Access to the fund
You need to have an assessment of your family’s adoption support needs by a local authority adoption agency. The local authority that placed your child with you is responsible for assessing your adoption support needs. This is for the first 3 years after the adoption order was granted.
After 3 years, it becomes the responsibility of the local authority where you live, if different. This should clarify if it is Hull Adoption Support services who assess your family’s needs or another local authority adoption team.
Where the assessment identifies that therapeutic services would be beneficial to your family, the local authority applies to the Fund on your behalf. They then release funding to the local authority.
The local authority social worker is expected to talk to you about who can provide the types of service that you need and which provider you would prefer.