This website is not designed to put off Early Permanence Adopters, it is designed to provide as much real life information as possible to properly expose the risks that most agencies will neglect to tell you so that you can go into it eyes wide open. The links below will hopefully help anybody on this journey.

Coram - Good Practice Guide and Guide for Prospective Carers

(This is the industry standard guide for EP. Note that it was written in 2017 and does not take into account the extensive court delays holding up many proceedings)

Coram - What is EP

Cafcass - Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

Coram - Early Permanence Network

First4Adoption - Early Permanence

SGO - Special Guardian Support

PTSD UK

Adoption UK

Finley Boden - Disaster EP Case

Lack of Foster Carers in the UK

Further Reading