Social care and health Children and family services
Most children are brought up in the care of one or both of their birth parents, but when this isn't possible some children are cared for permanently by a friend or relative. This is known as kinship care.
We'd like to invite you to read our kinship care local offer and support you to navigate kinship care, making sure the right services and support are in place and you know who to contact when needed.
Types of kinship care
Information about the different types of kinship care
How we'll support you
We'll endeavour to support you and your new kinship family before, throughout and after the kinship assessment
Kinship assessments
Our experienced kinship team assesses and supports kinship carers to be either a kinship foster carer or to be a special guardian