Why are there three different areas of children’s profiles?
Children’s profiles can be featured in one of three areas: • Open area – all visitors to the website can see a photo and short profile of the child. They are then encouraged to subscribe to view the full profile, see a video clip if there is one, and possibly make an enquiry. • Subscribers’ area – only subscribed families can view full children’s profiles and enquire. Enquirers provide details about themselves, which are passed onto referring social workers. We check their credit card details against the address they provide, and also that their card is registered in the UK. Subscribers include all families interested in adoption or permanent fostering, from people making their first enquiry about the process, to those waiting to be approved, or already approved. • CRB area – only subscribers who have had a successful CRB or police check, carried out by their adoption or fostering agency as part of their ongoing or finalised assessment, can view the children’s profiles in that area and
