Adoption support services adviserI14
1
The local authority shall appoint a person (an “adoption support services adviser”) to carry out the function specified in paragraph (2).
2
The functions of the adoption support services adviser are to give advice and information, to persons who may be affected by the adoption or proposed adoption of a child, as to —
a
services that may be appropriate to those persons; and
b
how those services may be made available to them.
3
The local authority must only appoint a person as an adoption support services adviser if satisfied that his or her knowledge and experience of —
a
the process of adoption; and
b
the effect of the adoption of a child on persons likely to be affected by the adoption,
is sufficient for the purposes of the role of an adoption support services adviser.