Adoption and Fostering Alliance Scotland will be hosting Mary Beek who presents her research project “Moving to Adoption” on the 18th March 2019. Mary; a Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia; has a wealth of knowledge in social work and was instrumental in developing the Secure Base model which is widely used…
The Register has released its official matching and referral rate figures for the period between 01/10/2018-31/12/2018. To view these figures go to: reporting
Scotland’s Adoption Register’s annual report for 2017-2018 is now available to read online here: Annual Report 17-18 We welcome your feedback and are happy to answer questions in relation to it. Please contact us at [email protected]
Adoption UK are calling on Politicians across the UK to pledge their support to working with educators and families to ensure that schools are able to meet the challenges of educating vulnerable children. Almost 70% of adoptive parents say their child’s progress is hindered by their poor emotional state at school and nearly 80% of…
The University of Stirling will be holding a one day event on Wednesday 19th September to present the key findings of the first stage of the permanently progressing study- which followed the progress of over 1,000 children who became “looked after” from 2014 onwards. The day is aimed at practitioners, decision makers, policy makers, researchers/academics…
A number of key issues facing Scottish adoptive families have been brought to light thanks to a survey carried out by Adoption UK. The three key issues are: 1. Give every adoptive family the right to support when they need it 2. Give every adopted child the right to additional support in school 3. Give…
The practise of pre-linking meetings; which were originally developed and used by agencies in England; is being considered by some Scottish agencies as an approach to family finding. While no formal policy or guidance has been created in Scotland; Coram BAAF have published a best practise guide to pre-linking meetings which could be a valuable…
Bookings are now being taken for AFA’s Legal Conference which will be held on Friday 22 June, 2018 in Dundee. Attendance at this event will give delegates a chance to reflect on how the law is being interpreted and applied and to look at the options available to practitioners in planning for children and recognising…
Scotland’s Adoption Register held it’s 6th Activity Day in March 2018 . Overall the feedback from this event was very encouraging and considerations have been given to how we can continue to make improvements to events we hold in the future. The evaluation can be read via the link below. 6th AAD feedback We will be…
Scotland’s Adoption Register will be holding four Adoption Exchange Days in 2018 on the following dates: Friday 23rd February 2018-Nairn- Scottish Highlands Friday 27th April 2018-Hamilton-South Lanarkshire 27th August 2018-Musselburgh-East Lothian Monday 26th November-Stirling We will send out information and referral forms to agencies 6-7 weeks prior to all events. All adopters are welcome…
Scotland’s Adoption Register has created several helpful booklets over the years; including information on Exchange Days for Adopters, Foster Carers and Agencies. We have recently updated many of these and have also created a brief guide to the Online Register along with information booklets about Adoption Activity Days for adopters, social workers, foster carers and volunteers. Click…
The Annual report from 1st April 2016-31st March 2017 has now been published and can be accessed here: Annual Report 2016-17 As always, comments and suggestions about how the Register can continue to improve are more than welcome.