Coram has partnered with a number of local authorities to provide local statutory adoption support services to individuals and families living within local authority boundaries.
We have a partnership with the following local authorities:
- Bromley
- City of London
- Harrow
- Hillingdon
- Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster
- Redbridge
- Slough
- Waltham Forest
The following support is available:
Training/workshops
These currently take place twice a month, online.
Examples of training include:
- Parenting a Child with FASD
- Therapeutic Parenting Refresher
- Internet Safety and Social Media
- Child to Parent Violence
Coffee 'Mornings'
These are held at different times of day and take place twice a month. Each session has a topic.
Examples of topics include:
- Peer support
- The Adoption Support Fund (ASF)
- Managing contact
- WeAreFamily & National Association Therapeutic Parenting
- Understanding EHCP’s
- When to introduce Life Story work
Other services you can access through the RAA
- ASF assessments of need, referrals, applications
- 1:1 support for families open to our services
- Access to records for people who were adopted
- Support for contact issues
- Letterbox contact support
- Adopter ‘Buddy’ system
- Membership of New Family Social
- Adopter Hub
- Signposting to other services
This support is provided directly by Coram Adoption staff working within the local authority. The adoption staff can be contacted by email as follows:
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster
corampostadoption@westminster.gov.uk
Bromley
adoption@bromley.gov.uk
City of London
adoption@coram.org.uk
Harrow
adoption.team@harrow.gov.uk
Hillingdon
adoptionteam@hillingdon.gov.uk
Redbridge
adoptionteam@redbridge.gov.uk
Slough
adopt@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk
Waltham Forest
adoption@walthamforest.gov.uk
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