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Fostering, adoption and residential care 

Fostering


Find out about fostering - how the assessment / approval process works and how foster carers are supported

Adoption


Find out about what adoption is, who can apply to adopt, the application process and adopting from overseas

Can you make space in your life for a child?


Find out more about our new Fostering and Adoption recruitment campaign and new developments in fostering in Jersey

Looked after children


Find details of an independent inspection of services for looked after children carried out by the Care Inspectorate

Adoption Grant (benefits and financial support section)


Basic information about claiming the Adoptive Parent Grant, a single payment

Children in residential care - Board of Visitors


Learn about the Board of Visitors, which monitors the care of children placed in residential units

Access to records - advice for adopted persons and birth relatives


Advice for adopted persons on how to get access to birth records, and information for birth relatives

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