9.1.2 Designated Managers |
Designated Managers are managers who have delegated authority to approve certain decisions or who must be notified in certain circumstances.
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1. Authorisations
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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 and Permanence: Agency Advisor
- Adoption Support
- Adoption: Agency Decision Maker
- Care Plans
- Care Proceedings
- Change of Name
- Contact with Parents
- Decision to Look After
- Emergency Exemptions
- Foster Carer Allegations
- Fostering: Agency Advisor
- Fostering: Agency Decision Maker
- HIV AIDS
- Marriage
- Passports
- Permanence Planning
- Placement Outside England and Wales
- Placement with Relatives and Friends
- Planned Exemptions
- Private Fostering
- Publicity
- School or Educational Trips Abroad
- Secure Placements
- Special Guardianship Support
- Suspension or Termination of Contact
| Adoption and Permanence: Agency Advisor |
| Designated Manager(s):
Sue Boiling Hove Park Mansions Tel: 02173 295377 |
| Adoption Support |
| see Adoption Support Services Procedure and Placements for Adoption Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Adoption Support Services Advisor Gillian Lucock Fostering and Adoption Services Tel: 01273 295424 Designated Manager(s): Service Manager Adoption & Permanence (Budget Holder) Karen Devine Fostering and Adoption Services Tel: 01273 295424 |
| Adoption: Agency Decision Maker |
| Designated Manager(s): The Assistant Director - Quality and Performance
Steve Barton Third Floor, King House Tel: 01273 296105 |
| Care Plans |
| The manager who must endorse and sign care plans in relation to Looked After Children.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager (East, West and Central Team) |
| Care Proceedings |
| The manager who may authorise Care Proceedings.
Designated Manager(s): Area Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
| Change of Name |
| See Change of Name of a Looked After Child Procedure
The manager who may authorise the change of name of a Looked After Child. Designated Manager(s): Area Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
| Contact with Parents |
| See Contact with Parents and Siblings Procedure
The manager who may authorise contact of a LAC with Parents. Designated Manager(s): Practice Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
| Decision to Look After |
| The manager who decides if care proceedings should be initiated or that a child should be accommodated.
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
| Emergency Exemptions |
| The manager who may authorise increasing the limit of children
Designated Manager(s): Sharon Donnelly Hove Park Mansions Tel: 01273 295549 |
| Foster Carer Allegations |
| If complaints are serious, consideration may be given to withdrawing or moving children. Such a decision must be approved by the Designated Manager (Foster Carer Allegations).
Designated Manager(s): Relevant Service Manager |
| Fostering: Agency Advisor |
| See Fostering Panel Guidance and Fostering Panel Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Graham Whittaker Hove Park Mansions Tel: 01273 295381 |
| Fostering: Agency Decision Maker |
| The manager who may authorise the recommendations of Fostering Panel re Foster Carer Approval.
Designated Manager(s): Steve Barton Third Floor, King House Tel: 01273 296105 |
| HIV AIDS |
| See HIV and Hepatitis Procedure
The manager who may authorise testing of a LAC. Designated Manager(s): Vanessa Wright Clermont Child Protection Unit Tel: 01273 295466 |
| Marriage |
| The manager who may authorise the marriage of a Looked After Child.
Designated Manager(s): Area Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
| Passports |
| See Holidays and School Trips Outside the UK Procedure
The manager who may authorise application for a passport for a LAC. Designated Manager(s): Area Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
| Permanence Planning: Agency Decision Maker |
| The Agency decision Maker/manager who may authorise recommendations of the Adoption and Permanency Panel.
Designated Manager(s): Steve Barton Third Floor, King House Tel: 01273 296105 |
| Placement Outside England and Wales |
| To be provided |
| Placement with Relatives and Friends |
| See Placements with Connected Persons (Family and Friends) Procedure.
The manager who may authorise placement of LAC with relatives and friends. Designated Manager(s): Area Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
| Planned Exemptions: Agency Decision Maker |
| The manager who may authorise increasing the limit of children placed in a fostering placement on a planned basis after all checks undertaken.
Designated Manager(s): Steve Barton Third Floor, King House Tel: 01273 296105 |
| Private Fostering |
| The manager who may authorise a Private Fostering Placement.
Designated Manager(s): Practice Manager (in cases where suitability is borderline: Area Manager) |
| Publicity |
| The manager who may authorise the publicity in relation to missing children.
Designated Manager(s): Area Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
| School or Educational Trips Abroad |
| To be provided |
| Secure Placements |
| See Placements in Secure Accommodation Procedure
The manager who may authorise up to 72 hours in a secure placement and an application for a Secure Accommodation Order. Designated Manager(s): Assistant Director (East, West or Central Team) |
| Special Guardianship Support |
| See Special Guardianship Procedure
Designated Manager(s): Service Manager, Adoption and Permanence Team |
| Suspension or Termination of Contact |
| See Contact with Parents and Siblings Procedure
The manager who may authorise suspension or termination of contact between a Looked After Child and Parents. Designated Manager(s): Area Manager (East, West or Central Team) |
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:
| Death or Serious Injury |
| The manager who must be notified in the event of child in need/LAC dying or suffering a serious injury.
Designated Manager(s): Liz Rugg Third Floor, King House Tel: 01273 295384 |
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