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04/06/2014
A new service, which will speed up the adoption process for children and prospective parents in Wales, is to launch in November, it has been announced.
Deputy Minister for Social Services, Gwenda Thomas, confirmed the news on Wednesday morning.
The new National Adoption Service for Wales will promote adoptions, increase the pool of adopters, and ensure there is good quality post-adoption support available for those who need it.
The service will also lead to better collaboration and joint commissioning of adoption services, resulting in the eradication of children drifting in care, the more efficient uses of resources for the provision of training and assessment, an improvement in the matching process and the widest choice of placements, through the increased use of Voluntary Adoption Agencies.
Welcoming the news, Gwenda Thomas said: "I'm very pleased to announce that the National Adoption Agency for Wales will be formally launched in November.
"I recognise and am still concerned with delays in the adoption system and the potential lasting harm this can have on children, robbing them of their best chance of the love and stability of a new family.
"I refuse to accept that children can be left to drift in the care system and I expect to see an upward trend over the next few years as the National Adoption Service drives up standards and performance.
"That's why we needed to make a step change in the way adoption services are delivered, and through the establishment of a National Service, which will have the power to deliver services across Wales, we are delivering that change.
"The new service will address current concerns without losing the undeniable strengths of the existing system, achieving change without detriment."
Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Welsh Government awarded the contract to run the new register to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) Cymru.
Wendy Keidan, Director of BAAF Cymru, added: "BAAF Cymru is delighted to have been awarded the contract to operate the first single Wales Adoption Register on behalf of the Welsh Government.
"The Register is an integral part of the National Adoption Service with a key objective of minimising delay in the matching of children and adopters living in Wales.
"We are very excited to be working alongside our partners in the statutory and voluntary sectors to ensure that the Register will proactively contribute to identifying 'forever' families at the earliest opportunity for children in Wales waiting for a loving adoptive home."
The new register can be found here.
(JP/IT)
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New Adoption Service To Launch
A new service, which will speed up the adoption process for children and prospective parents in Wales, is to launch in November, it has been announced.
Deputy Minister for Social Services, Gwenda Thomas, confirmed the news on Wednesday morning.
The new National Adoption Service for Wales will promote adoptions, increase the pool of adopters, and ensure there is good quality post-adoption support available for those who need it.
The service will also lead to better collaboration and joint commissioning of adoption services, resulting in the eradication of children drifting in care, the more efficient uses of resources for the provision of training and assessment, an improvement in the matching process and the widest choice of placements, through the increased use of Voluntary Adoption Agencies.
Welcoming the news, Gwenda Thomas said: "I'm very pleased to announce that the National Adoption Agency for Wales will be formally launched in November.
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"I recognise and am still concerned with delays in the adoption system and the potential lasting harm this can have on children, robbing them of their best chance of the love and stability of a new family.
"I refuse to accept that children can be left to drift in the care system and I expect to see an upward trend over the next few years as the National Adoption Service drives up standards and performance.
"That's why we needed to make a step change in the way adoption services are delivered, and through the establishment of a National Service, which will have the power to deliver services across Wales, we are delivering that change.
"The new service will address current concerns without losing the undeniable strengths of the existing system, achieving change without detriment."
Following a competitive tendering exercise, the Welsh Government awarded the contract to run the new register to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) Cymru.
Wendy Keidan, Director of BAAF Cymru, added: "BAAF Cymru is delighted to have been awarded the contract to operate the first single Wales Adoption Register on behalf of the Welsh Government.
"The Register is an integral part of the National Adoption Service with a key objective of minimising delay in the matching of children and adopters living in Wales.
"We are very excited to be working alongside our partners in the statutory and voluntary sectors to ensure that the Register will proactively contribute to identifying 'forever' families at the earliest opportunity for children in Wales waiting for a loving adoptive home."
The new register can be found here.
(JP/IT)
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