Glossary
ADM – Agency Decision Maker
ASF – Adoption Support Fund
CAMHS – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
C&F – Child and Family assessment
CIC – Child In Care
CIN – Child In Need
CMC – Case Management Conference
CO – Care Order
CP – Child Protection
EDT – Emergency Duty Team
EH – Early Help
EHCP – Educational Health Care Plan
FC – Foster Carer
FDM – Fostering Decision Maker
FFA – Friends and Family Assessment
FGC – Family Group Conference
FHDRA – A First and Dispute Resolution Appointment
FOC – Father Of Child
FP – Family Practitioner
FSW – Family Support Worker
ICO – Interim Care Order
ICS – Integrated Childrens Services
IFA – Independent Fostering Association
IHA – Initial Health Assessment
IRO – Independent Reviewing Officer
IRH – Issues Resolution Hearing
IRT – Initial Response Team
ISW – Independent Social Worker
JACP – Joint Agency Commissioning Panel
LA – Local Authority
LAC – Looked After Child
LPM – Legal Planning Meeting
MACE – Missing and Child Exploitation
MACSE – Missing and Child Sexual Exploitation
MASH – Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub
MOC – Mother Of Child
PLAC – Previously Looked After Child
P+T – Permanency and Transition
PA – Personal Advisor
PAS – Post Adoption Support
PEP – Personal Education Plan
PLO – Public Law Outline
PPO – Police Protection Order
PPU – Public Protection Unit
PRP – Placement Review Panel
QARS – Quality Assurance Review Service
RAA – Regional Adoption Agency
REACH – Reducing Exploitation and Absence from Care or Home
RHA – Review Health Assessment
S17 – Section 17 Child In Need
S20 – Section 20 request for child to be accommodated
S47 – Section 47 – child protection enquiries
SARC – Sexual Assault Referral Centre
SEND – Special Educational Needs and Disability
SGO – Special Guardianship Order
SSW – Senior Social Worker / Student Social Worker / Supervising Social Worker
SW – Social Worker
VAA – Voluntary Adoption Agency
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In the realm of adoption, the echoes of blame and shame have long cast a shadow over the experiences of parents and children alike. We wish for there to be a new narrative emerges—one of partnership and compassion paving the way towards a brighter future.
We envision a world where blame and shame are relics of the past, were collaboration and empathy reign supreme. It is a world where parents are empowered with the resources and support, they need to nurture their children, and where children are embraced with love and acceptance, regardless of their origins.