Pact Services:
Pact is accredited by the Adoption Authority of Ireland to provide a range of adoption services to Irish families.
- Domestic Adoption Service
- Intercountry Adoption Service
- Pre-adoption Foster Care Service
- Domestic Post Adoption Service
- Intercountry Post Placement Support Service
PACT is an accredited adoption agency under Section 4 (e,f, & g) of the Adoption Act, 2010. We are a national service and employ a panel of sessional social workers to undertake assessment work. Pact's sessional social workers are regionally based and are able to visit applicants in their own localities. All of Pact’s social workers are accredited by CORU, www.coru.ie, the statutory body with responsibility for the registration of health and social care professionals, and are very experienced in the field of adoption and child welfare.
PACT undertakes assessments/home study reports to determine eligibility and suitability for both domestic and inter-country adoption.
PACTprovides information, advice and counselling concerning adoption to any prospective adoptive parents.
PACT completes post placement reports that are requested by the child’s country of origin.
PACT offers a post placement support service for adopters bringing children back to Ireland. It is hoped to further develop the service as early intervention is crucial in preventing long term difficulties for some of the older children adopted from abroad.
PACT provides a domestic advice and support service for adopters for whom Pact arranged adoptions in the past. As the first adoption agency in Ireland to establish open adoption PACT continues to provide support to children, adopters and birth parents who keep in contact after an adoption order has been granted up until the child reaches adulthood. PACT offers a short term pre-adoption foster care service for birth mothers living in Ireland who are considering adoption as an option for their babies.