fessional practice within their organisation and providing advice and expertise for fellow professionals. The named health professional will work in (and usually be employed by) a health provider organisation. He or she will act as a principal health contact for children’s social care and should have up-to-date specialist knowledge of the health needs of looked-after children or know how to access it.28 76. Working with the designated professionals for looked-after children, named health professionals should: • coordinate the provision of local health services for individual looked-after children and the input into health assessments and their reviews for individual looked-after children • ensure the timeliness and quality of health assessments for looked-after children and ensure actions taken to implement the health care plan are tracked • act as a key conduit and contact point for the child and their carer, where they have difficulties accessing health services. Placement out of authority 77. Social workers must notify the relevant CCG, in accordance with Regulations, when a child is placed out of authority.29 They should ensure that arrangements are made to secure health provision for the child. 78. In making a judgement about the suitability of an out of authority placement for a child, the responsible authority should assess, with input from health services, 28 A model job description and person specifications for specialist looked-after children health professionals can be found in the Royal Colleges’ intercollegiate framework. 29 Regulation 13, The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010.30 The following must also be consulted: the child’s IRO, the child’s relatives and parents where appropriate, the CCG (or local health board in Wale