Under government plans featured in the Children and Families Bill being debated in the House of Commons today, the Education Secretary would be able to force councils to outsource the recruitment and assessment of adopters to a voluntary adoption agency.
The LGA and Barnardo’s, which is itself a voluntary adoption agency, say the “draconian measure” would severely damage the prospect of finding families for children and are calling for a rethink.
They have warned MPs that removing councils from the system would “lead to a disjointed and confusing system for potential adopters and could jeopardise recent improvements”.
Instead, they want government to allow time for other recent reforms to improve the system to take effect.
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