Local Authority Contacts

This page will enable you to contact your Local Authority if you ever have an emergency or you just wish to access their website for more details. Each listing provides a link to your local authority along with contact details for their children and families or child protection teams, including their emergency out of hours contact.

If you require support from the Local Authority, support will be provided by the Local Authority where the child resided not where the Kinship Carer lives. If you need more information please contact the helpline on 08000 28 22 33 or email advice@kinshipscot.org

We would stress however that if there is an emergency where there is an immediate risk to a child we ask that you contact 999 or 101 in the first instance.

Local authority areas:

  1. Aberdeen
  2. Aberdeenshire
  3. Angus
  4. Argyll & Bute
  5. Clackmannanshire
  6. Dumfries & Galloway
  7. Dundee
  8. East Ayrshire
  9. East Dunbartonshire
  10. East Lothian
  11. East Renfrewshire
  12. Edinburgh
  13. Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
  14. Falkirk
  15. Fife
  16. Glasgow
  1. Highland
  2. Inverclyde
  3. Midlothian
  4. Moray
  5. North Ayrshire
  6. North Lanarkshire
  7. Orkney
  8. Perth & Kinross
  9. Renfrewshire
  10. Scottish Borders
  11. Shetland
  12. South Ayrshire
  13. South Lanarkshire
  14. Stirling
  15. West Dunbartonshire
  16. West Lothian

Local authority contacts

Aberdeen

https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/kinship-adoption-and-fostering-service/kinship

 01224 067604 (Kinship Care)

0800 731 5520 (Joint Child Protection Team)

0800 731 5520 (Emergency out of hours)

kinship@aberdeencity.gov.uk

Aberdeenshire

Kinship Care

01467 538501 (Kinship Care)

01467 537111 (Child Protection Service)

03456 081206 (Out of hours service)

kinshipcare@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Angus

Kinship carer allowance | Angus Council

01241 465336 (Kinship Team)

03452 777 778 (out of hours)

kinshipclerical@angus.gov.uk 

Argyll & Bute

Kinship care | Argyll and Bute Council (argyll-bute.gov.uk)

 01546 605517 (Office hours)

01631 566 491 (Out of hours)

familyplacementreferrals@argyll-bute.gov.uk

Clackmannanshire

Information about Kinship Care from Clackmannanshire Council

 01259 225000

 0844 576 2955

Dundee

Kinship Team Dundee

  01382 433646 (kinship team)

01382 307964 (Out Of Hours)

kinshipcare@dundeecity.gov.uk

East Ayrshire

Kinship Care

 0800 434 6633 (Kinship Care)

 0800 328 7758 (Emergency Social Worker)

East Dunbartonshire

Kinship Care

0141 777 3003 (Care Planning and Placement Team)

 0800 811 505 (Out of hours)

East Lothian

Kinship Care

 01620 827643 (Family Placement Team)

 01875 824 309 (Social Work Contact Centre)

 0800 731 6969 (Out of hours)

East Renfrewshire

Children and Families

 0141 577 8300 (Social Work – children and families)

 0300 343 1505 (Out of hours)

Edinburgh

Kinship carers information from City of Edinburgh Council

 0131 529 2588

 0131 200 2324 (Emergencies – Social Care Direct)

 0800 731 6969 (Out of hours)

kinshipsupport@edinburgh.gov.uk

Eilean Siar (Western Isles)

Children and Families

 01851 822 749 (Children’s Services)

 01851 822 737 (Child Protection)

 01851 701 702 (Emergency out of hours)

Falkirk

Kinship carers information from Falkirk Council

 01324 50 60 70 (Social Work Team)

 01786 470500 (Out of hours)

kinshipcare@falkirk.gov.uk

Fife

Kinship Care

 03451 583554 (Kinship Team)

 03451 55 15 03 (Social Work contact centre)

 03451 550099 (Emergency out of hours Social Work services)

Glasgow

Kinship Care

 0141 287 0555

 0300 343 1505 (Out of Hours)

North East Kinship Team

Parkhead Office 0141 565 0140

North West Kinship Team

Partick Office 0141 276 3112

South Kinship Team

Gorbals Office 0141 276 8840

Highland

Services for children and families from The Highland Council

 0300 303 1365

 08457 697 284 (Out of Hours)

Inverclyde

Kinship Services

 01475 715 367

 0300 343 1505 (Out of Hours)

Midlothian

Kinship care information from Midlothian Council

 0131 271 3615

 0800 731 6969 (Out of hours)

Moray

Kinship care information from Moray Council

 01343 563 568

 08457 565656 (Out of hours)

North Ayrshire

NAHSCP Kinship Care

 01294 311505

 0800 328 7758 (Out of Hours)

North Lanarkshire

Kinship Care

 01698 332 675

 0800 121 4114 (Out of Hours)

kinshipcare@northlan.gov.uk

Orkney

Orkney Islands Council children and families information

 01856 873535

 01856 888000 (Out of Hours)

Perth and Kinross

Kinship Care

 01738 477806 (24hrs Family Based Care Team)

 01738 476768 (out of hours)

ecsfpduty@pkc.gov.uk

Renfrewshire

Kinship care information from Renfrewshire Council

 0300 300 1199

 0300 343 1505 (Out of hours)

sw@renfrewshire.gov.uk

Scottish Borders

Kinship care information from Scottish Borders Council

 01896 662 799

 01896 752111 (Out of Hours)

Shetland

Kinship Care

 01595 744 000

 01595 744 420 (for child concerns)

 01595 695 611 (Out of hours)

fosteringandadoptionteam@ shetland.gov.uk

South Ayrshire

Kinship care information from South Ayrshire Council

 01292 267 675

 0800 328 7758 (Out of hours)

 0303 123 1008 (Out of hours)

fostering@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

South Lanarkshire

Kinship care information from South Lanarkshire Council

 0303 123 1008

 0303 123 1008 (out of hours)

Stirling

Kinship Care

 01786 471 177

 01786 470 500 (Out of hours)

West Dunbartonshire

Information for kinship carers in West Dunbartonshire

 0141 562 8800 (Duty Social Worker)

 01389 608080 (Children’s services)

 0300 343 1505 (Out of hours)

West Lothian

Children and Families

 01506 284440 (Family Placement Team)

 01506 281 028 (Out of hours)

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