Barnardo'S Adoption South West

We are a high quality adoption service specializing in finding carers for children and young people who are considered hard to place.

Working right across the South West region we have built on the knowledge, expertise and experience that Barnardo's has developed since pioneering fostering and adoption over 100 years ago.
We provide a wide range of services including adoption, short and long term fostering as well as short breaks fostering for disabled children and their families.
We work closely and co-operatively with all our carers as part of the team around the child or young person you care for to achieve and do their best.
We maintain the core values of Barnardo’s and promote the family feel of our office so that we can provide a personal and friendly service to others.

Fostering
If you are looking to make a difference to children and young people who:
• need someone in their lives to believe in them
• may have lacked the experience of a warm, friendly home
• cannot live with their birth family but still need the structure and support of a family environment. . .

Adoption
If you are looking to adopt children who:
• are of any age
• may have been physically or emotionally abused
• may have physical disabilities or learning difficulties
• are siblings that need a family that can take them as a group so that they can grow up together

Specialist Services
• a successful record in finding carers for children and young people who are considered “hard to place”
• we offer specialist services e. g. Service Psychotherapist, CSE Services
• we actively recruit carers and adoptive parents from black and minority ethnic communities to meet the needs of children seeking placements
• we actively recruit LGBT carers and adopters
• we are particularly on the look out for carers and adopters that could take siblings

What we offer
• we provide comprehensive training and specialist advice
• extensive pre and post adoption training and support
• 24 hour support for foster carers and adopters
• regular supervision for foster carers
• free subscription to an independent fostering advice service
• a generous fostering allowance and professional fee