Emily Frith, who takes up the post in October, will be leading a “strategic shift”’ in Adoption UK’s (AUK) aims, by ensuring that the needs of adopted children and adults are “more firmly at the heart of the charity’s work”, a spokesperson from AUK said.
Frith, who brings with her a “rich experience” in children’s mental health, children in care and special educational needs, said: “It’s a really interesting time in the adoption system. Adopted people are becoming more vocal about the support they need and deserve, whether that’s an apology for historical forced adoptions, better help with tracing birth family or better psychological and emotional support for adopted children from the time they are removed from their birth families and into adulthood.”
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