Adoption
Link Maker provides adoption features for both local authorities and potential adopters, increasing placement choice for children awaiting adoption and creating a UK-wide pool of available adopters.
Placement commissioning
Link Maker’s commissioning features makes needs-led placements easier to find, and give the opportunity for all authorities to use a common, national platform, improving data regionally and nationally.
Learn more about our features for placement commissioning
Placement providers
While Link Maker is used by nearly every local authority in the UK for adoptive matching, over one-third of authorities across England are preparing to pilot a new platform for commissioning, fostering and residential placements.
Scotland's Adoption Register
Link Maker works with Scotland’s Adoption Register to provide its online linking service, as part of a range of family finding services supporting adopters and social workers in Scotland.
Latest news
'We're expected to fail': the care leavers trying to challenge stigma
DfE tells councils to prioritise educational support for children in care
We’ve just released some new features to Link Maker, see our release notes for version 1.1...
Call to end unnecessary criminalisation of children in care
