Foster for adoption is a type of foster care used when adoption is being considered for a child. It:
- Involves babies and younger children who are looked after living with foster carers who may go on to adopt them
- Is allowed even though adoption is not yet the formal plan for the child
- Can happen even though the Family Court has not agreed.
The idea is that the child is able to form a strong, early relationship with the people who may go on to adopt them.
Children’s services and the Family Court have to follow strict legal procedures before a child can live with a family who wants to adopt them.But the law and process is different if children’s services want to place a child with foster for adoption foster carers.