ADOPTION
There are many children who are unable to grow up in their birth families, who need the chance to grow up in a loving and secure home.
Adoption is a way of providing families for children who cannot be brought up in their own family, it is a legal process which permanently transfers parental responsibility from birth parents to adoptive parents.
Choosing to adopt is not a decision to be taken lightly, and it's vital that your reasons for wanting to do it are right. It is a process that will take time, effort and commitment on your part.
You will have the help and support of Trafford's Adoption Team every step of the way, our experienced workers will guide you through the adoption process and give advice and assistance.
What to do next?
To begin a discussion about adoption you can:
We regret that, due to a high level of enquiries, we are no longer taking enquiries from those wanting to adopt single children from 0 - 2 years. This will be reviewed early in 2010.
Who needs adoption?
This section gives you more information about the sort of children who need adoptive families.
Who is eligible to apply?
In this section we give you information on our eligibility criteria.
The assessment process
This section explains the assessment you will go through before you can adopt.
Timescales for applications
This section sets out the timescales of the adoption process.
Common question we are asked
This section contains some of the questions we are often asked about the adoption process.
Post adoption Support
In this section there is information about the range of post adoption support provided by Trafford for everyone affected by adoption; children, adopters, adopted adults and birth families.
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