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Adoption Support Team
About this service
Together for Adoption offers a named letterbox coordinator to facilitate and support post-adoption contact and provide advice, support and guidance to family members involved in contact arrangements. This includes providing face-to-face or virtual support in writing letters. Letterbox co-ordinators can help mediate between birth and adopted family to ensure the child’s best interests remain the focus. Together for Adoption also offer a duty service Monday to Friday 9 – 4pm to provide advice, guidance and signposting for birth family members regarding tracing and contact.
This service is available for birth families in
Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, St. Helens, Warrington, Wigan
Contact details
- This service is provided by Together for Adoption
- https://www.togetherforadoption.co.uk
- Warrington Borough Council, 1 Times Square, Warrington, WA1 2NT
- a.team@wigan.gov.uk or PASupport@wigan.gov.uk
- 01942 487272
Who is the service for?
- The child’s birth mother (or pregnant mother)
- The child’s birth father
- The child’s brothers and sisters, including half siblings and step siblings
- The child’s wider family and friends (including grandparents, aunts/uncles)
At what point in the adoption process is support available? When adoption is:
- Has taken place
What support is available?
- General advice and information about adoption
- Support for contact with an adopted child, including letterbox contact (contact is sometimes described as ‘keeping in touch’ or ‘family time’)
- Support for birth family members to access adoption records and information held by children’s services or another adoption agency
Where is support available?
- In person, at a flexible location, such as your home
- In person, at a specific location
- Online, including virtual meetings or webchat
- Over the phone
How to access the service?
- Contact us directly if you want support (this is also known as self-referral)
- You will need to speak to one of the following practitioners to be referred to our service: a social worker or another professional
How much support is available?
- The amount of support is flexible, based on how much support is needed
Key details about the service
- One-to-one support is available at this service
- This service can give support or information for family members who are under 18
- Additional support for people with disabilities, including learning difficulties and learning disabilities, is available at this service
- Confidential interpreters or translation services are available at this service
Has the service been independently evaluated, with input from family members who have used the service?
No, not at this point
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