Specialist support for children and their families

Services provided by Children's Social Care

• Child protection services
• Children in need services
• Services for children in care (looked after by the Council)
• Fostering
• Adoption

Key contacts

Family Assessment and Safeguarding Team

If you have any concerns that a child might be at risk of harm or being harmed - 01432 261628 (01432 260000 out of hours)

Fostering and Adoption Teams

If you are interested in becoming a foster care or an adoptive parent - 01432 262835.  Please also see the pages relating to Fostering and Adoption in the navigation bar on the left.

The Family Information Directory

The Family Information Directory enables you to search for local services which you as parents, carers or professionals may find useful. There are two parts to the directory - a Family Services Directory (FSD) (details of local services for families) and a Childcare Directory (CD) (details of local childcare providers)

Further Information

For information regarding statutory services offered by children's social services, please select Child Protection, Adoption and Fostering or Aftercare from the menu on the left.