Based on data collected from eight agencies providing support services to birth relatives, and on interviews with 73 birth relatives with recent experience of losing a child to adoption, it explores how support is experienced by both the parents and workers involved. The study looks at take-up rates of support, birth relatives views on the adoption process and support services, and the costs of support services, along with the impact of such services on birth families psychological well-being and ability to cope with the adoption.
Importantly, the study also sets out implications for practice, with practical advice to agencies about how to provide a more effective service.
This is a key text for all social workers, managers and policy makers concerned with support for birth parents.
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Jeanette Cossar is a Lecturer in social work at the University of East Anglia, with research interests including children s views of the child protection system and the experiences of gay and lesbian young people in care.
Paula Lorgelly works at the Centre for Health Economics at Monash University, Melbourne, following prior posts in Nottingham, Glasgow, and at the University of East Anglia. Her research interests include the methodological issues of economic evaluations.
Julie Young is a Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia, with research interests including post-adoption contact.
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