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Introduction
PAC OFFERS QUALITY &
PARTNERSHIP
By working in partnership with Post-Adoption Centre
(PAC), your authority or agency is able to offer choice,
independence and quality support services to people
affected by adoption.
PAC’s services are cost-effective and
user-focused. Service Level Agreements are tailored
to offer individual packages of independent adoption
support services which meet the needs of children,
families, birth relatives and adopted adults as well as
professionals.
PAC’s highly experienced and qualified staff
provide expertise in all aspects of adoption support
through its core services:
Advice Line and Adult Counselling
PAC runs a daily telephone advice line and offers
face-to-face counselling at its premises in Kentish Town
and at outreach surgeries in 14 local authorities across
London and the South East. Local authority
professionals can contact a PAC worker for consultation on
pre- or post-adoption issues.
Child & Family Therapeutic
Service A multi-racial team offers parent
consultations, family work, comprehensive assessments and
intensive therapeutic family work focused on addressing the
impact of loss, grief, trauma and attachment
difficulties.
The service also offers assessment and mediation of
complex contact arrangements, including network meetings
with professionals, preparation of reports, contact
agreements and contact review. We will also work with
your team in making best placement decisions for black and
minority ethnic children.
Professional Training & Participant
Workshops and Groups PAC offers a
comprehensive range of modestly priced courses, seminars,
workshops, groups and conferences for professionals and
service users. Bespoke training can be offered within
local authority areas for both service users and local
authority teams.
QUALIFICATION AND
SPECIALISM
Qualified Staff All PAC’s
professional staff are qualified social workers and/or
counsellors, psychotherapists or psychologists with
experience in adoption. The therapists and social
workers are registered with relevant professional bodies
and trained in a wide range of specialities, enabling them
to provide a service tailored to your authority’s
needs.
Supporting Black and Minority Ethnic and
Multi-Racial Families PAC’s
multi-racial staff offers an ethnically sensitive service
to children and families from black and minority ethnic
backgrounds and to families with transracially adopted
children.
DELIVERY OF SERVICE
Service Level Agreements (Level One, Two or Three) between PAC and local
authorities make a range of services available to
individuals and families living in their areas.
PAC’s services can be easily accessed in the first
instance via its daily telephone advice line. PAC
accepts self-referrals as well as referrals from
professionals. Services may also be offered to
adoptive families for up to three years after the making of
an adoption order where the placing authority has a Service
Level Agreement with PAC. Services are also available
for spot purchase and bespoke service packages tailored to
local authorities’ needs can be arranged.
MONITORING & EVALUATION
PAC maintains detailed records of the services it
provides, which are monitored to assess their quality and
benefits. Statistics are gathered and collated on its
database for evaluation and reports to local authorities
and other stakeholders, as appropriate.
For further information please contact us.
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