Adoption
Our adoption service aims to meet the needs of children who are in need of permanent new homes.
Our first aim is to return looked after children to the care of their own parents, or extended family, if at all possible. For a small number of children this is not possible and the decision is made to seek an adoptive home for them. Sometimes this will be with the parents' agreement; occasionally this decision will be made against the parents' wishes.
Very few babies who do not have special needs are available for adoption nowadays, and as our first priority must be to meet the needs of the children in our care, we cannot accept applications from people who only wish to adopt healthy babies in the 0-2 age range.
Most of the children needing adoption are older and have suffered difficult life experiences, such as separation from their families, neglect or abuse. Such experiences can have life-long effects for a child.
We need adopters who can offer a 'forever' home to:
- children with varying degrees of emotional disturbance and difficult behaviour
- groups of brothers and sisters together
- babies and children with mental or physical disabilities
- children with chronic medical problems
- children who need to retain some contact with birth family members
To find out more please contact:
Irene Clark
Childcare Resourcing Manager
Stirling Council Children's Services
Drummond House
Wellgreen
Stirling
FK8 2EG
Tel: 01786 443689
