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7.2 Designated Managers

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


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Note

This section outlines the circumstances where managers have delegated authority to approve certain decisions.

These arrangements do not replace the link management communication or authorisation structure; in all cases, it is assumed that managers and line managers will be consulted or notified as appropriate.

  1. Absent Children
  2. Access to Records
  3. Adoption - Agency Decision Maker
  4. Allegations against Staff
  5. Care Plans
  6. Care Proceedings
  7. Change of Name of a Looked After Child
  8. Comments, Complaints and Compliments
  9. Contact - Suspension/termination of
  10. Contact with Parents/Siblings, Approval of Risk Assessments
  11. Criminal Injuries Compensation for Looked After Child
  12. Criminal Records Bureau
  13. Death/Serious Injury of a Looked After Child
  14. Decision to Look After
  15. Discharge of Care Order
  16. Emigration
  17. External Placements
  18. Foster Carer Allegations
  19. Foster Carer Approval and Review
  20. Foster Placement - Exemption to Exceed Usual Limit
  21. Fostering Approval Panel
  22. HIV/Aids
  23. Infectious Diseases
  24. Marriage of a Looked After Child
  25. Passports
  26. Pathway Plans/ Leaving Care
  27. Permanent Placements
  28. Placement of Looked After Children Outside the Authority
  29. Placement with Parents
  30. Placements Outside England and Wales
  31. Placements with Relatives and Friends
  32. Service Manager Fostering Services
  33. Private Fostering
  34. Remands to Local Authority Accommodation
  35. Residence Order Allowances
  36. School or Educational Trips/Holidays Abroad
  37. Secure Accommodation Placement
  38. Serious Case Review
  39. Service Improvement Manager
  40. Special Guardianship Support Team
  41. Termination of Pregnancy of a Looked After Child

 

Absent Children
See Absent Children Procedure and Children Missing from Home Procedure

Senior Care Manager

Access to Records
Service Manager
Adoption - Agency Decision Maker
See Placements outside England and Wales Procedure

Julie Jenkins

Assistant Director (Social Care - Children)
Services to Children and Young People
Room 202
City Hall
Centenery Square
Bradford
BD1 1HY

T: 01274 432904

Email: Julie.jenkins@bradford.gov

Allegations against Staff
Assistant Director – Julie Jenkins
Care Plans
See Care Plans Guidance, Court Proceedings Procedure and Decision to Look After, Care and Permanence Planning Procedure

Service Manager

Care Proceedings
See Court Proceedings Procedure, Route Map for Looked After Children Procedure

Group Service Manager

Change of Name of a Looked After Child
See Change of Name Procedure

Group Service Manager (Care Management)

Comments, Complaints and Compliments
Complaints Manager – Irina Arcas
Contact - Suspension/termination of
Service Manager (Care Management)
Contact with Parents/Siblings, Approval of Risk Assessments
See Contact with Parents and Siblings Procedure

Senior Care Manager (Care Management)

Criminal Injuries Compensation for Looked After Child
Service Manager (Care Management)
Criminal Records Bureau
Service Manager (Care Management)
Death/Serious Injury of a Looked After Child
See Death of or Serious Injury to a Looked After Child Procedure

Julie Jenkins

Assistant Director (Social Care - Children)
Services to Children and Young People
Room 202
City Hall
Centenery Square
Bradford
BD1 1HY

T: 01274 432904

Email: Julie.jenkins@bradford.gov

Kath Tunstall – Director

Decision to Look After
See Permanence Planning Policy and Decision to Look After, Care and Permanence Planning Procedure

Service Manager

Discharge of Care Order
Service Manager (Care Management)
Emigration
See Placements outside England and Wales Procedure

Head of Service

Julie Jenkins

Assistant Director (Social Care - Children)
Services to Children and Young People
Room 202
City Hall
Centenery Square
Bradford
BD1 1HY

T: 01274 432904

Email: Julie.jenkins@bradford.gov

External Placements
See Placements in Foster Care Procedure

Group Service Manager (Resources)

Lal Saki

Group Service Manager (Resources)
2nd Floor, Olicana House
Chapel Street
Bradford
BD1 5RE 

Tel: 01274 432986

Fax: 01274 437119

E-mail: lal.saki@bradford.gov.uk
Foster Carer Allegations
Service Manager (Adoption and Fostering)
Foster Carer Approval and Review
See Connected Persons (Formerly Regulation 38 Placements with Family and Friends) Procedure

Group Service Manager (Resources)

Lal Saki

Group Service Manager (Resources)
2nd Floor, Olicana House
Chapel Street
Bradford
BD1 5RE 

Tel: 01274 432986

Fax: 01274 437119

E-mail: lal.saki@bradford.gov.uk
Foster Placement - Exemption to Exceed Usual Limit
See Emergency Placements Procedure

Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes Procedure and

Placements in Foster Care Procedure

Information to follow

Fostering Approval Panel
See Adoption Panel Procedure

Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers Procedure

Persons Disqualified from Fostering Procedure

Residence Order Allowances Procedure and

Review of Foster Carers Procedure

Group Service Manager (Resources)

Lal Saki

Group Service Manager (Resources)
2nd Floor, Olicana House
Chapel Street
Bradford
BD1 5RE 

Tel: 01274 432986

Fax: 01274 437119

E-mail: lal.saki@bradford.gov.uk
HIV/Aids
See HIV/Aids Procedure

Service Manager (Care Management)

Infectious Diseases
See Infestations Procedure

Group Service Manager (Resources)

Lal Saki

Group Service Manager (Resources)
2nd Floor, Olicana House
Chapel Street
Bradford
BD1 5RE 

Tel: 01274 432986

Fax: 01274 437119

E-mail: lal.saki@bradford.gov.uk
Marriage of a Looked After Child
See Marriage Procedure

Group Service Manager (Care Management)

Passports
Service Manager (Care Management)
Pathway Plans/ Leaving Care
See Leaving Care Guidance and Leaving Care Procedure

Senior Care Manager (Care Management)

Permanent Placements
See Decision to Look After, Care and Permanence Planning Procedure and Placements in Foster Care Procedure

Service Manager (Adoption and Fostering)

Placement of Looked After Children Outside the Authority
See Emergency Placements Procedure

Placements in Foster Care Procedure

Placements in Residential Care

Group Service Managers

Placement with Parents
See Placements with Parents Procedure

Group Service Managers

Placements Outside England and Wales

Group Service Manager (Resources)

Lal Saki

Group Service Manager (Resources)
2nd Floor, Olicana House
Chapel Street
Bradford
BD1 5RE 

Tel: 01274 432986

Fax: 01274 437119

E-mail: lal.saki@bradford.gov.uk
Placements with Relatives and Friends
Service Manager (Care Management)
Service Manager Fostering Services

Geoff Green

Service Manager Children's Services
Aire Building
35 Saltaire Road
Shipley
BD18 3HH

T: 01274-434596
Private Fostering
See Private Fostering Procedure

Designated Manager (Private Fostering)

Service Manager

Service Manager Fostering Services

Geoff Green

Service Manager Children's Services
Aire Building
35 Saltaire Road
Shipley
BD18 3HH

T: 01274-434596
Private Fostering - Lead Practitioner
Jessica Sterrie, Social  Worker, Romanby Shaw 435600
Remands to Local Authority Accommodation
Youth Offending Team Manager

Paul O'Hara

Bradford & District Youth Offending Team
Bank House
41 Bank Street
Bradford
BD1 1RD

Tel:  01274 436060

Residence Order Allowances

Group Service Manager (Resources)

Lal Saki

Group Service Manager (Resources)
2nd Floor, Olicana House
Chapel Street
Bradford
BD1 5RE 

Tel: 01274 432986

Fax: 01274 437119

E-mail: lal.saki@bradford.gov.uk
School or Educational Trips/Holidays Abroad
Service Manager (Care Management)
Secure Accommodation Placement
See Emergency Reviews Procedure

Emergency Placements Procedure

Placements in Secure Accommodation Procedure

and Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews Procedure

Group Service Manager

Serious Case Review
Head of Children's Service
Service Improvement Manager

Service Improvement Manager

Phil D. Roberts

Transformation Services
Bradford Services to Children and Young People.

T: 01274 438820

Mob: 07796 993241
Special Guardianship Support Team

Rajindar Ubhi

35 Saltaire Road
Shipley
Bradford
BD18 3HH

T:01274 434331

Termination of Pregnancy of a Looked After Child
Service Manager (Care Management)

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