficulties in their early lives an
important new sense of safety and belonging.
The adoption order is made in court and the adoptive parents take
full legal responsibility throughout the child's life. An adopted
child legally takes the surname of his or her new family and gains
the same rights as any birth child of the adopters.
The Kent County Adoption Service is responsible for finding
adoptive families for those children in Kent awaiting adoption. The
significant increase in the number of adoptions arranged by the
Kent County Council teams is one of Kent's major success stories.
We welcome hearing from you if you wish to explore the prospect of
making a Kent child in our care part of your family.
There are several types of adoption and we can support and guide
you through the whole adoption process. We also provide information
and guidance to adults who have been adopted and may need support,
for instance, in tracing birth parents. Our counselling services
offer help to all those involved personally and professionally in
adoption, including birth families.
Please note Kent County Council can only consider Kent residents
as potential adopters, if you wish to find out more about becoming
an adopter your first point of call would be your own
local authority for advice (link opens in
new window). However, you are able to approach any adoption
agency this contact list is just a sample of
alternative local adoption agencies.
BAAF British
Association for Adoption and Fostering (link opens in a new
window) would also be able to offer more detailed information.
Have a read of our
Adoption Newsletter.
Thinking about Adoption and Fostering pamphlet
Copies of the pamphlet entitled "Thinking about Adoption and
Fostering?" are available in Bengali, Gujerati, Hindi and Urdu. If
you would like a copy please
email us with your details and tell us which
version you would like to receive.
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