Amendments

2025

March 2025

Practice Guidance: Recruitment of Prospective Adopters	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Adoption Panel: Guidance for Practitioners	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Case Recording: Guidance for Managers and Practitioners	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Allegations Against Prospective Adopters	In March 2025, information was added into Section 3.5, Concluding the Child Protection Investigation in relation to referral to the Disclosure and Barring Service for inclusion of the person on the Children's Barred List.
Whistleblowing Policy	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Relinquished Children	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Network Meetings	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Assessment of Adopters	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Guidance on Overweight and Obese Applicant Adopters	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Eligibility Criteria for Prospective Adopters	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Statement of Purpose	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Early Permanence Policy Practice Guide for Practitioners	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Dispute Escalation and Resolutions Process	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Guidance on Checks and References	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Review of Early Permanence Carers and Prospective Adopters	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Practice Guidance for when Foster Carer/s wish to Adopt a Child in their Care	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Adopter Case Records	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Guidance on Name Changes	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Inter Country Adoption	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Guidance on Health and Safety Checks	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Financial Process Guidance	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Guidance on Assessment and Approval in a Pandemic	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Moving to Adoption	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Learning from Pre-Placement Breakdown and Adoptive Placement Disruptions	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Family Finding	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Post Box	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Non Agency Adoption	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Guidance on Link Maker	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Social Media and Internet Checks of Applicant Adopters	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Social Worker Visits by Adopt North East During Recruitment, Assessment and Placement	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Interim Guidance for Practitioners on Access to Records	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Guidance on Activity Days	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Adoption Support: National Transfer Protocol	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Lone Working Policy	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Life Appreciation Events	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Supervision Policy	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Adopt North East Privacy Notice	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Guidance Regarding 'Advertising' Specific Children through Social Media or Other Platforms	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.
Financial Support to Adopters	This chapter was refreshed in March 2025.