A recent briefing published by the Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) raised concerns that the slump in adoption placement orders in recent years has led to a "substantial contraction" of adopter recruitment by councils and voluntary adoption agencies. In raising its concerns, the board highlighted that this fall is typically seen as a response to the Supreme Court judgment (Re B (A Child) [2013] UKSC 33) followed by the Court of Appeal judgment Re B-S (Re B-S (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146).
In the case Re B-S, social workers were criticised for not providing enough evidence that alternatives for adoption had been considered. The court held that "interventions in the family court may be appropriate, but the aim should be to reunite the family when the circumstances enable that" and that cutting off contact between the child and their family "is only justified by the overriding necessity of the interest of the child".
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