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Local Contacts

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Contents

  1. Black Country Children's Rights Project
  2. Chief Officer for the Authority
  3. Designated Nurse for Looked After Children
  4. Education Lead Officer
  5. Education Support Team (Corporate Parenting)
  6. Emergency Response Team (ERT)
  7. Health Care Assessments, Health Care Trusts
  8. Initial Response Service
  9. Placements Co-ordinator
  10. Record of Children with a Child Protection Plan
  11. Responsible Individual (Care Standards Act 2000)
  12. School Exclusions  
  13. Single Point Referral: Support Team: Duty Officer


Black Country Children’s Rights Project

Project Manager:     Ann Cartwright
Sessional Workers:  Jane Botham, Sue Bishop, Claire Pennell

NCH, Black Country Children’s Rights
29 St James’s Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 3JB

Tel:  01384 212345
Fax:  01384 212535
E.Mail blackcountry.childrensrights@nch.org.uk

Chief Officer for the Authority

David Martin
Executive Director, 

SMB Suite Social Care & Supported Housing
Civic Centre
Darwall Street
Walsall WS1 IRJ

Tel: 01922 - 652700

Designated Nurse for Looked After Children

Maureen Chaudhry, 

Walsall PCT Lichfield House, 
27-31 Lichfield Street, 
Walsall, WS1 1TE. 

Tel: 01922 - 858956

Education Lead Officer

The Education Lead Officer in this authority, who should be contacted when a child becomes Looked After, is: 

Steve Murray
Team Manager 
Education Support Team (CP)
2, Jervis Court,
Dogkennel Lane,
Walsall, WS1 2BU.
Tel: 01922 748114

If the child is placed outside the authority, Lead Officers in education departments can be found at DfE website

Education Support Team (Corporate Parenting)

Steve Murray, Team Manager 

2, Jervis Court
Dogkennel Lane,
Walsall, WS1 2BU.

Tel: 01922 74811
Emergency Response Team (ERT)

Windsor Ward, 
Goscote Hospital, 
Goscote Lane, 
Walsall WS1 1SJ.

Direct Telephone Number: 01922-653555 at Windsor Ward, Goscote.
Emergency Number:  01922-650000 (Civic Centre Number). 

Health Care Assessments, Health Trusts 

Maureen Chaudhry, 

Walsall PCT, 
Lichfield House, 
27-31 Lichfield Street, 
Walsall, WS1 1TE. 

Tel: 01922 - 858956

Initial Response Service

The Quest, 
Second Floor, 
139 – 143 Lichfield Street, 
Walsall WS1 1SE.

Tel: 01922 – 658170  
Fax: 01922 – 658195

Placements Co-ordinator

General (Residential) Placements:

Initial referrals for placements are referred via the Single Point Referral processes to the Duty Officer, Family Placements Team on 01922 – 710751. Fax: 01922 – 409719.

Essington Lodge,
106 Essington Road,
New Invention,
Willenhall,
Walsall
WV12 5DT

External Placements (following assessment by Family Placements Team and approval by panel):

Annette Taylor,
Placements Co-ordinator (External).

6th floor,
Tameway Tower,
Bridge Street,
Walsall WS11JZ.

Tel: 01922 658445

Record of Children with a Child Protection Plan

Manager of the Review & Child Protection Unit

Tel: 01922 - 646640

Responsible Individual for the Authority  (Care Standards Act 2000)

For Children’s Homes:  

Manager of Residential Services (Alison Glover), 

10th Floor Tameway Tower, 
Bridge Street, 
Walsall,
WS1 1JZ  
Tel: 01922 - 658356

For Foster Care:  

Strategic Manager (Beate Wagner),
10th Floor Tameway Tower, 
Bridge Street, 
Walsall,
WS1 1JZ

Tel: 01922 – 658363

School Exclusions

Exclusions and Pupil Placement Process Manager or Exclusions Team:

Julie Ingleby, 
Exclusions & Pupil Placement Process Manager
Education Development Centre (E.D.C.),
Pesall Lane, 
Walsall
WS4 1NG.  

Tel: 01922 – 686233.

Single Point Referral: Support Team: Duty Officer General (Residential) Placements:

Initial referrals for placements are referred via the Single Point Referral processes to the Duty Officer,
Family Placements Team

Essington Lodge,
106 Essington Road,
New Invention,
Willenhall,
Walsall
WV12 5DT

Tel: 01922 – 710751.
Fax: 01922 – 409719.

External Placements (following assessment by Family Placements Team and approval by panel):

Annette Taylor,
Placements Co-ordinator (External).

6th Floor,
Tameway Tower,
Bridge Street,
Walsall
WS11JZ.

Tel: 01922 658445

If out of hours, please follow referral procedures to Emergency Response Team Contact Details (see above

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