Babies under two: concurrent planning
The care system can be the start of a disruptive and difficult journey for babies and young children who may be moved between foster carers while a decision is being reached about their long term future.
However, this does not need to be the case.
Coram offers an alternative, through a process called concurrent planning, which we have been pioneering since 2001.
Concurrent planning means that a baby or child in care under the age of two is found suitable foster carers who are ready and willing to adopt them later, if adoption is decided to be the best option for their long term future.
Our Concurrent Planning Service is run in conjunction with local authorities in and around London and in Cambridgeshire.
Through concurrent planning, young children are given a greater chance of finding stability and forming secure relationships with permanent adoptive parents. It provides consistency and prevents a child from the upheaval of being moved between families while a decision is being reached about their future.
Coram champions concurrent planning so that children find loving, stable homes and have the best possible start in life.
Could you offer a child a loving home?
We are currently looking for people who are interested in becoming concurrent carers for a baby or toddler under the age of two, who live within:
- 20 miles of Coram's Concurrent Planning Service in Central London (based at Coram's head office in WC1N)
- the county of Cambridgeshire.
If you are interested in finding out more, please download our leaflet (right) and get in touch with our Concurrent Planning Team who would be happy to talk to you (see Find out More....)
