Vale, Valleys and Cardiff Adoption Service - Family support services

What we do

We are one of five regional collaboratives which form part of the National Adoption Service in Wales responsible for:
1. Providing information, advice and undertaking training and assessments of all prospective adoptive parents.
2. Undertaking assessments of step parent and relative adopters.
3. Finding placements to meet the needs of all children in the regional area requiring adoption.
5. Providing a support service to adoptive families pre and post adoption.
6. Providing a service for those adopted adults seeking access to their birth records and those wishing to search for their birth relatives.
7. Providing an intermediary service to birth relatives wishing contact with the adopted person.

Is there a charge to use this service?

Depends - Intercountry adoption

Can anyone use this service?

They can self refer. Referrals for Adoption Support services can be made by a range of agencies including Social Services, Health, Education etc.

Service details for this family support services

Language: English medium setting

• Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs No Please contact to discuss your child(s) needs further.
• Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? Yes

 Address

 You can send post here:

Dock Office
Subway Road
Vale of Glamorgan
CF37 2TB

 Website

http://www.adopt4vvc.org

 Opening times