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Norfolk Children's Services Procedures Manual
List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers
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These details were updated in June 2024.
| Agency Decision Maker (Adoption) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| 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). | Assistant Director Corporate Parenting or Director of Family Help and High Needs |
| Agency Decision Maker (Fostering) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The Agency Decision Maker who makes decisions on fostering matters (on the basis of recommendations of the Fostering Panel). | Assistant Director Corporate Parenting or Director of Family Help and High Needs |
| Designated Manager (Adoption Panel Appointments) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Adoption Panel members. | Head of Adoption |
| Designated Manager (Adoption Support) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| 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. | Head of Adoption |
| Designated Manager (Care Plans) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise the final Care Plan to be taken before the Court within Care Proceedings. | Head of Social Work |
| Designated Manager (Care Proceedings) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise the initiating of Care Proceedings. | Assistant Director Social Work |
| Designated Manager (Change of Name) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise the change of name of a Looked After Child, a. With the written agreement of all with PR; or b. By making an application to the Court. |
Head of Social Work |
| Designated Manager (Contact with Parents) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| 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). | Heads of Social Work |
| Designated Manager (Death or Serious Injury to a Child) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The senior manager who should be notified in the event of death or serious injury to a child. | Children’s Services Leadership Team; Head of Independent Statutory Services and Practice; Corporate Communications |
| Designated Manager (Decision to Look After) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise a child becoming Looked After. | Assistant Director Social Work |
| Designated Manager (Emergency Protection Orders) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise an application for an Emergency Protection Order. | Assistant Director Social Work |
| Designated Manager (Emigration) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked after child outside England and Wales, | Director of Family Help and High Needs |
| Designated Manager (Exemptions and Extensions from Fostering Limit) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise any exemptions from the usual fostering limit for foster carers living in the local authority area. | Assistant Director Corporate Parenting |
| Designated Manager (External Placements) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise placements of Looked After children with external providers of residential care or foster carers from an independent fostering agency. | Assistant Director Social Work |
| Designated Manager (Fostering Panel Appointments) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Fostering Panel members. | Head of Fostering |
| Designated Manager (Leaving Care) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can approve a Pathway Plan. | Team Managers |
| Designated Manager (Notifications) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| Where a Looked After Child from another local authority has been placed in the area, the manager to whom the notification should be sent. | QA Looked After Children Hub Manager |
| Designated Manager (Passports) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise a passport application for a Looked After child. | Team Manager |
| Designated Manager (Placement Orders) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise an application for a Placement Order. | Assistant Director Social Work |
| Designated Manager (Private Fostering) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| 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. | Cell |
| Designated Manager (Secure Accommodation) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise: a. A placement of a Looked After child in secure accommodation for up to 72 hours without a Secure Accommodation Order; and/or b.An application (to the Secretary of State) for a child under the age of 13; c. An application for a Secure Accommodation Order |
a. Director of Family Help and High Needs or in their absence Executive Director of Children’s Services; b. Director of Family Help and High Needs or in their absence Executive Director of Children’s Services; c. Assistant Director Social Worker with agreement from Director of Family Help and High Needs |
| Designated Manager (Special Guardianship) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise Special Guardianship as the permanence plan for a Looked After child. | Head of social work |
| Designated Manager (Special Guardianship Support) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise the level of special guardianship support to be provided, including financial support to special guardians. | Head of Social Work if no additional financial provision Assistant Director Corporate Parenting if additional financial provision |
| Nominated Officer (Ceasing to look after a child under 16 years old) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| Assistant Director Social Work |
| Nominated Officer (Ceasing to look after a child 16 or 17 years old) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| Assistant Director Social Work |
| Nominated Officer (Disruption of Education) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise the change of placement affecting a Looked After child in Key Stage 4. | Head of Social Work consulting with the Head of the Virtual School |
| Nominated Officer (Fostering for Adoption) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The person who can authorise Fostering for Adoption. | Assistant Director Social Work |
| Nominated Officer (Out of Area Placements) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked After child outside the area of the local authority. | Assistant Director Social Work |
| Nominated Officer (Immediate Placement of a Looked After Child with Connected Person) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| 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. | Assistant Director Social Work |
| Nominated Officer (Placement of a Looked After Child subject to Care Order or Interim Care Order with Parents) | Post Title and Contact Details |
|---|---|
| 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. | Assistant Director Social Work |
Last Updated: June 6, 2024
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