7.2 Designated Managers |
NOTE
This section outlines the circumstances where managers have delegated authority to approve certain decisions.
These arrangements do not replace the line management communication or authorisation structure; in all cases, it is assumed that managers and line managers will be consulted or notified as appropriate.
Designated Managers are those managers who should additionally be consulted or notified.
- Agency Decision Maker
- Adoption and Panel Appointments
- Adoption Support
- Adoption Support Services Adviser
- Care Proceedings
- Change of Name
- Contact with Parents
- Criminal Injuries
- Death or Serious Injury
- Emigration
- Emergency Exemptions
- Foster Carer Approval
- Fostering Placements
- HIV and Aids
- Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO)
- Looked After Children
- Marriage of LAC
- Passports
- Panel Adviser
- Permanent Fostering
- Planned Exemptions
- Placement Orders
- Placement with Parents
- Placements with Relatives and Friends
- Private Fostering
- Residential Placements
- Secure Accommodation Placements
- School or Education Trips
- Special Guardianship Support
- Special Guardianship Reports
- Suspension/Termination of Contact
| Agency Decision Maker |
| Designated Manager (s):
Director of Children's Social Care Service Head of Service |
| Adoption and Permanence Panel Appointments |
| See Adoption and Panel Procedure
The Manager who must authorise Panel Appointments Designated Manager(s): Director of Children's Social Care (for Chair and Vice Chair) Panel Advisor in consultation with Panel Chair (Other Members) |
| Adoption Support |
| See Adoption Support Services Procedure
The manager who must authorise proposed financial support Designated Manager(s): Adoption Support Manager and Fostering and Adoption Support Manager |
| Adoption Support Services Adviser |
| See Adoption Support Services Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Adoption Support Manager |
| Care Proceedings |
| See Care Plans Guidance
The manager who may authorise a Care Plan in relation to Care Proceedings Designated Manager: Service Managers |
| Contact with Parents |
| See Contact with Parents and Siblings Procedure
Designated Manager: Team Managers |
| Change of Name |
| See Change of Name Procedure
The manager who may authorise the taking of court proceedings where parental agreement is not forthcoming Designated Manager(s): Quality Assurance Service Manager |
| Criminal Injuries |
| See Criminal Injuries Compensation Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Death or Serious Injury |
| See Death of or Serious Injury: Child in Need Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager for the Service, Director for Children's Social Care, Service Manager - Quality Assurance |
| Emigration |
| See Placement outside England and Wales Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Foster Carer Approval |
| See Fostering Panel
Designated Manager(s): Director of Children's Social Care |
| Emergency Exemptions |
| See Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes Procedure
Approval of recommendation of Fostering Panel to exceed the usual limit Designated Manager: Team Manager, Fostering |
| Fostering Placements |
| See Placements in Foster Care
Designated Manager: Service Manager for the service |
| HIV and AIDS |
| See HIV and Aids Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO) |
| Service Manager in Quality Assurance T: 0208 314 8290 or 07764 349643 Lin Blakelock, LADO and Team Manager, Quality Assurance Lorrisa Webber, Education Designated Officer and Child Protection Coordinator, Quality Assurance |
| Looked After Children |
| See Promotion of Education of Looked After Children Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Marriage of LAC |
| See Marriage Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Director of Children's Social Care |
| Passports |
| See Holidays in the UK and Abroad
Passports for Looked After Children, the manager who may authorise passports Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Placement Orders |
| See Placement for Adoption Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager Children's Services |
| Permanent Fostering |
| Designated Manager(s):
Alastair Pettigrew - Director of Children's Social Care |
| Panel Adviser |
| See Allegations Against Prospective Adopters Procedure, Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Parents, Inter Country Adoption Procedure and Adoption Panel Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Panel Adviser |
| Planned Exemptions |
| See Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager, Fostering |
| Placement with Parents |
| See Placement with Parents Procedure
The Manager who may authorise Planned and Unplanned Placements with Parents Designated Manager(s): Foster Carer, Residential Unit and Service Manager |
| Placement with Relatives and Friends |
| See Overnight Stays and Contact with Relatives and Friends Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Private Fostering |
| See Private Fostering Procedure
The Manager who may authorise approvals and other matters in relation to Private Foster Carers Designated Manager(s): Service Manager, Referral and Assessment |
| Residential Placements |
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| School or Educational Trips |
| See Holidays in the UK and Abroad Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Secure Accommodation Placements |
| See Placements in Secure Accommodation Procedure, Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews Procedure
The Manager who may authorise that a child be placed in secure accommodation for up to 72 hours. Designated Manager(s): Director for Children's Social Care |
| Special Guardianship Support |
| See Applications for Special Guardianship
The manager who must approve Special Guardianship Support Plans and applications for Special Guardianship Orders Designated Manager(s) Adoption Support Manager/Service Manager for Adoption |
| Special Guardianship Reports |
| See Applications for Special Guardianship
Designated Manager(s) Adoption Support Manager/Service Manager with line management responsibility for the child/ren |
| Suspension/Termination of Contact |
| See Contact with Parents and Siblings Procedure
Designated Manager(s) Team Manager |
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