Increasing the number of children in Scotland who are placed for adoption.

Working Together

Scotland’s Adoption Register is an addition to adoption services in Scotland funded initially for 3 years by Scottish Government.

It has 2 major functions:-

  1. To add an effective Scotland –wide mechanism to existing arrangements for linking children and families for adoption
  2. To provide facts and figures about adoption sctivity in Scotland

First year aims

  • Build a comprehensive database of approved adopters and children needing adoption across Scotland.
  • Report regularly on that information.
  • Visit all the adoption agencies to discuss effective running of the register and establish lines of communication.
  • Develop and put into action procedures for the linking part of the register.
  • Lay the foundation for future developments by identifying what is working well and what is needed to improve services.