Council departments
The departments are:
Chief Executive's Office
The Chief Executive heads a team that is responsible for putting the policies agreed by the council into practice.
The team is at the forefront of creating strategies to improve the quality of life for local people. These include helping combat poverty, supporting industry, promoting the use of public transport and protecting the environment.
Ensuring the council communicates clearly with local people so that they understand and value its work is also a key function.
You can find out more in the Business and Economy, Your Council or Community and Living sections.
Corporate Resources
Corporate Resources provides a wide range of central support services such as legal, personnel, IT, property and financial; to the council, the Chief Executive, service departments and other non-county council clients.
Find out more in the Business and Economy or Your Council sections.
Cultural and Community Services
The Cultural and Community Services Department embraces libraries, the arts, the Derbyshire Record Office, Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, the Schools Library Service and the county's Trading Standards Service.
Find out more in the Leisure and Culture or Community and Living sections.
Children and Younger Adults
The Children and Younger Adults Department brings together social care and educational services for children, young people and their families.
We are also the accountable body for Derbyshire Children’s Trust. The Trust is responsible for coordinating all services for children and young people across the County.
We provide services from a range of establishments around the county, often working in partnership with other organisations.
We have eight nursery schools, 358 primary schools, 47 secondary schools, 10 special schools, seven support centres, 15 Children’s Centres, seven family centres and eight children’s homes.
As well as providing support for these establishments, other services provided by the department include childcare development, fostering and adoption, services for Looked After Children, support for agencies delivering Early Years education, services for disabled children and children with special educational needs, education welfare, youth services, support to families, the Continuing Education Service, the Educational psychology service and a Sports Development Service. Importantly, we manage the safeguarding and protection of children on behalf of the local safeguarding children’s board (opens in a new window).
We are also involved in the Building Schools for the Future programme for rebuilding or refurbishing all secondary schools by 2015, developing a further 27 children’s centres for younger children and their families by 2008 and supporting a range of partners in developing extended services in and around schools.
Find out more in the Education and Learning or Social Care and Health sections.
Environmental Services
Environmental Services includes teams for Public Transport, the Countryside Service, GIS, Planning, and Roads and Highways.
Find out more in the Environment or Leisure and Culture sections.
Adult Social Services
The geographical and demographic diversity of Derbyshire means we must tailor services to local need, which we continually change and adapt to meet the need of local people.
We provide services for older people, disabled people, people with a learning disability and people with mental health problems.
Find out more in the Social Care and Health section.
