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List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers

List of Agency Decision Makers, Designated Managers and Nominated Officers

1. Designated Manager (Finance up to £24.99)

All Team Managers
All Service Managers

5. Designated Manager (Decision to Pay Carer Allowances (Adoption, SGOA and CAOA))

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

6. Designated Manager (Agency Decision Maker - Children's Plan for Adoption)

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

Name: Julie Firth
Role: Director of Children's Services
E-mail: Julie.Firth@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 5943

7. Designated Manager (Adoption Advisor - Children's Plan for Adoption and Adoption Support)

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

8. Designated Manager (Agency Decision Maker following Recommendations of Fostering Panel)

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

9. Designated Manager (Agency Decision Maker - Regulation 24 Temporary Approval of Connected Person Foster Carers)

Name: Claire Brodie
Role: Interim Senior Manager for Children In Care
E-mail: Claire.brodie@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 5943

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

10. Designated Manager (Agency Decision Maker - Exemptions/Extensions from Fostering Approval)

Name: Claire Brodie
Role: Interim Senior Manager for Children In Care
E-mail: Claire.brodie@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 5943

11. Designated Manager (Agency Decision Maker - DBS Resolution)

Name: Claire Brodie
Role: Interim Senior Manager for Children In Care
E-mail: Claire.brodie@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 5943

12. Designated Manager (Agency Advisor)

Name: Jill Dixon
Role: Team Manager
E-mail: Jill.Dixon@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8234

13. Designated Manager (Fostering Panel Appointments)

Panel Chair

Name: Carly Brownlee
Role: Team Manager Fostering
E-mail: Carly.Brownlee@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8190

Name: Helen Bewick
Role: Team Manager Fostering
E-mail: Helen.Bewick@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 2540

14. Designated Manager (Authorisation for Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) Placements)

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

15. Designated Manager (Authorisation for Independent (External) Residential Provider Placements)

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

16. Designated Manager (Authorisation for Internal/In-House Residential Placements and Supported Accommodation)

Registered Manager of Home

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

18. Designated Manager (Court Interim Care Plans)

All Team Managers
All Service Managers

19. Designated Manager (Court Final Care Plan)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

20. Designated Manager (Decision to Accommodate - Same Day Emergency Response (SDER))

Name: Julie Firth
Role: Director of Children's Services
E-mail: Julie.Firth@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 5943

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

21. Designated Manager (Decision for CLA to be Placed with Parents)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

22. Designated Manager (Decision to Issue Care Proceedings - Legal Gateway Meeting (LGM))

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

24. Designated Manager (Decision for 16-17 year old CLA to Cease to be Looked After)

Name: Julie Firth
Role: Director of Children's Services
E-mail: Julie.Firth@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 5943

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

25. Designated Manager (Application for Secure Accommodation Order)

Name: Julie Firth
Role: Director of Children's Services
E-mail: Julie.Firth@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 5943

Name: Mary Connor
Role: Assistant Director, Safeguarding & Children's Services
E-mail: Mary.Connor@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07581 057 236

26. Designated Manager (Application for Emergency Protection Order)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

27. Designated Manager (Out of Area Placement - Bordering LA)

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

28. Designated Manager (Out of Area Placement - Distant (Non-Bordering LA))

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

29. Designated Manager (Emigration)

Children's Services Director

31. Designated Manager (Investigating Officer - Stage 2 Complaint)

Independent Investigating Officer

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

32. Designated Manager (DISCO)

Name: Toni Clark-Brown
Role: MASH Manager (Prevention and Early Help)
E-mail: Toni.Clark-Brown@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 7939

33. Designated Manager for MALAP (Multi-Agency Looked After Partnership)

Name: Jackie Ingram
Role: Senior Manager for Children in Care
E-mail: jackie.ingram@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 07973 763 630

34. Designated Manager (CLA Change of Name)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

35. Designated Manager (CLA Going on Holiday Overseas)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

36. Designated Manager (CLA Medical Procedures other than Emergency/Routine)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

37. Designated Manager (CLA Family Time with Parents)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

38. Designated Manager (CLA Marriage/Civil Partnership)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

39. Designated Manager (CLA Passports)

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

40. Designated Manager (Missing, Sexually Abused and Trafficked (MSET))

Name: Abby Waites
Role: Senior Manager Social Work Practice
E-mail: Abby.Waites@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 8434

41. Designated Manager (Private Fostering)

Name: Dawn Hodgson
Role: Service Manager, Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub and Social Work Assessment Team
E-mail: Dawn.Hodgson@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 7992

42. Designated Manager (Notifiable Incidents)

Name: Carrie Barron
Role: Senior Manager for Quality Assurance
E-mail: Carrie.Barron@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 7366

Name: Sue Burns
Role: NTSCP Manager
E-mail: Sue.Burns@northtyneside.gov.uk
Tel: 0191 643 7391

Last Updated: April 29, 2024

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