Developing a Post-Adoption Groupwork Service for Non-Consenting Birth Mothers

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ID11942804
AuthorsJ ALLEN JACKSON (corresponding author), Jenny Jackson (Jenny Jackson has been employed in a variety of local authority social work settings since 1977. She works for Nottingham City Social Services Department's Adoption and Fostering Service and for Support After Adoption, the Nottinghamshire Post-Adoption Team)
Year2000
Volume24
Issue4
Pages32-39
Publication date2000-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdoption & Fostering (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/030857590002400406
OpenAlexW2124066488
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited4

Jenny Jackson writes about an informal group-work service offered by Support After Adoption for birth mothers whose children have been in care and then adopted. The service described in this article began in 1998 in Nottingham and is now being extended to the Mansfield area. Jackson outlines the background informing the development of this service, including links with other agencies working in this way, the options considered and chosen, and the aims and value base of the service finally offered. She describes the composition and process of the group as it developed and the themes which emerged. Finally, she offers workers' and participants' evaluations of what these birth mothers gained from the group, highlights some of the learning outcomes for Support After Adoption and considers ways in which the team hopes to take this work forward

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