Support for adopted teenagers needs 'urgent and dramatic improvement', charity warns
Teenagers are being let down by adoption services in England, Adoption UK has warned.
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Teenagers are being let down by adoption services in England, Adoption UK has warned.
Half of families with adopted children aged 13 to 25 say they are at crisis point or facing severe challenges due to a lack of consistent wellbeing support, a new report from Adoption UK warns.
The Department for Education has launched a consultation on proposed changes to regulations for providers of adoption support services, which would exempt some providers from the requirement to register with Ofsted.
Local authorities should be held to a minimum standard to support adopted people access their records to help maintain a sense of identity and facilitate contact with birth families, new research finds.
Fiona Simpson speaks to the newly appointed chief executive of charity Adoption UK.