This is an independent organisation that offers a counselling and consultation service to everyone who is involved in adoption in East Sussex. Sometimes, when a parent gets married again, they want their new partner to adopt their children. This kind of adoption by a step-parent involves a different process to that described in this leaflet. You can get advice and information about this by contacting our information line who will put you in touch with your local children and families , social work team. Or, you can contact the County Adoption Team.
Some people decide to try and adopt a child from overseas.
When a social worker does an assessment for inter-country adoption, you will have to pay a fee to cover the cost of this work. For more information From what you have read so far, you will see that adoption is a serious and lifelong commitment. You may need time to think about it and ask more questions before you make a final decision. If, instead of adopting, you would like to help a child by sharing their care with their natural parents and us, taking pleasure in seeing the child return home knowing that you have helped, then fostering may be the best thing for you. Some children benefit from staying in a long-term foster home and others are adopted by families who have fostered them.