In Nottinghamshire we operate a support service called Support After Adoption (SAA).
The team includes experienced qualified social workers, a psychotherapist and a counsellor, offering support, advice, information and counselling to adopted people and birth relatives who have an adoption connection with Nottinghamshire as well as various support packages for adoptive families experiencing difficulties.
SAA offers groups for birth mothers and for adoptive children together with the Youth Service, and helps with training, support groups and conferences for adoptive parents.
The service has volunteers who help with many different tasks and a linking scheme called PALS which gives adopted children and young people the opportunity to make a relationship with an experienced worker.
Support After Adoption also runs a 'letterbox' scheme and offers consultations to children’s social workers and adopters in the early stages of setting these arrangements up to ensure they can run smoothly.
The service also helps adopted adults to access their adoption records or to search for birth relatives and helps birth relatives search for a member of their family who was adopted.
To get in touch see the contact details on the right.
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