Find out about the children waiting for a safe and loving home and the support our team can offer you on your parenting journey.
There are many children across the world who are in need of a family. Many of them will begin life in institutional care, whilst others will have experienced a difficult early childhood and find themselves without a stable home. There are many reasons why children don’t remain in the care of their birth family such as poor health of the parents or poverty.
The exact needs of an adoptive child may be unknown to begin with, depending on their age, and you will often not know very much about the background of the child or the birth family. You may need to consider their language needs, cultural or religious needs, medical background and the climate they are used to when transitioning them to the UK.
You will learn more about children’s short and long term needs during the preparation training and assessment, and what you can do to support them.
Adoption support
Our dedicated adoption support team is available to your family at any point in your parenting journey.
In many cases, your child will not have any information about their birth family or the circumstances that led to them becoming available for adoption, or any chance of having direct contact with them, which can be a difficult thing to come to terms with. We give our adopters training on how to support their child and help them to embrace their identity as they grow up.
What if I already know the child I’m trying to adopt?
We strongly suggest that you don’t seek to identify a child before you become an approved adopter and receive your Certificate of Eligibility from the Department for Education. This is to manage expectations as there is no guarantee that you will be approved. If you do have an identified child already, you will need to follow the same adoption process as someone starting from the beginning.
We know that there are circumstances when a child that is already known to you is in need of adoption from overseas, and it may be someone that you are related to. To adopt an identified or kinship child, you must follow the same process as other prospective adopters. There are some differences in this requirement in Scotland and Northern Ireland and if you live in those countries you should seek further advice. You should also be aware that it must be demonstrated that the child is in need of adoption. Immigration rules also apply to children being brought into the country by relatives and this can be a complicated matter.
If you are an enquirer from a subscribing local authority, Coram IAC advisors would be happy to discuss with you some of the issues that arise in adopting a related child from overseas.
Speak to our friendly team
Contact our free Advice Line to find out more about the types of children waiting for adoption or adopting an identified or kinship child. We are here to support you.