List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers
AMENDMENT
These details were updated in March 2018.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: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's Services Deputy: Head of Professional Standards |
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: Head of Professional Standards Deputy: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's Services |
Agency Decision Maker (Fostering Reviews)The Agency Decision Maker who makes decisions on fostering review matters. |
Post title: Head of Professional Standards Deputy: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's Services |
Designated Manager (Adoption Panel Appointments)The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Adoption Panel members. |
Post title: Adoption Agency Panel Advisor |
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: Head of Corporate Parenting |
Designated Manager (Care Plans)The manager who can authorise the final Care Plan to be taken before the Court within Care Proceedings. |
Post title: Head of Corporate Parenting |
Designated Manager (Care Proceedings)The manager who can authorise the initiating of Care Proceedings. |
Post title: Head of Corporate Parenting; Head of Referral, Assessment and Intervention and Family Support |
Designated Manager (Change of Name)The manager who can authorise the change of name of a Looked After Child. |
Post title: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's 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: Team Managers |
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: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's Services Deputy: Head of Professional Standards |
Designated Manager (Decision to Look After)The manager who can authorise a child becoming Looked After. |
Post title: Head of Corporate Parenting; Head of Referral, Assessment and Intervention and Family Support; Head of Children with Disabilities |
Designated Manager (Emergency Protection Orders)The manager who can authorise an application for an Emergency Protection Order. |
Post title: Head of Corporate Parenting; Head of Referral Assessment and Intervention and Family Support, Head of Children with Disabilities |
Designated Manager (Emigration)The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked after child outside England and Wales. |
Post title: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's 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 Corporate Parenting
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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 Corporate Parenting for both residential and IFA |
Designated Manager (Fostering Panel Appointments)The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Fostering Panel members |
Post title: Adoption Agency Panel Advisor and Panel Chair
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Designated Manager (Leaving Care)The manager who can approve a Pathway Plan. |
Post title: Managers in Leaving Care Team |
Designated Manager (Marriage)The manager who can authorise the marriage of a Looked After child. |
Post title: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's Services |
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: Head of of Professional Standards
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Designated Manager (Passports)The manager who can authorise a passport application for a Looked After child. |
Post title: Managers
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Designated Manager (Placement Orders)The manager who can authorise an application for a Placement Order. |
Post title: Managers
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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. |
Post title: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's Services |
A child's continued secure placement on the recommendation of the Secure Accommodation Review Panel. | Post title: Head of Professional Standards, Manager Conference and Review Service |
Applications to renewal Secure Accommodation Orders on the recommendation of the Secure Accommodation Review Panel. | Post title: Head of Corporate Parenting |
Designated Manager (Special Guardianship)The manager who can authorise Special Guardianship as the permanence plan for a Looked After child. |
Post title: Head of Corporate Parenting
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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: Manager Adoption |
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 Corporate Parenting |
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 Referral Assessment and Intervention and Family Support; Head of Corporate Parenting |
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 Referral Assessment and Intervention and Family Support; and Head of Corporate Parenting, Head of Children with Disabilities |
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 immediately before the Care Order. |
Post title: Deputy Director, Safeguarding and Early Help, Children's Services |