6.1 Local Contacts |
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- Adoption and Permanency Team
- Child Protection Plans
- Education Department Lead Officer
- Emergency Duty Team
- Fostering Duty
- Health Care Assessments, Health Trusts
- Homeless Persons Unit
- Housing Advice
- London Refuge for Runaway Children
- Placements of Looked After Children
- Procedures Manual Project Manager
- Responsible Individual (Care Standards Act 2000)
| Adoption and Permanency Team |
| Westway Information Centre Adoption Duty Telephone: 0207 598 4684 |
| Child Protection Plans |
| Designated Manager (Child Protection), The Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NX T: 020 7361 3317 |
| Education Department Lead Officers |
| The Lead Officer in this authority within the Directorate for Schools, Quality and Standards who should be contacted when a child becomes Looked After, is:
Tel. 020 7938 8108 If the child is placed outside the authority, Lead Officers in education departments can be found at DfE website. |
| Emergency Duty Team |
| Out of Hours Emergency Number - 020 7373 2227
Office Hours – 0207 361 4074 (EDT Manager), 0207 361 4975 (Business Support Officer) E-mail the EDT Manager at jonathan.Williams@rbkc.gov.uk |
| Fostering Duty |
Westway Aid and Information Centre Monday - Friday: 9.00 - 5.00 Telephone number: 020 7598 4541 |
| Health Care Assessments, Health Trusts |
| The following should be contacted for the purposes of arranging Health Care
Assessments in relation to Looked After Children.
The Community Child Health Centre, Tel.: 020 8451 8515 Health assessment can be booked by calling 020 8451 8515 or email to kathryn.jones@westminster-pct.nhs.uk For any queries on Health Care Assessments or general health enquiries please contact the Designated Nurse for LAC, Maxine Jameson, on 020 8451 8500 or email maxine.jameson@rbkc.gov.uk The Designated Doctor in Child Protection is: Dr Paul Hargreaves, Cheyne Child Development Centre, Tel.: 020 8846 1286 |
| Homeless Person's Unit |
| Tel: 0207 361 2246 |
| Housing Advice |
| Piccadilly Advice Centre: 100 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5EE. Hours: Monday to Friday 5pm to 8.30pm Weekends 10.00am to 1.30pm.
Frontline Housing Advice: Ground Floor, Tel: 0207 407 0660. Monday 10a. to 12 noon, Tuesday 10am to 12.30 pm, Wednesday 2pm to 4pm and Thursday 2pm to 4pm. Friday to Sunday closed. Threshold Housing Advice Centre: Wandsworth, (0208 333 6960) Monday 6-7pm, Tuesday closed, Wednesday 10-12 and 2 to 4pm, Friday 10am to 12noon. Shelter 0808800 4444 Freephone (general information only) |
| London Refuge for Runaway Children |
PO Box 3652 London N7 9HY Tel: 020 7700 7541 |
| Placement of Looked After Children |
| The Effective Placements Officer is John McShane
Tel: 0207 598 4498 Mob: 02976 060121 Email: john.mcshan@rbkc.gov.uk |
| Procedures Manual Project Manager |
| For Help, click the button at the top of this page.
The manager responsible for overseeing and monitoring the production and review of the Family Services procedures manual is: Derek Fenwick, Email: derek.fenwick@rbkc.gov.uk |
| Responsible Individual (Care Standards Act 2000) |
| John Page, Head of Service (Care Resources) Family Services, The Town Hall Hornton Street London S8 7NX Tel: 020 7361 3086 |
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