List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers
| Ref | SUBJECT | DELEGATION |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Reception in Care Accommodation | |
| 1.1 | Decision to apply for Emergency Protection Order | Service Delivery Manager |
| 1.2 | Decision to institute Care Proceedings | Service Delivery Manager |
| 1.3 | Approval of Review Plan | Service Delivery Manager |
| 1.4 | Decision to seek variation of contact | Team Manager |
| Decision to seek termination of contact | Service Delivery Manager | |
| 1.5 | Surgical/Medical Treatment | |
| To authorise treatment where parent cannot be contacted | Team Manager | |
| To authorise treatment where parent is unwilling to give consent | Service Delivery Manager | |
| Decision to withdraw treatment | Chief Officer | |
| 1.6 | Placement under Placement with Parents Regulations | |
| 1.6.1 | Planned placement | Head of Service Delivery |
| 1.6.2 | Emergency placement | Service Delivery Manager |
| 1.7 | Application to discharge Care Order | Team Manager |
| 1.8 | Foster parent approval | Fostering Panel |
| 1.9 | Decision to place for adoption | Team Manager |
| 2. | Child Protection | |
| 2.1 | Decision regarding appropriate medical examination | Team Manager |
| 2.2 | Decision regarding closing an investigation | Team Manager |
| 2.3 | Decision not to investigate the same day | Team Manager |
| 2.4 | Decision not to convene a case conference | Team Manager |
| 3. | Transport | |
| 3.1 | Assessment of need/decision to provide | Team Manager |
| 4. | Holiday Approvals | |
| 4.1 | In the UK or abroad | Team Manager |
| 4.2 | Approval of Passport Applications | Service Delivery Manager |
| 5. | Family Network Carers | |
| 5.1 | Emergency approval | Service Delivery Manager |
| 5.2 | Permanent approval | Fostering Panel |
| Ref | SUBJECT | DELEGATION |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Section 17 | |
| 1.1 | Approval of one-off payments up to £100 | Team Manager |
| 1.2 | Approval of one-off payments over £100 | Service Delivery Manager |
| 1.3 | Approval of regular weekly payments | Service Delivery Manager |
| 2. | Maintenance Payments | |
| 2.1 | Notice of change in circumstances: | |
| Where there are no financial implications | Social Worker | |
| Where there are financial implications | Service Delivery Manager | |
| 2.2 | Clothing Grant | |
| Up to £100 | Team Manager | |
| Over £100 | Service Delivery Manager | |
| 2.3 | School Uniform or Starting Work grant | Team Manager |
| 2.4 | Holidays: | |
| Agreement for one (first) holiday grant | Team Manager | |
| Agreement for additional holiday grant | Service Delivery Manager | |
| 2.5 | Grants for educational visits and residential trips: | |
| Agreement for one educational grant | Team Manager | |
| Agreement for additional educational grant | Service Delivery Manager | |
| 2.6 | Equipment, adaptations and installations in homes of foster carers/family placement carers/service users: | |
| Up to £200 | Team Manager Fostering/Family Placement |
|
| £201 - £2,500 | Resource Teams Manager |
|
| Over £2,500 | Head of Service (Resources) | |
| Over £10,000 | DDP | |
| 2.7 | Grant Agreements for vehicles for foster carers/family placement carers: | |
| Up to £10,000 | Chief Officer | |
| Over £10,000 | DDP | |
| 2.8 | Telephones: | |
| Reimbursement of itemised bill calls | Team Manager Fostering/Family Placement | |
| 2.9 | Specific Needs payments e.g. Activities, interests, skin care, special clothing or transport requirements, dietary needs: | |
| One off payments up to £100 | Team Manager | |
| Regular payments or payments over £100 | Service Delivery Manager | |
| 2.10 | Enhancements - for additional costs in meeting the needs of a child where there is particularly challenging behaviour and activities costing identifiable additional expenditure | Service Delivery Manager |
| 2.11 | Life Story Work | Team Manager |
| 2.12 | Training course expenses for foster carers | Team Manager (Fostering) |
| 2.13 | Payment of professional fee in lieu of holiday | Team Manager (Fostering) |
| 2.14 | Payment of sick pay for more than one week | Head of Service (Resources) |
| 2.15 | Payment of retainer | Team Manager Fostering/Family Placement |
| 2.16 | Respite over 28 days | Head of Service (Resources) |
| 2.17 | Termination of registration | Fostering Panel |
| 2.18 | Payment for Skills fee levels | |
| Commencement of fee payments and changes in PFS fee levels | Team Manager (Fostering) following Fostering Panel | |
| 2.19 | Any exceptional fee or maintenance payment arrangement | Head of Service (Resources) |
| 3. | Young People in Residential Care | |
| 3.1 | Extraordinary requests for special items from establishment budgets up to £500 | Principal Unit Manager |
| 3.2 | Extraordinary requests for special items from establishment budgets more than £500 | Head of Service Delivery |
| 4. | Outside Placements | Head of Service Delivery |
| 5. | Leaving Care Grants | |
| 5.1 | Up to £1,000 | Team Manager or Pathway Planning Team Manager |
| More than £1000 | Head of Service Delivery | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| 6. | National Assistance Act 1948: Custody of Animals | |
| 6.1 | Maintenance of animals up to 8 weeks | Team Manager |
| 6.2 | Maintenance of animals over 8 weeks | Service Delivery Manager |
| 7. | Section 50 Approvals (Disposal of Bodies) | Team Manager |
| 8. | Child Arrangements Order and Special Guardianship Orders | |
| 8.1 | Approval of allowance and/or payment of legal fees | Joint decision with Service Delivery Manager and Fostering/Family Placement Team Manager |
| 9. | Adoption Support and Allowances | |
| 9.1 | Pre-order - payment of regular allowances. To agree recommendation from Adoption Panel | Head of Service Delivery |
| 9.2 | Post-order payments: | |
| Up to £500 in any one financial year | Team Manager (Adoption and Fostering) | |
| £500-£1000 in any one financial year | Resource Teams Manager | |
| Over £1000 in any one financial year | Head of Service Delivery | |
| 10. | Staff Car Claims** | Service Delivery Manager, Team Manager |
| 11. | Signing of Orders ** | Service Delivery Manager |
| 12. | Hire of cars/train journeys for purposes of work outside of Leeds | Team Managers |
Last Updated: February 9, 2023
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