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CAFIS – Connecting Adopted Families Independent Services
About this service
We provide independent birth parents support, access to adoption records, intermediary services for adopted people and birth relatives and supporting staying in touch services for children adopted through Kent, Medway or London Borough of Bexley (placing authorities).
This service is available for birth families in
Bexley, Medway, Kent
Contact details
- This service is provided by Adoption Partnership South East
- https://www.barnardos.org.uk/adopt/adoption-support-kent
- Unit 10 Jubilee Way, Faversham, Kent,
- cafiskent@barnardos.org.uk
- 01795 532081
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:
- Being considered (before court proceedings have started)
- Being planned (including during court proceedings)
- Has taken place
What support is available?
- General advice and information about adoption
- Support groups for birth families affected by adoption
- Advice and information about contributing to a child’s life story work or life story book
- 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
- Information and support about reconnecting with an adult relative who was adopted as a child (some services included in this map may charge a fee for this)
Where is support available?
- 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)
How much support is available?
- Please contact us to discuss this because it depends on the support 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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