{"id":735,"date":"2015-03-18T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T13:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/educationandchildren\/?page_id=735"},"modified":"2025-05-19T12:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T11:51:40","slug":"adoption-and-fostering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/adoption-and-fostering\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoption and fostering"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-682b1b488b80f\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"parent-banner clearfix no-padding\" id=\"block_acf-block-682b1b488cd5e\"><div class=\"banner-outer\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"banner-show parent-banner-outer parent-banner-1\" data-aos=\"fade\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x banner-top\"><div class=\"medium-8 large-8 cell medium-order-1 content-1\"><div class=\"banner-content\"><header><h1>Adoption and fostering<\/h1><\/header><p>Find out about our adoption and fostering services in Devon as well as more information about private fostering and special guardianship.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-682b1b488cde9\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-682b1b488ce41\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"show-for-sr text-center\">Links<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-3 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adoptsouthwest.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Adoption<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Aims to find safe, secure, permanent homes for children who are unable to live with their birth families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fosteringdevon.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Fostering<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Looking after a child or young person who is not able to live with their birth family.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/adoption-and-fostering\/private-fostering\/\">Private fostering<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>When a child is looked after by someone who is not a close relative, guardian or person with parental responsibility.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/adoption-and-fostering\/special-guardianship\/\">Special guardianship<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>How special guardianship differs from adoption, who can apply and how.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-682b1b488ce85\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"text-center\">Key strategies<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><p class=\"intro text-center\">How we plan to support the children and young people who are in, or have recently left our care.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/childrens-social-care\/adoption-and-fostering\/devons-sufficiency-strategy\/\">Sufficiency strategy<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Devon&#8217;s 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