Common use of General functions & responsibilities of the Integrated Service Clause in Contracts

General functions & responsibilities of the Integrated Service.  To provide information, a timely initial response and follow up to all enquiries from prospective adopters;  To provide counselling, preparation and pre-approval training for all persons seeking approval as adopters and to ensure that assessments are completed in a timely way;  To provide support to adoptive families post approval and placement;  To undertake assessments of parent/partner and non-agency adopters on behalf of the court;  To assess and support persons who are seeking to adopt a child from abroad;  To provide a family finding and linking service for all children referred for an adoptive placement;  To provide a birth parent counselling service for parents and relatives of children where the plan is adoption;  To provide an intermediary service for those adopted adults seeking access to their birth records and those seeking to be re-united with their birth families;  To provide an intermediary service to relatives of adopted persons seeking information and contact with the adopted person;  To provide a range of financial, practical, therapeutic adoption support services to support the assessed needs of children requiring placement and adoptive families;  To deliver the role & responsibilities of the Adoption Support Services Adviser (ASSA);  To establish and maintain Regional Adoption Panels (“RAP”) in line with regulatory requirements and manage the responsibilities associated with the running of RAP’s;  To maintain a management information system to ensure timely, consistent performance reporting to the Director of Operations for the National Adoption Service (NAS) and the NAS Governance Board;  To undertake reviews relating to the quality of the Integrated Service on an annual basis in line with regulatory requirements.

General functions & responsibilities of the Integrated Service.  To provide information, a timely initial response and follow up to all enquiries from prospective adopters;  • To provide counselling, preparation and pre-approval training for all persons seeking approval as adopters and to ensure that assessments are completed in a timely way;  • To provide support to adoptive families post approval and placement;  • To undertake assessments of parent/partner and non-agency adopters on behalf of the court;  • To assess and support persons who are seeking to adopt a child from abroad;  • To provide a family finding and linking service for all children referred for an adoptive placement;  • To provide a birth parent counselling service for parents and relatives of children where the plan is adoption;  • To provide an intermediary service for those adopted adults seeking access to their birth records and those seeking to be re-united with their birth families;  • To provide an intermediary service to relatives of adopted persons seeking information and contact with the adopted person;  • To provide a range of financial, practical, therapeutic adoption support services to support the assessed needs of children requiring placement and adoptive families;  • To deliver the role & responsibilities of the Adoption Support Services Adviser (ASSA);  • To establish and maintain Regional Adoption Panels (“RAP”) in line with regulatory requirements and manage the responsibilities associated with the running of RAP’s;  • To maintain a management information system to ensure timely, consistent performance reporting to the Director of Operations for the National Adoption Service (NAS) and the NAS Governance Board;  • To undertake reviews relating to the quality of the Integrated Service on an annual basis in line with regulatory requirements.