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Welcome to the Essex Adoption Service

This is the part of Essex County Council which deals with all aspects of adoption. We are a large adoption service and find families for an average of 70 children every year.

We were nationally recognised as one of the best adoption services in the country when government gave us Beacon Status for adoption. Government inspectors have praised our well-managed service and high-quality work.

We aim to treat everyone who comes into contact with us fairly, professionally and appropriately and would like to hear your views about any aspect of our service. You'll find a contact us button at the top of every page. Our policy statement is available here if you would like to read it.

We provide a service for:

• People who want to adopt a child, whether from this country or overseas
• Adopted people who want to find their birth parents
• Parents who want to adopt their step-children
• Essex families who have adopted children
• Birth parents and relatives of children who have been adopted