List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers
Scope of this chapter
NOTE: Consent to life-ending withdrawal of medical support for a child will require an application to the High Court even if all relevant parties are in agreement. Legal advice must be sought as a matter of urgency.
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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:
Service Director, Children's Social Care and Early Help
Service Director, Practice Improvement and Quality
Contact details:
The Agency Decision Maker who makes decisions on fostering matters (on the basis of recommendations of the Fostering Panel).
Post title:
Service Director, Children's Social Care and Early Help
Service Director, Practice Improvement and Quality
Contact details:
The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Adoption Panel members.
Post title: Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Contact details: Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
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: Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Contact details: Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise the final Care Plan to be taken before the Court within Care Proceedings.
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Head of Service, Help and Protection
Head of Service, Children with Disabilities Services
Head of Service, Helping Early, Community and Prevention
Contact details:
Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise the initiating of Care Proceedings.
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Head of Service, Help and Protection
Head of Service, Children with Disabilities Services
Head of Service, Helping Early, Community and Prevention
Contact details:
Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise the change of name of a Looked After Child.
Post title: Director of Children's Services
Contact details: Emma.Cockerell@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise the suspension or termination of contact between a Looked After child and their parents (subject to the Court's approval after 7 days for children on Emergency Protection Orders, Interim Care Orders or Care Orders).
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Head of Service, Help and Protection
Head of Service, Children with Disabilities Services
Head of Service, Helping Early, Community and Prevention
Contact details:
Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
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
Contact details: Emma.Cockerell@wokingham.gov.uk
The senior manager who holds responsibility for notifying the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel following an incident where a child dies or is seriously harmed.
Post title: Director of Children's Services
Contact details: Emma.Cockerell@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise a child becoming Looked After.
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Head of Service, Help and Protection
Head of Service, Children with Disabilities Services
Head of Service, Helping Early, Community and Prevention
Contact details:
Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise an application for an Emergency Protection Order.
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Head of Service, Help and Protection
Head of Service, Children with Disabilities Services
Head of Service, Helping Early, Community and Prevention
Contact details:
Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked after child outside England and Wales.
Post title: Director of Children's Services
Contact details: Emma.Cockerell@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise any exemptions from the usual fostering limit for foster carers living in the local authority area.
Post title:
Service Director, Children's Social Care and Early Help
Service Director, Practice Improvement and Quality
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.
Post title: Head of Service Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Contact details: Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise appointments to the Central List of Fostering Panel members
Post title: Head of Service Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Contact details: Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can approve a Pathway Plan.
Post title: Relevant Line Manager
The manager who is responsible for monitoring policies and performance relating to children who go missing from home or care. The manager is responsible for conducting regular analysis of missing data, seeking to identify factors or patterns that increase or reduce the likelihood of future missing episodes.
Post title:
Head of Service Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Contact details:
Where a Child Looked After from another local authority has been placed in the area, the address the notification should be sent.
Contact details:
The manager who can authorise a passport application for a Looked After child.
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Head of Service, Help and Protection
Head of Service, Children with Disabilities Services
Head of Service, Helping Early, Community and Prevention
Contact details:
Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise an application for a Placement Order.
Post title:
Service Director, Children's Social Care and Early Help
Service Director, Practice Improvement and Quality
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.
Post title: Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Contact details: Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
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; and/or
An application for a Secure Accommodation Order; and/or
A child's continued secure placement on the recommendation of the Secure Accommodation Review Panel; and/or
Applications to renewal Secure Accommodation Orders on the recommendation of the Secure Accommodation Review Panel.
Post title: Director of Children's Services
Contact details: Emma.Cockerell@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise Special Guardianship as the permanence plan for a Looked After child.
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Head of Service, Help and Protection
Head of Service, Children with Disabilities Services
Head of Service, Helping Early, Community and Prevention
Contact details:
Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise the level of special guardianship support to be provided, including financial support to special guardians.
Post title: Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Contact details: Isabel.Prinsloo@wokingham.gov.uk
The manager who can authorise the change of placement affecting a Looked After child in Key Stage 4.
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition Head of SEND
Head of SEND
Contact details:
The person who can authorise Fostering for Adoption.
Post title:
Head of Service, Corporate Parenting, Care, and Transition
Head of Service, Help and Protection
Contact details:
The manager who can authorise the placement of a Looked After child outside the area of the local authority.
Post title: Service Director, Children's Social Care and Early Help
Contact details: Adam.Davis@wokingham.gov.uk
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 Director, Children's Social Care and Early Help
Contact details: Adam.Davis@wokingham.gov.uk
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: Service Director, Children's Social Care and Early Help
Contact details: Adam.Davis@wokingham.gov.uk
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