www.wiltshire.gov.uk
Adoption
Summary of Service
"Wiltshire County Council is approved as an adoption agency by the Department for Education and Skills to arrange adoptions for children and for the approval of people as adoptive parents. For more information about the adoption service in Wiltshire, please see Adoption Statement of Purpose (PDF 154Kb)."Details of Service
Wiltshire County Council provides a range of adoption services:-
- Services for children who need adoption
- Becoming an adoptive parent
- Adoption Support Service
- Accessing your adoption records (adopted adults)
- Tracing an adopted person (intemediary services for birth relatives)
- Tracing your birth relatives (intermediary services for adopted adults)
- Special Guardianship
- Intercountry adoption
- Step-parent adoption
If you want to know more about why children need adoption please view Children who need adoption.
If you have any complaints about the adoption service you have received, you are entitled to make a complaint. Please see Complaints Procedure.
Contact Details
By Post
Chippenham Family Placement Team
357 Hungerdown Lane
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN14 0UX
Salisbury Family Placement Team
Riverside Centre
Churchfields Road
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 7NH
Trowbridge Family Placement Team
Trowbridge Resource Centre
Rutland Crescent
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 0NY
By Email
adoption@wiltshire.gov.uk
By Telephone
Recruitment Hotline: 0800 1696321 or
01249 444321 (Chippenham)
01722 333552(Salisbury)
01225 752198 (Trowbridge)
By Fax
01249 445959 (Chippenham)
01722 422052 (Salisbury)
01225 775334 (Trowbridge)
| A to Z Names | Adoption, Social services - adoptive homes |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Adoption, Children - adoption, Becoming a adoptive parent |
| PID No. | 160 |
| IPSV Category | Adoption |
| Level 1 Name | Adoption |
| IPSV ID | 140 |
