6.2 List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers
AMENDMENT
In September 2019, these details were updated.
Contents
- Agency Decision Maker (Adoption)
- Agency Decision Make (Fostering)
- Adoption Panel Appointments
- Adoption Support
- Care Plans
- Care Proceedings
- Change of Name
- Contact with Parents
- Death or Serious Injury to a Child
- Decision to Look After
- Emergency Protection Orders
- Emigration
- Exemptions and Extensions from Fostering Limit
- External Placements
- Fostering Panel Appointments
- Leaving Care
- Marriage
- Notifications
- Passports
- Placement Orders
- Private Fostering
- Secure Accommodation
- Special Guardianship
- Special Guardianship Support
- Nominated Officer (Disruption of Education)
- Nominated Officer (Fostering for Adoption)
- Nominated Officer (Out of Area Placements)
- Nominated Officer (Immediate Placement of a Looked After Child with Connected Person)
- Nominated Officer (Placement of a Looked After Child subject to Care Order or Interim Care Order with Parents)
| Designated Managers with Specified Area of Responsibility | Post Title and Contact Details |
1. 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: Head of Service, Corporate Parenting Contact details: David.Thrussell@leicester.gov.uk |
2. 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 Service, Corporate Parenting Contact details: David.Thrussell@leicester.gov.uk |
3. Designated Manager (Adoption Panel Appointments)The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Adoption Panel members. |
Post title: LAC Service Manager - Adoptions, Fostering and Placements Contact details: Georgina.oreffo@leicester.gov.uk |
4. 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: Team Manager, Children and Family Support Team Contact details: Neil.martin@leicester.gov.uk |
5. 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 Managers, DAS, CIN, LAC Contact details: |
6. Designated Manager (Care Proceedings)The manager who can authorise the initiating of Care Proceedings. |
Post title: Service Managers DAS, CIN, LAC and Head of Service, Childrens Social Work Teams |
7. Designated Manager (Change of Name)The manager who can authorise the change of name of a Looked After Child. |
Post title: Service Managers, DAS, CIN, LAC Contact details: |
8. 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 Managers DAS, CIN, LAC and Head of Service, Childrens Social Work Teams |
9. 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: Director of Children's Services Steven Forbes Contact details: Contact via the relevant Head of Service – refer to Need to Know |
10. Designated Manager (Decision to Look After)The manager who can authorise a child to be Looked After in emergency/out of hours. |
Post title: Heads of Service Contact details: Rebecca.Small@leicester.gov.uk |
11. Designated Manager (Emergency Protection Orders)The manager who can authorise an application for an Emergency Protection Order. |
Post title: Heads of Service Contact details: Rebecca.Small@leicester.gov.uk |
12. Designated Manager (Emigration)The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked after child outside England and Wales. |
Post title: Director, Social Care and Early Help Contact details: Contact via relevant Head of Service, Caroline.Tote@leicester.gov.uk |
13. 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: LAC Service Manager - Adoptions, Fostering and Placements Contact details: Georgina.oreffo@leicester.gov.uk |
14. 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: Service Manager, LAC Commissioning / Commissioning Team Manager Contact details: |
15. Designated Manager (Fostering Panel Appointments)The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Fostering Panel members. |
Post title: LAC Service Manager - Adoptions, Fostering and Placements Contact details: Georgina.oreffo@leicester.gov.uk |
16. Designated Manager (Leaving Care)The manager who can approve a Pathway Plan. |
Post title: Team Managers, 16+ CIN and LAC |
17. Designated Manager (Marriage)The manager who can authorise the marriage of a Looked After child. |
Post title: Social Work Teams Contact details: |
18. 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: Commissioning Team Manager Contact details: Pat.pitman@leicester.gov.uk |
19. Designated Manager (Passports)The manager who can authorise a passport application for a Looked After child. |
Post title: Service Managers, CIN, LAC and DAS |
20. Designated Manager (Placement Orders)The manager who can authorise an application for a Placement Order. |
Post title: Service Managers, CIN, LAC and DAS |
21. 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 Service / Lead Officer for Private Fostering Contact details: |
22. 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; (The DCS) and/or An application for a Secure Accommodation Order; (Head of Service) and/or A child's continued secure placement on the recommendation of the Secure Accommodation Review Panel; (Head of Service) and/or Applications to renewal Secure Accommodation Orders on the recommendation of the Secure Accommodation Review Panel (Head of Service). |
Post title: Strategic Director, Children's Services /Heads of Service Contact details: Steven.Forbes@leicester.gov.uk |
23. Designated Manager (Special Guardianship)The manager who can authorise Special Guardianship as the permanence plan for a Looked After child. |
Post title: Service Managers, LAC and CIN Contact details: |
24. 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: LAC Service Manager - Adoptions, Fostering and Placements Contact details: Georgina.oreffo@leicester.gov.uk |
25. 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 Service Social Work Teams and Head of Service Corporate Parenting Contact details: David.Thrussell@leicester.gov.uk |
26. Nominated Officer (Fostering for Adoption)The person who can authorise Fostering for Adoption. |
Post title: LAC Service Manager Contact details: Georgina.oreffo@leicester.gov.uk |
27. 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: Service Manager, LAC Commissioning on behalf of DCS Contact details: mike.evans@leicester.gov.uk |
28. 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: Service Managers CIN, LAC, DAS |
29. 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 Service Children's Social Work Teams Contact details: |