Early Permanence

• I understand that adoption is a good plan for children who cannot live within their birth families and that adoption can lead to good outcomes for children
  
  
• I will contact the Service Manager for adoption when I am working with unborn children and infants where the plan is to issue care proceedings and remove the child from the parents’ care
  
  
• Where possible I will consider ‘fostering for adoption’ or ‘concurrency’ at the earliest possible opportunity
  
  
• I ensure that my assessments prior to planning are discussed with my Manager and approved
  
  
• I ensure that my rationale for my decisions is clearly recorded on the child’s file