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1.5.3 Guidance for Taxi/Transport Requests

In order to monitor the budget allocation in relation to taxi and transport costs, the process has been reviewed and the following authorisation guidance has been agreed.  Also attached is a revised CF46, which has been amended to specify taxi / transport payments. 

  • All requests for a taxi or payment for some other form of transport, for example payment to relative / friend for petrol, must be recorded on the attached CF46 pro forma.
  • All requests for financial support towards taxi or transportation costs must include the following information
    • Name of child(ren)
    • ICS identification number
    • Dates of Birth
    • Home Address / Placement Address
    • Legal Status (where appropriate)
    • Details of proposed journey - from which address and to where, frequency of journey, reason for journey, and what alternative methods have been considered, cost of journey.
  • Where the worker is requesting a single journey, or where the total amount against a child or family for transport is less than £20, the team manager will be able to authorise this request. 
  • Where more than one journey is required over a period of time, or the total cost exceeds £20, authorisation for this will be with the appropriate Service Manager.
  • In the absence of the responsible Service Manager, the request can be sent to an alternative Service Manager.
  • All requests to Service Managers must be submitted via e-mail, with a telephone call to notify of the CF46 being sent. 
  • Taxi's or financial support cannot be committed or finalised without the agreement of either the Team Manager or Service Manager.
  • Where the manager is available they will sign the CF46 to indicate their agreement.  Where the request is submitted by e-mail, a copy of the responding e-mail indicating agreement / authorisation must be attached to the form to evidence a manager's oversight.
  • Transport / taxi arrangements can be agreed for a maximum of three months at a time, and must then be reviewed via the submission of a further CF46.
  • A copy of the approved CF46 must be scanned into the child's file.

Click here to view Form CF46 - Request for Financial Resource

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