Steps towards adoption
Your first steps towards adoption - information for prospective adoptive parents.
We operate an Adoption Agency with the aim of finding children permanent homes.
The decision to apply to adopt a child needs very careful thought.
In order to ensure that children are placed with families who will protect them and care for them the process is very thorough.
There are various stages in the process from first interest to adopting a child.
These are:
- the first contact
- the assessment
- the home study
- adoption panel
- finding a child
- introductions
- beyond adoption.
Adopting a child from overseas
If you are thinking of adopting a child from overseas there is further information in the related documents.
Related documents
The following documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)
- Guide to adoption − information for prospective adopters (459KB)
- Procedures for prospective adopters (326KB)
- Information about adopting from overseas (31KB)
- Adoption and permanence procedures (616KB)
- Adoption service performance report (366KB)
- Adoption service statement of purpose (126KB)
- Addendum to the adoption and permanence procedures (144KB)