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11.1 Designated Managers

Designated Managers are managers who have delegated authority to approve certain decisions or who must be notified in certain circumstances.

AMENDMENTS

This chapter was significantly amended in October 2011.


Contents

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.

  1. Adoption Medical Advisor
  2. Adoption Panel Appointments
  3. Agency Decision Maker
  4. Care Proceedings
  5. Change of Name
  6. Contact with Parents
  7. Death or Serious Injury
  8. Duty Placement Officer
  9. Emergency Exemptions
  10. Foster Care Approval
  11. Looked After Childrens Panel
  12. Marriage
  13. Medical Advisor
  14. Missing Children
  15. Passports
  16. Placement Orders
  17. Placement with Parents
  18. Placement with Relatives and Friends
  19. Placements
  20. Placements outside England and Wales
  21. Planned Exemptions
  22. Private Fostering
  23. Publicity
  24. School or Educational Trips Abroad
  25. Secure Placements
  26. Special Guardianship Reports
  27. Special Guardianship Support
  28. Suspension or Termination of Contact


Adoption Medical Advisor
Medical Advisor

Designated Manager(s):

Dr. Tina Sim

Tel: 020 8871 7270
Adoption Panel Appointments
See Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Placements Procedure, Allegations Against Prospective Adopters and in Relation to Children Placed for Adoption or Already Adopted Procedure, Inter Country Adoption Procedure, Adoption Panel Procedure

Adoption Manager / Panel Advisor

Designated Manager(s):

Ray Wright

Tel: 020 8871 7252
Agency Decision Maker

See Adoption Support Services Procedures, Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters Procedures, Adoption Case Records Procedure, Inter Country Adoption Procedure, Adoption Panel Procedure, Placement for Adoption Procedure, Special Guardianship Protocol

Designated Manager(s):

Assistant Director

Tel: 020 887 8177
Email: mbenaim@wandsworth.gov.uk
Care Proceedings

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA or Family and Community

Tel: 020 8871 6916
Change of Name

Designated Manager(s):

Assistant Director

Tel: 020 8871 8177
Contact with Parents

See Contact with Parents and Siblings Procedure, Overnight Stays and Contact with Relatives, Friends and Visitors Procedure, Sanctions in Children’s Homes Procedure.

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA or Family and Community or Youth Support Service

Tel: 020 8871 6916
Death or Serious Injury
See Death of or Serious Injury to a Child Looked After or a Child In Need Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Assistant Director

Tel: 020 8871 8177
Duty Placement Officer
Designated Manager(s):

Service Manager (CIN)
Tel: 020 8871 6326

Service Manager (CLA)
Tel: 020 8871 6259

Service Manager (R&A)
Tel: 020 8871 8944

Head of Youth Support Service
Tel: 0208871 8112
Emergency Exemptions
See Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Service Manager Fostering Service

Tel: 020 8871 6260
Foster Care Approval
See Persons Disqualified from Fostering, Annual Review of Foster Carers Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Assistant Director

Tel: 020 8871 8177
Childrens Resource Panel
See Decision to Look After and Children's Resources Panel Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Service Managers CIN / CLA / R&A / YSS

Tel: 020 8871 8944 or 020 8871 6326 or 020 8871 6259 or 0208871 8112
Marriage 
See Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship Guidance, Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Placements Procedure, Marriage of a Looked After Child Procedure, Permanence Planning Procedure, Private Fostering Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Assistant Director

Tel: 020 8871 8177
Medical Advisor

See Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship Guidance, Access to Birth Records/Adoption Case Records Procedure, Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Placements Procedure, Annual Review of Foster Carers Procedure.

Dr. Tina Sim

Tel: 020 8871 727
Missing Children

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA and Family and Community and Youth Support Service

Tel: 020 8871 6916 / 7547 / 8112
Passports
See Holidays and School Trips Outside the UK

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA and Family and Community and Youth Support Service

Placement Orders
See Placement for Adoption Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Service Manager (CLA or CIN)
Tel: 020 8871 6259 or 020 8871 6326
Placement with Parents

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA and Family and Community and Youth Support Service

Tel: 020 8871 6916 / 7547/ 8112
Placement with Relatives and Friends

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA and Family and Community and Youth Support Service

Tel: 020 8871 6916 / 7547/ 8112
Placements
See Court Reports in Adoption/Special Guardianship Guidance, Adoption Support Services Procedure, Adoption Support Services Procedures, Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters Procedures

Designated Manager(s):

Adoption Service Manager: 0208871 6260

Adoption Support Service Manager (Team manager Family Plus): 0208 871 7632
Placements outside England and Wales
See Placements Outside England and Wales Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA and Family and Community Services and Youth Support Service

Tel: 020 8871 6916 / 7547 / 8112
Planned Exemptions
Designated Manager(s):

Fostering Service manager

Tel: 020 8871 6260
Private Fostering

Designated manager:

Referral and Assessment Service Manager

Tel: 0208 871 8944
Publicity
See Missing Children Procedure, Advocacy and Independent Visitors Procedure, Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters Procedures, Placement for Adoption Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA and Family and Community and Youth Support Service

Tel: 020 8871 6916 / 7547/8112
School or Educational Trips Abroad
See Holidays and School Trips Outside the UK Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA / Family and Community Services / Youth Support Service

Tel: 020 8871 7547 / 6916/8112
Secure Placements
See Placements in Secure Accommodation Procedure

Designated Manager(s):

Assistant Director

Tel: 020 8871 8177
Special Guardianship Reports
See Application for Special Guardianship Procedure

Special Guardianship

Designated Manager(s):

Service Manager (CLA or CIN or YST)

Tel: 020 8871 6259 or 020 8871 6326 or 0208871 8112
Special Guardianship Support
See Application for Special Guardianship Procedure

Family Plus Team Manager

Designated Manager(s):

Tel: 020 8871 6418
Suspension or Termination of Contact
See Contact with Parents and Siblings

Designated Manager(s):

Head of Service CLA or Family and Community Services or Youth Support Service

Tel: 020 8871 7547 / 6916/8112

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