A Genuine Tracing and Intermediary Service

Our Approach to Adoption Searches

We begin with an initial assessment to determine the viability of your search, aiming to avoid unnecessary expenditure of time and money. Only if the assessment is successful do we proceed with a thorough search, ensuring that every case is handled efficiently and effectively.

Advanced Search Tools and Resources

UKATS utilises up-to-the-minute search tools and software, as well as contacts that are inaccessible to the general public. In addition, we have access to specialised resources for adoption tracing, such as The NHS GP List, which are not available to all tracing services or members of the public. This enables us to deliver a comprehensive and reliable search process.

Expertise and Personalised Support

With extensive expertise in adoption searches, you will receive a dedicated personal researcher to manage your case. Regular update via email will be sent, throughout the process, ensuring transparency and personalised support at every stage.

Confidentiality and Discretion

We guarantee that your birth relatives will not be made aware of the search, allowing you full discretion on how to proceed once the search is complete. Your privacy and choice are at the heart of our service.

Comprehensive Reporting

Upon completion of the search, you will receive a comprehensive report detailing all actions undertaken, including the current name and address of your birth relative. Supporting documentation will be included to confirm and verify the identity of your birth relative, giving you confidence in the results provided.

Intermediary Service

For those seeking further assistance, we offer an intermediary service delivered by an experienced and qualified adoption intermediary. This service is available for an additional fee, providing expert support for sensitive communications and next steps.

Intermediary

On completion of your search - and only should you wish to go on to make an approach to your birth relatives, we can offer an additional intermediary service. This allows your birth relative time to decide how they wish to respond and research has shown that using an intermediary service has a much higher success rate of a favourable response.

The cost of the intermediary is additonal and is a recommended service.

Our experienced adoption intermediary will be available to you at the end of the search. However, the decision is always yours.

The UK Adoption Tracing Service have compiled these Standards to ensure that the service remains of excellent and sound quality by:

Replying to all initial email enquiries within one working day
Emailing the result of the initial in-depth assessment within seven to ten days
Giving an informed and honest reply regarding the possibilities of a comprehensive search
Working within the guidelines agreed with the enquirer i.e. aspects of confidentiality, requested report dates, or particular agreed directives
Disclosing information only to the enquirer or other persons named by the enquirer
Answering any emails whilst the search is in progress within two working days
Supplying interim reports which contain a summary of work carried out but not the final results of the work
Ensuring that each search is prolific by drawing on all resources available including adoption papers
Continually working on a search until its completion i.e. where all avenues, to the best of the researchers knowledge have been pursued and exhausted, and where either a current name and address has been found or a full report detailing all the findings of the search is disclosed
Providing a clear, detailed final report on completion of a search
Ensuring that resources/information/links about any issues that may arise from information uncovered in a search are current and available
UKATS offer an intermediary service by a qualified and registered intermediary on completion of a search