The government has published an evaluation of its ASF, which helps adoptive families and those involved in special guardianship orders (SGOs) to access therapy.
The report found that increased access to the fund may have been caused by CAMHS “withdrawing or reducing their investment or involvement with adoptive or SGO children”.
The evaluation, by Oxford Brookes University’s Institute of Public Care, draws on the views of parents and carers, therapists, councils and others involved in adoption.
Providers of support and councils in particular are concerned that a consequence of the fund has been an increase in demand caused by CAMHS withdrawing the help it can offer.
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