Charlie, 4, and Evie, 2

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All about us:     

Charlie has light brown hair with curls at the end. He loves playing with his cars! Charlie loves to dress up as a superhero and likes to role play. Charlie

is a sociable happy little boy who is inquisitive to the world around him. Charlie is very engaging and loves other children and adults. He can sometimes be a bit heavy handed with his toys but he is learning how to take care of these better. He likes to be independent but will ask for help when needed. He is a caring loving little boy. Charlie needs encouraging with food and can be fussy preferring beige foods but he will eat fruit. 

Evie has light brown hair and big blue eyes with long eye lashes. She is a happy little girl who is placid in nature. She is very sociable and loves to play with other children and adults. Evie’s understanding is very good, and her vocabulary is slowing developing. Evie enjoys physical affection and comfort. She is a good eater and eats anything put down to her. She can feed herself with finger foods but needs help from her carers when using cutlery. She loves to visit soft play centres. 

Evie and Charlie’s foster carers describe them as a pleasure to care for. They have made excellent progress with their emotional and social development and since being placed with foster carers. 

Education and Health: 

Evie is generally a healthy little girl. She does have eczema which is treated with cream. She enjoys nursery and goes once a week. Evie has made friendships and has a best friend. She gets invited to parties and is liked by the other children. Evie has speech delay but is making progress with the support of her carers. 

Charlie is generally a healthy little boy. He has eczema which is treated with cream. He also has a lactose intolerance. Charlie attends nursery three times a week and enjoys going to socialise with the other children. 

The children’s birth mother reported smoking throughout her pregnancies with Evie and Charlie. She has denied exposing her children to any other substances during her pregnancies. There is a history of maternal mental health issues, birth mother reports having problems with anxiety and depression. There is family history of delayed development and Autism.

Reasons for Coming into Care: 

Evie and Charlie moved into foster care in March 2024. Prior to this they lived with their birth parents and older brother. The children become cared for and moved to live with their foster carers due to concerns of neglect, physical and sexual abuse disclosures made by their older brother. 

The children live in their foster home together and have regular family time with their older brother (paternal) who is in a different foster home and has a plan of long-term foster care. 

Type of Family Needed: 

Evie and Charlie need to obtain permanency within an adoptive family together. They need parents who are accepting of their birth family history, the trauma and loss they have experienced and the uncertainties around what this means for them now and in future. 

They need adopters who can give them both lots of time, attention, and stimulation to help them in their development.  Adopters need to provide them with security, reassurance and love in a calm, patient, and nurturing home. 

The children have lots of energy and need lots of input, so adopters need to be able to match this to meet their needs. They could be placed with a single adopter with a good support network or a couple of any gender. 

They could be placed in a home with older children or animals. They need adopters who accept their name as part of their identity and will promote their staying in touch plan with birth family. 

Staying in Touch: 

The recommended post-adoption staying in touch plan is for twice yearly indirect with birth parents and twice yearly, direct and indirect with their older brother.

• This is a composite case study to illustrate the children who are being placed for adoption. All names are changed and the photograph is a model image.