The tiered approach to providing adoption support services
Tier 1 - Support and advice
ACE will offer advice and assistance which may include enabling adopters to consider their own family, friends and peer support or signposting to universal services i.e., school, CAMHS, Early Help.
Families may also be directed to ACE services which may include:
- Letterbox and advice on low level contact issues
- Picnic and social events
- Training / workshops
- Stay and play mornings.
Where issues relate to financial matters these are referred to the responsible local authority.
The referral will be closed if there is no follow up contact with the service from the family within 10 working days or where the social worker has had three unsuccessful attempts to contact the family, whichever is sooner.