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<p>Major reforms in the Children and Families Act 2014 are helping to speed up the
legal adoption process for children in England, support quicker matching and ensure
earlier placement of children with foster families who may go on to adopt them. Adoption
scorecards were introduced in 2012 and are driving improvements locally. We implemented
a new adopter approval process last year and under this new process prospective adopters
can now be approved in just six months. New training materials and other tools have
been developed by the College of Social Work and Research in Practice to improve the
skills of social workers so they are better placed to quickly judge what is best for
each child. In 2012-13, the number of adopters was 34% up on the year before.</p>
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