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PAC-UK Special Guardianship Support Service – Family Action

Online and via an advice line

PAC-UK Special Guardianship Support Service - Family Action

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:

  • Improve outcomes for children living with special guardians.
  • Provide an accessible source of trusted support, information and guidance to special guardians.

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:

  • FREE online support groups for special guardians (x8 per year)
  • FREE online training workshops for special guardians and professionals (x4 per year – x2 for special guardians and x2 for professionals)
  • A dedicated website containing comprehensive and up-to-date  information and guidance, downloadable resources and signposting to other sources of support
  • A specialist Advice Line and Education Advice Line staffed by qualified and experienced PAC-UK counsellors who can provide advice and information on all aspects of special guardianship

 

Who is this aimed at?

For special guardians

 

When

The PAC-UK Advice Line is open MondayTuesday and Friday from 10am to 4pm and Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 7:30pm

 

Where

Online and via an advice line

 

Cost

Free

 

How to get involved

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

 

Contact details

Phone: 0300 1800 090

Email: advice@pac-uk.org

For further information

For more information about Family Action search Family Action in this directory.

 

Visit the Special Guardian Support Family Action website

Visit the PAC-UK Family Action Facebook page

 

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