List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers
RELATED CHAPTER
Delegation of Authority to Foster Carers and Residential Workers Procedure
NOTE
Consent to life-ending withdrawal of medical support for a child will require an application to the High Court even if all relevant parties are in agreement. Legal advice must be sought as a matter of urgency.
AMENDMENT
This chapter was updated in December 2023.Designated Managers with Specified Area of Responsibility
| Designated Managers with Specified Area of Responsibility | Post Title and Contact Details |
Agency Decision Maker (Adoption)The Agency Decision Maker who makes decisions on all adoption matters (some of which will be made on the basis of a recommendation of the Adoption Panel). |
Post title: Service Manager for Children in Care |
Agency Decision Maker (Fostering)The Agency Decision Maker who makes decisions on fostering matters (on the basis of recommendations of the Fostering Panel). |
Post title: Service Manager for Children in Care |
Designated Manager (Adoption Panel Appointments)The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Adoption Panel members. |
Post title: Service Manager for Children in Care |
Designated Manager (Adoption Support)The manager who can authorise the level of adoption support to be provided to children, adopters (including financial support) and their family or birth family members. |
Post title: Service Manager for Children in Care Services through the Accommodation and Resource Panel |
Designated Manager (Care Plans)The manager who can authorise the final Care Plan to be taken before the Court within Care Proceedings. |
Post title: Service Manager for Children in Care Service Manager in conjunction with Joint Legal Team |
Designated Manager (Care Proceedings)The manager who can authorise the initiating of Care Proceedings. |
Post title: Service Manager for Children in Care in conjunction with Joint Legal Team |
Designated Manager (Change of Name)The manager who can authorise the change of name of a Looked After Child. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Designated Manager (Contact with Parents)The manager who can authorise the suspension or termination of contact between a Looked After child and his or her parents (subject to the Court's approval after 7 days for children on Emergency Protection Orders, Interim Care Orders or Care Orders). |
Post title: Service Manager in conjunction with the Joint Legal Team |
Designated Manager (Death or Serious Injury to a Child)The senior manager who should be notified in the event of death or serious injury to a child. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Designated Manager (Decision to Look After)The manager who can authorise a child becoming Looked After. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Designated Manager (Emergency Protection Orders)The manager who can authorise an application for an Emergency Protection Order. |
Post title: Service Manager in conjunction with Joint Legal Team endorsed by the Head of Service |
Designated Manager (Emigration)The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked after child outside England and Wales. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Designated Manager (Exemptions and Extensions from Fostering Limit)The manager who can authorise any exemptions from the usual fostering limit for foster carers living in the local authority area. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Designated Manager (External Placements)The manager who can authorise placements of Looked After children with external providers of residential care or foster carers from an independent fostering agency. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services through the Accommodation and Resource Panel |
Designated Manager (Fostering Panel Appointments)The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Fostering Panel members |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Designated Manager (Leaving Care)The manager who can approve a Pathway Plan. |
Post title: Team Manager, Leaving Care Team Contact details: Rachel.palin@westberks.gov.uk |
Designated Manager (Notifications)Where a Looked After Child from another local authority has been placed in the area, the manager to whom the notification should be sent. |
Post title: Service Manager, Contact, Advice and Assessment Service |
Designated Manager (Passports)The manager who can authorise a passport application for a Looked After child. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Designated Manager (Placement Orders)The manager who can authorise an application for a Placement Order. |
Post title: Service Manager in conjunction with Joint Legal Team endorsed by the Head of Service |
Designated Manager (Private Fostering)The manager who can approve assessments of private foster carers, impose requirements on private foster carers or decide to prohibit someone from acting as a private foster carer. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Designated Manager (Secure Accommodation)The manager who can authorise: A placement of a Looked After child in secure accommodation for up to 72 hours without a Secure Accommodation Order; and/or An application for a Secure Accommodation Order; and/or A child's continued secure placement on the recommendation of the Secure Accommodation Review Panel; and/or Applications to renewal Secure Accommodation Orders on the recommendation of the Secure Accommodation Review Panel. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services apart from authorising a placement in secure accommodation for 72 hours in which case this will be the Director of Communities |
Designated Manager (Special Guardianship)The manager who can authorise Special Guardianship as the permanence plan for a Looked After child. |
Post title: Service Manager |
Designated Manager (Special Guardianship Support)The manager who can authorise the level of special guardianship support to be provided, including financial support to special guardians. |
Post title: Service Manager in conjunction with Joint Legal Team endorsed by Head of Service |
Nominated Officer (Disruption of Education)The manager who can authorise the change of placement affecting a Looked After child in Key Stage 4. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services with Head of the Virtual School |
Nominated Officer (Fostering for Adoption)The person who can authorise Fostering for Adoption. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Nominated Officer (Out of Area Placements)The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked After child outside the area of the local authority. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services apart from authorising a placement in secure accommodation for 72 hours in which case this will be the Director of Communities |
Nominated Officer (Immediate Placement of a Looked After Child with Connected Person)The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked After child with a family or friend ('Connected Person') who is not already approved as a foster carer. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
Nominated Officer (Placement of a Looked After Child subject to Care Order or Interim Care Order with Parents)The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked After child with a parent, person with Parental Responsibility or person who held a Residence Order/Child Arrangements Order specifying with whom the child was to reside immediately before the Care Order. |
Post title: Head of Children and Family Services |
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