Adoption, fostering and residential care

Adoption

Parents wanting to adopt a child can find out more and register with us online. This section includes advice for adoptive parents, for parents whose child has been adopted and for adopted children.

Fostering

Find out about becoming a foster parent and register your interest in fostering a child.

Residential care

Information about what residential care is, and how to apply for it if you are a child and need to move away from home.

Secure residential care

Lansdowne secure children's home offers residential care for young people between the ages of 10 and 16. Information includes services provided and guidance for parents and young people who are going to stay at the home.

Getting reading for adulthood

Help for children leaving foster care or a residential home.

Looked after children (LAC)

What's involved in the care and education of children under 18 who have been provided with with care and accommodation by children's services.