questions on adoption

red_devil

Archiebear wrote: »

I've not personally been through the adoption process however as far as I am aware background checks are completed on anyone who will have regular contact with the adopted child (ren). Found the following:

'Adoption Matters' FAQ state:
"It is required by law that checks are completed by the Criminal Records Bureau, which include Police, Department of Health and Department for Children, Schools and Familes records. Additionally, checks are completed locally with Social Services, the Probation Service, the Education Department and the Community Paediatrician. Certain criminal convictions, in particular those involving children, automatically exclude applications. Enhanced CRB checks are undertaken on all members of the household who are over 18, as are local authority checks with social services."

wonder why they didnt pick it up then?

perhaps they did but decided still to go ahead?

tea_lover

Doesn't "members of the household" refer to people living in the same house? So it wouldn't necessarily include close family, unless they all lived together.

fluffnutter

I guess grandad doesn't live with them. In which case, a CRB check won't be conducted for him.

red_devil

tea_lover wrote: »

Doesn't "members of the household" refer to people living in the same house? So it wouldn't necessarily include close family, unless they all lived together.

they dont live together but the grandparents live near.

tea_lover

red_devil wrote: »

they dont live together but the grandparents live near.

So going on the quote from Adoption Matters then, he wouldn't automatically have a CRB check as he's not in the same household.

red_devil

tea_lover wrote: »

So going on the quote from Adoption Matters then, he wouldn't automatically have a CRB check as he's not in the same household.

probably right but you would think they would check out the grandparents then. I bet they dont know then.

Wellyboots6

Yeah it sounds like it wasn't discussed by the prospective parents, and social services would not do a criminal records check on people who do not live at the house.

For fostering, they are going to do a CRB check on my partner even though he does not live with me. This is because there is the potential for him moving in at some point in the future, and also he will be spending a lot of time at the house possibly while the child is there.

Yorkie1

I knew someone whose father was at the time, or very recently, being prosecuted for child abuse. She was seeking to become an adoptive parent, and one of the conditions that would have been imposed if she had proceeded with the application, was either that the child would have no contact with the GF, or would have no unsupervised / overnight stays there. (Can't remember the actual details).

red_devil

interesting one. I expect it wasnt divulged.

lazer

So - if th couple in question had a biological child - would you advocate it being taken off them - because the granddad was convicted of child abuse?

Or would you trust the parents to protect their child from the granddad?

Having a family member with a conviction for child abuse should not stop the adoption - i suspect it was disclosed and they assured the adoption services the child would not be at risk - no unsupervised access etc.