Heads up folks, Channel 4 are doing a new adoption documentary "15,000 Kids and Counting"
Series Description - Child protection levels in Britain are at a record high. Over 15,000 children were waiting to be adopted in 2013 - twice as many as five years earlier
With unparalleled access to the entire adoption process, this series follows social workers, foster carers, birth parents and adopters as heart-wrenchingly difficult decisions are made about the future of some of Britain's most vulnerable children
Episode 1 is on 3rd April at 9.00PM, is called The Decision
The adoption process begins with the most difficult decision of all: the decision to remove a child from their birth family
The first episode in the series follows the social workers whose job it is to take children away from their parents and recommend whether they should ever return; and meets parents who are desperately fighting to keep their children
Episode 2 a week later - The Search
This episode follows the search for adoptive parents for a two-year-old boy and a three and seven-year-old brother and sister
With the added challenges of having slightly older children, siblings and a child with possible health issues to place, the task for social workers Annette and Jackie is a massive one
With the future of these children in their hands and recently set government targets to meet, they struggle not to become emotionally involved as they strive to find adopters before time runs out
I'll certainly be watching, looks interesting