By phone or email
To speak to an adviser, please call our free and confidential advice line 0808 801 0366 (Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm, excluding Bank Holidays). Or you can ask us a question via email using our advice enquiry form.
Adoption panel
Adoption panels provide advice to adoption agencies. They provide guidance such as whether someone is suitable to adopt a particular child.
An adoption panel has two main jobs. The panel assesses whether people who want to adopt a child are suitable. They also ‘match’ a child with a suitable adoptive parent for that child. Adoption panels also provide advice about support plans for children. This helps to ensure that they have enough support when they go to live with their adoptive family.
An adoption agency does not have to follow the advice of the adoption panel. The agency decision maker within the adoption agency makes the final decision, but should take the guidance into account.
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