What the ASF will not pay for
The ASF will not pay for -
- information
- advice
- guidance
- signposting
- opportunities for adoptive parents to interact, such as support groups
- mediation of contact with birth families
- mediation services when an adoptive family is at risk of disruption
- financial support
- basic life story work
- support for physical medical conditions
- speech and language therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other universal health services
- education support
- membership of clubs and organisations
- legal support
- support provided by private sector and third sector organisations that are not Ofsted regulated. This is unless they are commissioned through local authorities
- training of staff
- support not delivered in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- animal, pet, or equine therapy
- ex-local authority associate social workers