Online and via an advice line
Special guardianship provides certainty for children about where and who they will be living with when they can’t live with their birth parents. Special guardians often step in selflessly to provide safe and loving homes to children that need immediate support. Many face difficulties in managing birth family contact, supporting children with complex needs, or other inevitable challenges experienced when parenting someone else’s child.
To meet the needs of an increasing numbers of special guardians, Family Action has launched a national Special Guardianship Support Service, delivered by our adoption support agency, PAC-UK, which aims to:
If you are a special guardian or professional who would like support contact us.
Our PAC-UK Special Guardianship Support Service is a subscription service available to local authorities across the country. Once a local authority has signed up to the service, all special guardians and local authority professionals supporting them will be granted access to:
For special guardians
The PAC-UK Advice Line is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 10am to 4pm and Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 7:30pm
Online and via an advice line
Free
The Special Guardianship Support Service is a subscription service available to local authorities across the country. If your local authority has subscribed, special guardians and professionals are able to register via the Register Form on the Special Guardianship Support website
Phone: 0300 1800 090
Email: advice@pac-uk.org
For more information about Family Action search Family Action in this directory.
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