Wales

Welcome to the BAAF Cymru page. BAAF Cymru provides a full range of advice, information, training and publications from our two offices. A fully bilingual service is available from the Rhyl office.

Additionally we provide specialist advice to all adoption and fostering agencies in Wales on meeting the needs of Black, Minority Ethnic children and refugee children - contact the Cardiff office.

We also support the South Wales Adoption Agencies Consortium – contact the Cardiff Office.

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Our area

We cover the whole of Wales.

Contact

How we can help

We offer:

• An advice line, for members of the public and for professionals - for help and information about adoption, fostering and tracing relatives.
• Consultancy services for professionals, offering in depth help on complex cases and other issues.
• Training in Wales - a wide range of courses for social workers and other professionals.
• Consultancy on your agency's training needs.

Legal and medical professionals as well as social work staff are welcome to visit our offices for informal discussions and to browse our BAAF publications library.

Each office holds an annual open day for child care and family placement social workers to become more familiar with the range of services offered by BAAF Cymru. The days are free and all visitors receive a complimentary information pack. Open days usually include a short presentation on undertaking Form E an Form F assessments. Contact your nearest office for further details.

Our team

Cardiff

Jenny McMillan – Director BAAF Cymru
Val Leung/ Fiona Wood – Regional Administrators
Trevor Evans, Maureen Ingham – Trainer Consultants

Rhyl

Non Davies, Craig Wilkinson – Trainer Consultants
Erina Roberts – Regional Administrator

Adoption Consortia

South Wales Adoption Agencies Consortium

Consortium Co-ordinator - Judith Jones

The South Wales Adoption Agencies Consortium (SWAAC) was set up in 2002 as a joint initiative between 9 local authority adoption agencies and 2 voluntary agencies.  It is supported by the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF).
The work of SWAAC is coordinated by a qualified Social Worker who has experience of both child care and adoption.  She is supported by a part time Administrative Assistant.

To find out more visit www.swaac.org.uk

Special interest groups

Meeting dates for 2008 and 2009:

• Private Fostering - 24th February, 3rd June
• Independent Panel Chairs –22nd January, 23rd April, 9th July & 8th October
• North Wales Adoption and Fostering Forum –20th January, 28th April, 14th July & 13th October
• South Wales Adoption and Fostering Forum - 9th December
• Independent Reviewing Chairs - 10th December
• South Wales Black Workers Group - tba
• South Wales Legal Group - 8th January 4-6pm
• Adoption Support Services Advisers - tba 3rd March
• Wales Medical Group - 14th November 12th March - Conference

Please contact the Rhyl office for more information.

News

Have a look at our new Consultancy offers (pdf).

Other key Welsh websites

The Adoption Register for England & Wales:
www.adoptionregister.org.uk/

Children in Wales:
www.childreninwales.org.uk/

Fostering Network:
www.fostering.net/wales

The National Assembly for Wales:
www.wales.gov.uk/index.htm