The Local Government Association (LGA), the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (Solace) argue that the adoption process could be accelerated by councils working more closely together to match adopters with children in other parts of the country.
Under the proposal, authorities would use targeted support work to match children who had spent the longest time in care with adoptive parents.
The call is part of a range of measures put forward by the three organisations as an alternative to the government's plan to outsource recuitment of adopters.
David Simmonds, chair of the LGA’s children and young people board, said: “We know that adoptive mums and dads value the support and relationship they have with their local authority, and it is a fact that councils have twice the success rate of independent adoption agencies.
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