adoption service
includes-
a)counselling of the parent of the child and, where applicable, the child;
b)an assessment of a child by an adoption social worker in terms of section 230(2);
c)an assessment of a prospective adoptive parent by an adoption social worker in terms of section 231(2);
d)the gathering of information for proposed adoptions as contemplated in section 237; and
e)a report contemplated in section 239(1)(b);