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Useful Links - Fostering, Adoption & Respite Care

  • BAAF (Brittish Association for Adoption & Fostering) This organisation has a unique place in supporting, advising and campagning for better outcomes for children in care.
  • The Fostering Network (Scotland) This is a leading charity for foster care that provide support, advice and national campaigning to improve the outcomes for children in care.
  • Be My Parent A family finding organisation for children in the UK who need an adoptive or permanent foster family.
  • Carers Scotland A charity set up to support carers who care for a sick or disabled friend or family member.
  • CAFCASS (Children & Family Court Advisory and Support Service) This organisation looks after the interests of children involved in family court proceedings.
  • Capability Scotland A charity based orgamnisation that offer support, advice and care for people with disabilities. They have a nationally recognised expertise in Cerebral Palsy.
  • Care Leavers Association An organisation that works with young people leaving the care system, providing support, advice, training and campagning.
  • CHAS (Children's Hospice Association Scotland) CHAS is a charity that provides the only hospice services in Scotland for children and young people who have life shortening conditions.
  • Children's Legal Centre This independent national charity concerned with law and policy affecting children and young people.
  • Department of Health Policy, guidance and publications for NHS and Social Care professionals
  • ENABLE Scotland This charitable organisation provides a wide range of support services to people with learning disabilities and their families.
  • Foster Talk An independent, non organisation providing high quality professional support to foster carers in the UK.
  • fSDC (For Scotlands Disabled Children) A coalition of organisations and individualsset up to secure rights and justicefor disabled children and young people.
  • Hands on Scotland An online toolkit offering information and techniques on how to respond to children's challenging behaviour, build up their self esteem and promote their mental and empotional wellbeing.
  • HMRC (Foster Care Relief & Tax info) This site provides some basic information relating to the tax relief offered to foster carers in the UK.
  • Kids Who Foster An organisation that works to increase recofnitions of the important role that sons and daughters of foster carers play.
  • NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) This charity provide a helpline to adults who are concerned about the welfare of a child or young person. Its free and annonymous.
  • SAAS (Scottish Adoption Advice Service) This is a post-adoption service offering advice, support and counselling to everyone affected by adoption.
  • Scottish Government Website (Carers Section) The carers policy section of the Governments website.
  • Scottish Legislation - Guidance on Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
  • Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland This organisation regulate and inspect care services and carry out social work and child protection inspections.
  • Scottish Society for Autism A charity providing A charity that provides support, advice, training and national campaigning for people affected by Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families.
  • The National Autistic Society A charity for people with autism (including Asperges syndrome) and their families, providing support and information whilst campaigning for a better world for people with autism.
  • The Who Cares? Trust A charity supporting children who have been separated from the families