CRC/C/SRB/CO/1 page 9 (a) Take effective measures to strengthen support, such as improved social assistance and support to families, by developing a comprehensive child-centred family policy to enable families to care for their children at home wherever possible and promote positive child-parent relationships; (b) Enhance the professional training of social workers; (c) Improve the extent and quality of social and psychological support provided to children and families in need of assistance. Children deprived of a family environment 40. The Committee welcomes that the placement of children outside of their families will be decided by a judge. The Committee further welcomes the commitment of the State party to deinstitutionalize children while at the same time enhance standards in the existing institutions. The Committee is concerned that, despite the existence of data on the general conditions of children and a national standard for assessment of both the decision of referrals and placements as well as the existence of review procedures, there is a lack of implementation of these standards. The Committee is also concerned at reports of high numbers of children, particularly children with disabilities, who remain placed in institutions, often far away from their initial place of residence and at the low quality of care and treatment. Concern is also expressed at the limited number of foster families. 41. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Strengthen its efforts to move towards de-institutionalization ensuring that supplementary structures are in place to provide adequate follow-up and reintegration support and services for children who leave institutional care; (b) Implement a national assessment procedure for purposes of referral, placement and review of placement of children to ensure that children residing in institutions that are being closed are fully informed and able to participate in deciding on their future placement, and that these children retain their rights to social protection; (c) Encourage individuals to offer themselves as foster parents, inter alia through providing them with employment opportunities. Adoption 42. The Committee regrets that insufficient information on procedural aspects of adoption was provided. The Committee encourages more permanent family environments to be considered through the use of adoption. The Committee also notes that the State party has not ratified the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption. 43. The Committee recommends that the State party (a) Establish the conditions under which a child is adoptable and ensure that the biological parents and the child have sufficient information prior to consenting to a decision;