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Aberdeenshire Council’s Adoption Service Receives "Excellent" Rating

  • Submitted by: Alexander Burnett, Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2025
  • Motion reference: S6M-17391

That the Parliament commends Aberdeenshire Council’s adoption service for receiving an "excellent" rating in its most recent Care Inspectorate review; understands that the service’s performance was evaluated across key areas, such as the quality of care and support provided to children, young people, and their families, and that the service received the highest possible grade of "excellent" for its support of wellbeing and its high level of care; further understands that the report praised the service for its dedication to ensuring that children’s voices and experiences are at the heart of the adoption process; believes that the adoption service was commended for its proactive approach to maintaining lifelong relationships between adopted children and their birth families, particularly in supporting sibling connections, through a partnership with Barnardo’s "Staying Connected" project; understands that the role of a therapeutic transitions social worker was also recognised as pivotal in supporting children’s emotional wellbeing during transitions and beyond, and that the Care Inspectorate also noted that the service’s processes for assessing prospective adopters and matching them with children were evidence-based, child-centred, and thorough; congratulates the team that has worked to deliver this high standard of service, and wishes them all the best.