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Brighton & Hove Fostering and Adoption Service | 253 Preston Road | Brighton | Tel: 01273 295444

The Fostering & Adoption Service recruits, trains and supports foster carers and adopters and finds families for Brighton & Hove children that need a foster home or an adoptive family. We also provide services to adopted adults and birth families.

The Fostering Service in Brighton & Hove has been judged ‘outstanding’ in the latest Ofsted inspection.

For the latest Adoption Services Ofsted inspection and Annual Report.

Fostering   Adoption

What is Fostering?

Types of Fostering

Becoming a Foster Carer

Support for Foster Carers

Day in the life of a Brighton and Hove City Council foster carer

 

What is Adoption?

Becoming an Adopter

Skills and Qualities

Support for Adopters

 

 

LGBT Adoption and Fostering 2012
News and Events


Information Sessions

FOSTERING -
Our next fostering information session will be on Tuesday 6th March 2012 : 7pm - 9pm at Church House, 211 New Church Road, HOVE, BN3 4ED

Click here for more information (pdf) 

 

LGBT Adoption and Fostering Information Event

Thursday 23rd February 2012 : 7pm - 8.30pm at Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, HOVE BN3 4AH

Your chance to learn about adoption and fostering.

 Not sure which could suit you? This is an ideal opportunity to hear from social workers and speak to people who have adopted and people who foster. Please give us a call on 01273 295444 to book a place or just turn up. We look forward to meeting you.

 

OFSTED Consultation on proposals for a new inspection framework for Adoption Support Agencies

Opportunity to have your say on the inspection of Adoption Support Agencies. Ofsted is seeking the views of those with an interest in adoption in how Agencies should be inspected. Please go to the link’

 www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/110010

 The consultation is open until 3 April 2012.

 If you have any questions about this consultation please email: socialcare@ofsted.gov.uk

Urgently needed Black and Minority Ethnic CarersParent and Baby CarersCarers for Teenagers Urgently needed

 

E-books for children and young people
 

Foster Care

This e-book is for children and young people

Ebook (Flash)
Text only

   

Adoption

This e-book is for younger children

Ebook (Flash)
Text only

 

Foster Carers Speak
Foster Carers Speak Videos

View video clips of Foster Carers | Text Version


Interested?   Questions?

Contact us to request a Call Back.

 

Get in touch for an informal chat.