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6.2 Designated Managers

Contents

  1. Adoption Panel Appointments
  2. Adoption Support
  3. Agency Decision Maker
  4. Agency Decision Maker (Fostering)
  5. Care Plans
  6. Care Proceedings
  7. Change of Name
  8. Contact with Parents
  9. Decision to Look After
  10. Nominated Officer (for the Purposes of the Care Planning Regs)
  11. Emergency Protection Orders
  12. Emigration
  13. Exemptions and Extensions from Fostering Limit
  14. External Placements
  15. Fostering Panel Appointments
  16. Leaving Care
  17. Marriage
  18. Passports and Holidays Abroad
  19. Placement Orders
  20. Placement with Parents
  21. Private Fostering
  22. Regulation 38 Placements
  23. Secure Accommodation
  24. Special Guardianship
  25. Special Guardianship Support


Adoption Panel

See Adoption Panel Procedure

Designated Manager - Service Director (Social work and Safeguarding).

Adoption Support

See Adoption Support Procedure

Designated Manager - Head of Children’s Social Care

Paula Swindlehurst (paula.swindlehurst @blackpool.gov.uk)

This has to be signed off by the Assistant Director.
Agency Decision Maker

See Adoption Support Procedure, Adoption Panel Procedure, Assessment and Approval of Agency Adoptive Parents Procedure, Inter-Country Adoption Procedure, Placement for Adoption Procedure.

Designated Manager - Service Director, Janet Hambly

Agency Decision Maker (Fostering)

Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers Procedure, Fostering Panel Procedure, Persons Disqualified from Fostering Procedure,

Designated Manager - Service Director

Care Plans

See Care Plans Guidance, Court Proceedings Procedure, Decision to Look After and Care Planning Procedure

Designated Manager - Care Plans in Care Proceedings: Practice Managers

Designated Manager - Other Care Plans (Practice Manager)

Care Proceedings

See Court Proceedings Procedure, Applications for Emergency Protection Order Procedure,

Designated Manager - Head Of Children’s Social Care

Change of Name

See Change of Name of a Looked After Child

Designated Manager - Service Director.

Contact with Parents

See Contact with Parents and Siblings Procedure,

Designated Manager - Practice Manager

Decision to Look After

See Decision to Look After and Care Planning Procedure,

Designated Manager - Head Of Children’s Social Care Manager

In emergencies the Service Manager should be contacted.

Nominated Officer (for the Purposes of the Care Planning Regs)
Nominated Officer
Emergency Protection Orders

See Applications for Emergency Protection Order Procedure,

Designated Manager - Head of Children’s Social Care

Emigration

See Placements Outside England and Wales Procedure,

Designated Manager - to follow.

Exemptions and Extensions from Fostering Limit

See Exemptions and Variations to Foster Care Procedures,

Designated Manager - Head of Children’s Social Care

External Placements

See Placements in Foster Care Procedure, Placement in Residential Care Procedure,

Designated Manager - Service Director.

Fostering Panel Appointments

See Fostering Panel Procedure,

Designated Manager - Service Director.

Leaving Care

See Leaving Care Procedure

Designated Manager - Head of Children's Social Care

Marriage

See Marriage Procedure,

Designated Manager - Executive Director, Children and Adult's Services

Passports and Holidays Abroad

See Holidays and School/Organisational Trips Outside the UK Procedure,

Designated Manager - Service Director

Placement Orders

See Placement for Adoption Procedure,

Designated Manager - Service Director

Placement with Parents

See Placement With Parents Procedure,

Designated Manager - Service Director

Private Fostering

See Private Fostering Procedure,

Designated Manager - Head of Children's Social Care

Regulation 38 Placements

See Placement With Family and Friends (Regulation 38 Placements) Procedure,

Designated Manager - Head of Children's Social Care

Secure Accommodation

See Placements in Secure Accommodation Procedure, Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews Procedure,

Designated Manager - Service Director

Special Guardianship

See Applications for Special Guardianship Procedure,

Designated Manager - Head of Children's Social Care

Special Guardianship Support

See Applications for Special Guardianship Procedure,

Designated Manager - Head of Children's Social Care

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