Family Care Society
What Are We?
Family Care Society is a voluntary adoption society working alongside Social
Services in providing adoption services throughout Northern Ireland. The Chief
Officer is responsible for the management of the work of the Society which
employs a team of 7 specialist social workers, based in our offices in Belfast
and Derry.
Family Care Society is registered by the Department of Health and Social
Services as an adoption agency. It offers a service to all sections of the
community.
What Do We Offer?
Family Care Society offers a range of high quality services in
the field of adoption, including:
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family finding for specific children requiring permanent
placement
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recruitment and preparation of families for placement with
babies, older children and children with special needs
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preparation of the child, family and birth family
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direct work with children, including lifestory work and
preparation for placement
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placement support for the child and the new family
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post-adoption support for the child, family and birth family
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counselling for girls and women experiencing a crisis
pregnancy
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short term foster homes for babies
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counselling for relinquishing parents
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counselling for adult adoptees, their birth families and
significant others
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counselling and support for former Australian child migrants
and their extended families
The Future?
Family Care Society is increasingly being recognised for the
commitment and professional expertise it offers to child care practice.
It is our intention to continue to build a centre of excellence
in the field of adoption work.
We will continue to recruit, prepare and support families for
children who cannot remain with their birth families, and need families who can
offer love and security in the future.
We will continue to make our services as widely available as
possible to adopted children and adults, to birth families and adopted families.
We are firmly committed to ensuring that the experience we have
should be made available to other agencies working in child care practice.
How Can We Help?
As well as providing a direct service to the public, we also
undertake all aspects of adoption work on behalf of the Health and Social
Services Trusts.
We regularly place children with special needs on behalf of the
Trusts, and support these new families with post-adoption services. We
also provide a range of training for professional social workers throughout the
province and the Republic of Ireland in all areas of adoption. Where
work is carried out on behalf of a Trust, a fee is payable. These are
negotiable, but very cost effective for a high quality service.
Interdenominational Prayer Service
National Adoption Week
As part of National Adoption Week celebrations the Friends
of Family Care Society in conjunction with Family Care Society are hosting an
Interdenominational Prayer Service for adoptive families and for those
interested in becoming adoptive parents on:
November 2004
at the Atrium, mater Hospital, Crumlin Road, Belfast
Representatives of the four main churches will be
participating and the Service will be followed with refreshments for everyone
For further details please contact:
Family Care Society
1(a) Miller Street
Derry
BT48 6SU
Telephone: 028 7136 8592
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