Adoption: What We Do

Wirral Council is committed to ensuring that children grow up as part of a loving family from childhood through to adulthood. 

A range of services and resources are provided by the council to help families to care for their own children.  

But where this is not possible we aim, through our Adoption Service, to find permanent alternative families who will give the child the highest standards of care and opportunities in their life.  

What we provide 

Wirral Adoption Service covers all aspects of adoption ranging from recruiting adopters, finding families for children, preparing and assessing potential adopters, preparing the child for adoption, and providing information and support to children, young people, birth families and their adoptive families. 

You can contact the Wirral Adoption Service directly at the following address: 

Adoption Service
Children and Young People’s Department
Conway Centre
Conway Building
Conway Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 6LA 

Telephone number 0151 666 5653
Email cadtchildrenssocialcare@wirral.gov.uk 

Or write using Freepost to: 

(For the attention of Adoption Service)
Director of Children’s Services
Children & Young People's Department
FREEPOST NAT21523
Birkenhead
CH41 4ZZ

The British Association for Adoption and Fostering have information about adoption on their website www.baaf.org.uk