Designated Managers |
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1. Authorisation's
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.
- Adoption Panel - Team Manager
- Adoption Support
- Agency Decision Maker (Adoption and Fostering)
- Care Plans
- Care Proceedings
- Change of Name of a Looked After Child
- Contact With Parents/Siblings, Approval of Risk Assessments
- Contact - Suspension/Termination
- Criminal Injuries Compensation for Looked After Children
- Criminal Records Bureau
- Decision to Look After
- Discharge of Care Order
- Final Care Plan in Care Proceedings
- Fostering Panel - Appointment of Chair and Deputy Chair
- Foster Carer Allegations
- Foster Carer Approval and Review
- Foster Placement - Exemption to Exceed Usual Limit
- HIV and AIDS
- Marriage of a Looked After Child
- Medical Treatment of a Looked After Child
- Passports
- Pathway Plans/Leaving Care
- Permanence Plans
- Placement of Looked After Children Outside the Authority
- Placements Outside England and Wales
- Placements - Ending of Placement in Foster/Residential Care
- Placement With Parents
- Placement With Relatives and Friends
- Private Fostering
- Remands to Local Authority Accommodation
- Residence Order Allowances
- Secure Accommodation Placement
- School or Educational Trips/Holidays Abroad
- Serious Case Review
- Termination of Pregnancy of a Looked After Child
- Transfer of Looked After Child From one Local Authority to Another
| Adoption Panel - Team Manager |
| See Adoption Panel Procedure
Adoption Team Manager The manager who may decide to present an adoptive parent application to the Adoption and Permanence Panel. Designated Manager(s): Jill Bliss |
| Adoption Support |
| See Adoption Support Procedure
Details to follow. |
| Agency Decision Maker (Adoption and Fostering) |
| See Assessment and Approval of Adopters Procedure, Adoption Case Records Procedure, Adoption Panel Procedure, Placement for Adoption Procedure
Agency Decision Maker The manager who may approve the recommendations of the Adoption and Permanency Panel in relation to adoption and who may clear adoption applications where offences are identified on CRB checks. Designated Manager(s): Head of Children and Families |
| Care Plans |
| See Care Plans Guidance
The manager who must endorse and sign Care Plans in relation to accommodated children. Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Care Proceedings |
See Route Map The manager who must authorise the taking of Care Proceedings. Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Change of Name of a Looked After Child |
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The manager who may authorise the taking of Court Proceedings where parental agreement is not forthcoming. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Contact With Parents/Siblings, Approval of Risk Assessments |
The manager who may approve risk assessments in relation to contact of Looked After Children with Parents. Designated Manager(s): Team Managers |
| Contact - Suspension/Termination |
The manager who may authorise suspension/termination. Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Criminal Injuries Compensation for Looked After Children |
| The manager who may accept an award on behalf of a Looked After Child.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager for Looked After Children |
| Criminal Records Bureau |
| See Placement With Relative and Friends Procedure
The manager who may authorise checks for relative carers and/or family placements. Designated Manager(s): Team Manager |
| Decision to Look After |
| The manager who must approve a planned and emergency decision to accommodate a child.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Discharge of Care Order |
| The manager who must authorise a decision to apply a Care Order.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Final Care Plan in Care Proceedings |
| The manager who must endorse the Final Care Plan to be filed with the Court in Care Proceedings.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Fostering Panel - Appointment of Chair and Deputy Chair |
| See Fostering Panel Procedure, Persons Disqualified from Fostering Procedure
The manager who makes the appointment of the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Fostering Panel. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager Looked After Children |
| Foster Carer Allegations |
| See Allegations against Foster Carers Procedure
The manager who may authorise the recommendation of a strategy discussion that no further action is taken against a fosterer. Designated Manager(s): Team Manager Fostering |
| Foster Carer Approval and Review |
| See Persons Disqualified from Fostering Procedure, Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers Procedure, Fostering Panel Procedure, Placements with Connected Persons Procedure, Review of Foster Carers Procedure
The manager who may approve the recommendations of the Fostering Panel in relation to approval of foster carers who would otherwise be disqualified or may authorise clearance where offences are identified on CRB checks. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager for Looked After Children Tel. 01582 547832 |
| Foster Placement - Exemption to Exceed Usual Limit |
| See Emergency Placements Procedure, Fostering Panel Procedure, Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes Procedure, Placements in Foster Care Procedure
The manager who may authorise an exemption from the usual limit until the next available Fostering Panel. Designated Manager(s): Fostering Team Manager/Deputy |
| HIV and AIDS |
| See HIV and AIDs Procedure
The manager who may authorise a test for Looked After Children. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Marriage of a Looked After Child |
| See Marriage Procedure
The manager who may authorise the marriage of a looked after child. Designated Manager(s): Head of Children and Families |
| Medical Treatment of a Looked After Child |
| The manager who may authorise a surgical operation.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Passports |
| See Holidays and School/Organisational Trips Outside the UK Procedure
The manager who may authorise passports. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Pathway Plans/Leaving Care |
| See Leaving Care Guidance, Leaving Care Procedure
The manager who should approve the Pathway Plan. Designated Manager(s): Team Manager/Deputy |
| Permanence Plans |
| See Placements in Foster Care Procedure
The manager who can approve the recommendations of the Adoption or Fostering Panel in relation to Permanence Plans and who may authorise support for a foster carers application for Residence Order. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Placement of Looked After Children Outside the Authority |
| See Placements in Foster Care Procedure, Emergency Placements Procedure, Placements in Residential Care Procedure, Post Placement Arrangements Procedure
The manager who can authorise out of borough placements. Designated Manager(s): Head of Children and Families - Jenny Coles Tel. 01582 547 734 |
| Placements Outside England and Wales |
| See Placements Outside England and Wales Procedure
The manager who may authorise placement, including emigration, of a child outside England and Wales. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Placements - Ending of Placement in Foster/Residential Care |
| The manager who may authorise the removal of a child from foster home and permanent exclusion from in-house residential setting.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Placement With Parents |
| See Placement With Parents Procedure
The manager who may authorise planned and unplanned placements with parents. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Placement With Relatives and Friends |
| See Placements with Connected Persons Procedure.
The manager who may authorise placements with relatives and friends. Designated Manager(s): Service 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 |
| Remands to Local Authority Accommodation |
| The manager who may authorise that a child remanded to local authority accommodation may be placed at home or with friends
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Residence Order Allowances |
| See Permanence Planning for Looked After Children Procedure, Residence Order Allowances Procedure
The manager who may authorise the payment of Residence Order Allowances. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Secure Accommodation Placement |
| See Secure Placements Procedure, Emergency Review Procedure, Emergency Placements Procedure, Placement in Secure Accommodation Procedure, Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Review Procedure
The manager who must authorise that a child be placed in secure accommodation for up to 72 hours and who must authorise an application for a secure Accommodation Order to be made. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager Head of Children and Families - Jenny Coles Tel. 01582 547 734 |
| School or Educational Trips/Holidays Abroad |
| See Holidays and School/Organisational Trips Outside the UK Procedure
The manager who may authorise such trips for Looked After Children. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Serious Case Review |
| The manager who decides to hold a Serious Case review in the event of the death of or serious injury to a child receiving services or any child resulting from Significant Harm.
Designated Manager(s): Safeguarding Manager |
| Termination of Pregnancy of a Looked After Child |
| The manager who may consent to the termination of pregnancy of a Looked After Child.
Designated Manager(s): Head of Children and Families - Jenny Coles Tel. 01582 547 734 |
| Transfer of Looked After Child From one Local Authority to Another |
| The manager who may authorise such a transfer of case responsibility for a Looked After Child.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
2. Notifications
NOTE
This section outlines the managers and agencies who must be notified in certain circumstances; usually after serious incidents or events.
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.
In ANY EVENT, where an incident or event is likely to have significant public, political or legal implications for the authority the Designated Managers and agencies listed below are those who should additionally be consulted or notified without delay:
- Abduction, or Attempted Abduction
- Absent Children
- Access to Records
- Child Protection Enquiry
- Child Protection Enquiry - Looked After Child
- Death or Serious Injury to a Looked After Child
- Police Assistance
- Prostitution or Sexual Exploitation
- Protection of Children
- Secure Accommodation Reviews
- Serious Case Review
- Serious Malicious Damage Caused to a Children's/Foster Home
- Serious Illness, Accident or Outbreak of any Infectious or Notifiable Disease
- Serious Offence
| Abduction, or Attempted Abduction |
| The manager who must be notified of the abduction or attempted abduction of a child receiving services.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Absent Children |
| See Absent Children Procedure, Children Missing From Home Procedure
The manager who must be notified if a Looked After child has been absent for 24 hours, is missing from home, must review and report absences under procedures and if a child is absent more than 5 days. Regulatory Authority must also be notified. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Access to Records |
| See Access to Case Records Procedure
The manager who must be notified if a request for access to records is received. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Child Protection Enquiry |
| The manager who must be notified where a child protection allegation is made to a member of staff.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Child Protection Enquiry - Looked After Child |
| The manager who must be notified where a Child Protection Allegation is made in relation to a child in receipt of service. Regulatory Authority to be notifies if child is placed in Children's Home or Foster Home.
Designated Manager(s): Head of Children and Families - Jenny Coles Tel. 01582 547 734 |
| Death or Serious Injury to a Looked After Child |
| See Death of or Serious Injury to a Looked After Child Procedure
The manager who must be notified in the event of death or serious injury to a Looked After child. Also notify; Regulatory Authority and DfES, Email: charmaine.church@dfes.gsi.gov.uk Designated Manager(s): Head of Children and Families - Jenny Coles Tel. 01582 547 734 |
| Police Assistance |
| The manager who must be notified where an incident results in the Police being called to Children's Home or Foster Home. Regulatory Authority must also be notified.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager, Looked After Children - Trish Rhynas |
| Prostitution or Sexual Exploitation |
| The manager who must be notified of the suspected involvement of a Looked After Child in prostitution or sexual exploitation. Regulatory Authority and Police to be contacted if child is placed in Children's or Foster Home.
Designated Manager(s): Safeguarding Manager |
| Protection of Children |
The manager to be notified of referral; to Secretary of State under Sec 2 (1)(a) of Protection of Children Act 1998 (a). Also, if child in Foster/Children's Home Regulatory Authority and Divisional Manager - Listening to Children must be notified Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Secure Accommodation Reviews |
| See Route Map
The manager who should be informed of the outcome of Secure Accommodation Reviews. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Serious Case Review |
| The manager who must be notified of the decision to hold a serious case review.
Also; Regulatory Authority and Safeguarding Children's Unit (safeguarding.info@dfes.gsi.gov.uk) Designated Manager(s): Service Manager - Looked After Children |
| Serious Malicious Damage Caused to a Children's/Foster Home |
| The manager who must be notified in the event of serious damage being causes to a Foster/Children's Home. Also, regulatory Authority in the event of Police Assistance.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Serious Illness, Accident or Outbreak of any Infectious or Notifiable Disease |
| See Infestations Procedure
The manager who must be notified of serious illness or accident that in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner requires notification .Also, Regulatory Authority and relevant Health Trust for outbreak of infectious or notifiable disease. Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
| Serious Offence |
| The manager who must be notified of the allegation of a serious offence committed by a Looked After Child. Also, if child placed in Children's/Foster Home the Police must be contacted.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager |
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