West Sussex County Council: Children, Young People and Families

Roughly 3,600 children are known to us, of whom 2,500 children receive a service in any one week. We also look after about 700 children.

Our social care services for children and young people include family support, short-term breaks, fostering, residential and leaving care, and adoption services. The Child Protection Unit is also part of Children and Young People's Services.

• Access to Your Records
• Adoption
• Child Protection
• Children & Family Centres
• Children in Care
• Complaints about Children's Social Care and Education
• Contacting Us About a Child or Young Person
• Every Child Matters...in West Sussex
• Foster Care
• How We Decide Who Gets Help (Children and Families)
• Missing Children
• Parents Caring for a Child with Special Needs
• Social Care Organisations - Children and Families
• Someone to Speak for You
• Support for Families & Schools
• Supported Lodgings
• Youth Offending