Adoption, fostering and residential care

Adoption

Parents wanting to adopt a child can find out more and register with us online. Includes advice for adoptive parents, for parents whose child has been adopted and for adopted children.

Fostering

Everything you want to know about becoming a foster carer – what it's like, the different types of fostering, the support you receive and how to register your interest in becoming a foster carer.

Private fostering – are you looking after someone else's child?

If you have arranged to have your child cared for by someone who's not a close relative, or are looking after another child for someone, you must notify us if the child is under 16 and stays with the foster carer for more than 28 days.

Connexions360 – living in care

Information about what residential care and foster care is, and how to apply for it if you are a young person and need to move away from home.

Secure residential care

Lansdowne secure children's home offers residential care for young people between the ages of 10 and 16. Information includes services provided and guidance for parents and young people.

Getting reading for adulthood

Help for children leaving foster care or a residential home.

Looked after children (LAC)

What's involved in the care and education of children under 18 who have been provided with with care and accommodation by children's services.

Children in Care Council

The council is made up of children and young people who live in care in East Sussex. It helps young people in care to have their say on issues that matter to them.

The East Sussex pledge to children in care

A promise to all children and young people living in care in East Sussex. It was written with the help of the Children in Care Council and promises that we will look after children in care properly.