Devon County Council

• Multi-agency referral form

Telephone Numbers and Local Offices

There are maps of the localities which may help.

• Adoption
• Children and families teams
• Children with special needs - Joint Agency Teams
  • South and West Devon children with disabilities teams
• Fostering
• Leaving care teams
• Young carers in Devon

For general enquiries, please use the comments and enquiries form

All our calls are answered by local offices even if they have an '01392' code.

Opening Times

Our local offices are open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday and from 9am to 4pm on Friday.

Outside office hours, 5pm to 9am and at weekends and public holidays, please contact our

Emergency Duty Service

• Tel. 0845 6000 388 (low-call rate)

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Children and families

Please note: The Children and Families service for the Okehampton area is covered from the Tavistock office.

• DCC
  Ground Floor
  The Annexe
  Civic Centre
  Barnstaple
  EX31 1EE
  Location Map
  
  Tel: 01271 388660
  Fax: 01271 388721
  
  
• George Street
  Exeter
  EX1 1DA
  Location Map
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 384439
  
  
• PO Box 481
  Newton Abbot
  TQ12 9EU
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 384903
  
  
• St Saviours
  Exeter Road
  Ottery St.Mary
  EX11 1RE
  Location Map
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 385953
  
  
• Abbey Rise
  Whitchurch Road
  Tavistock
  PL19 9AS
  Location map
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 386748
    
• Unit 7
  Oaklands Court
  Tiverton Business Park
  Tiverton Way
  Tiverton
  Devon
  EX16 6TG
  Location map
    
  General enquiries telephone line: 08448 805 838
  Fax: 01392 384187
  
• PO Box 253
  Totnes
  TQ9 9FA
  Location map
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 386165

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Leaving care teams

• Civic Centre
  North Walk
  Barnstaple
  EX31 1EE
  Location Map
  
  Tel: 01271 388660
  Fax: 01271 388721
  
  
• George Street
  Exeter
  EX1 1DA
  Location Map
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 384439
  
  
• YES
  11 Queen Street
  Newton Abbot
  TQ12 1AQ
  Location map
  
  Tel: 01392 381992
  Fax: 01626 203053

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Children with Special Needs - Joint Agency Teams

• Integrated Children's Services
  Springfield Court
  Brannam Crescent
  Roundswell Business Park
  Barnstaple
  Devon
  EX31 3TD
  
  Telephone 01271 384000

• George Street
  Exeter
  EX1 1DA
  Location Map
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 383783
  
  
• Fairfield House
  New Street
  Honiton
  EX14 1BS
  Location Map
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 384488
  
• Unit 7
  Oaklands Court
  Tiverton Business Park
  Tiverton Way
  Tiverton
  Devon
  EX16 6TG
  Location map
    
  General enquiries telephone line: 08448 805 838
  Fax: 01392 384187

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Southern Joint Agency Team

• Abbey Rise
  Whitchurch Road
  Tavistock
  PL19 9AS
  Location map
  
  Tel: 01803 763500
  Fax: 01392 386748
  
  
• Lescaze Office
  Shinners Bridge
  Dartington
  Nr Totnes
  TQ9 6JE
  Location map
  
  Tel: 01803 763500
  Fax: 01803 763501

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Adoption

• The Adoption Teams are based in three areas across Devon:
  Exeter, East, Mid Devon
  North Devon, Torridge
  South Hams, Teignbridge, West Devon
  
  call 0845 155 1013 (My Devon Customer Services - Children and Families telephone line) to reach any of the teams
  or e-mail: adoption@devon.gov.uk
  
  Address for correspondence:
  Devon Adoption
  Follaton House
  Plymouth Road
  Totnes
  Devon
  TQ9 5RS
  Location map
  
  
• Post-Adoption Records
  Tel: 0845 155 1013

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Fostering

• Exeter and East
  Brookhayes
  Pilton Lane
  EXETER
  EX1 3RA
  
  Tel: 01392 384942
  Fax: 01392 384990
  
  
• North and Mid Devon
  20 St George's Road
  BARNSTAPLE
  EX32 7AU
  
  Tel: 01271 388050
  Fax: 01271 388079
  
  
• South and West Devon
  PO Box 253
  TOTNES
  TQ9 9FA
  
  Tel: 01392 384444
  Fax: 01392 386165