A NEW voluntary adoption agency which plans to lead the way in changing the face of adoption in the UK has been launched in Worcestershire. Adopters for Adoption aims to provide a transformational service, delivering a positive and rewarding experience for the prospective adopter and children, in which people are more important than the process.

It has been created after Bromsgrove-based Core Assets, a children’s services group, was awarded a substantial grant by the Department for Education to set up a voluntary adoption agency as part of the government driven adoption reform agenda. Adopters for Adoption is a not-for-profit organisation that will benefit from the 20 years of experience its parent company Core Assets has of working in fostering and children’s services across the world.

Lorraine White, head of service for Adopters for Adoption, said: “Adoption is changing substantially with the adoption reform agenda at the moment and we are delighted to be at the forefront of innovation with Adopters for Adoption. We will actively challenge misconceptions around adoption and improve the way adopters are recruited, prepared and assessed. We don’t screen people out, we screen them in – that is central to our philosophy of inclusion. We are committed to making the assessment process as speedy as possible and we will not have a built-in delay in our processes. We will develop and deliver a comprehensive post-adoption programme to ensure that our adopters are supported every step of the way, as this is one of the things adopters tell us is really important to them. As well as offering a ‘mainstream’ adoption service, Adopters for Adoption will also offer specialist adoption support for disabled children, again drawing on the huge expertise within Core Assets Group.”

The Ofsted-registered adoption agency adds another string to the bow of Core Assets as it continues to position itself at the heart of delivering permanence to children.