Corporate Leadership Team and directorates

What we do

Adult and Community Services (ACS) works with adults, young people moving into adulthood and people with physical and learning disabilities to develop better outcomes in people’s lives and help them to live as independently as possible.

We work in partnership with:

• health services
• local councils
• the independent, voluntary and private sectors
• the Health and Wellbeing Board

We also work with colleagues in other areas of the county council, especially Children and Young People's Services.

Our services

Adult and Community Services supports or commissions services including:

• access to care services
• safeguarding of vulnerable adults
• health and care integration

Cabinet Member

• Councillor Beccy Hopfensperger, Cabinet Member for Adult Care

Management

• Gareth Everton, Executive Director Adult Social Care

Our aims, vision and values

Our vision is to be a good social care service, working in new ways with partners to develop better outcomes in people’s lives.

Health and Care Integration

We work closely with Health colleagues, joining up services within the community at the Connect sites and through our Integrated Care Strategies:

• Suffolk & North East Essex
• Norfolk & Waveney 

This improves outcomes for people and reduces pressure on Accident and Emergency and avoidable hospital admissions.  

Support to Live at Home

For more information on Support to Live at Home, please visit our Home care page.

Suffolk InfoLink, also has details of organisations and Information on support services across Suffolk on a wide variety of topics related to social care.

Our practice

The Adult Social Care Policy Framework (Word, 78KB) shows our policy on the delivery of care and support in Suffolk.

Our services

Health, Wellbeing and Children's Services (HWC) includes:

• Disabled Children’s Services
• Family Support (formally known as Early Help) services
• Education and Learning
• Fostering and Adoption
• Health Improvement
• School Nursing
• Special Education Needs and Disabilities
• Youth Offending.

Cabinet Member

• Councillor Andrew Reid, Cabinet Member for Education and SEND
• Councillor Bobby Bennett, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People's Services.

Management

• Sarah-Jane Smedmor, Executive Director of Children and Young People’s Services.

What we do

Corporate Services (CS) supports the delivery of frontline services to the public. 

Our services

Corporate Services includes: 

• Assets and Investment
• Communications and Public Affairs
• Customer Experience and Service Improvement (this includes the Registration Service and Coroner Service)
• Finance
• Governance, Legal and Assurance
  
  • Information Governance and Democratic Services
  • Legal
  • Monitoring Officer
• Health and Safety
• Human Resources, Performance and Change
• Internal Audit and Counter Fraud
• IT
• Policy and Performance

Cabinet Members

• Councillor Matthew Hicks, Leader of the Council
• Councillor Richard Rout, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance and Environment
• Councillor Steve Willes, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Public Protection
• Councillor Philip Faircloth-Mutton, Cabinet Member for Equality and Communities

Management

Stephen Meah-Sims, Director of Corporate Services and Deputy Chief Executive.

Our services

Fire and Public Safety incorporates:

• Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service​ - view the SFRS structure chart (PDF, 417KB)
• Trading Standards
• Emergency Planning

Cabinet Member

• Councillor Steve Wiles, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Public Protection

Management

Jon Lacey, Chief Fire Officer and Executive Director of Fire and Public Safety.

What we do 

Growth, Highways and Infrastructure (GHI) is responsible for economic and industrial growth within the county, as well as recycling, transport and public highways services. 

Our services

Growth, Highways and Infrastructure services include:

• Highways
• Planning
• Economic development
• Environmental Strategy 
• Strategic development
• Passenger transport
• Waste and recycling

Cabinet Members

• Councillor Matthew Hicks, Leader of the Council
• Councillor Richard Rout, Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Finance and Environment
• Councillor Richard Smith MVO, Cabinet Member for Economic Development, Skills, Transport Strategy and Waste
• Councillor Paul West, Cabinet Member for Ipswich, Operational Highways and Flooding
• Councillor Philip Faircloth-Mutton, Cabinet Member for Equality and Communities

Management

Andrew Cook, Executive Director of Growth, Highways and Infrastructure

Our services

Public Health & Communities (PH&C) includes:

• Health Improvement
• Health Visiting
• Knowledge and Intelligence
• Localities and Communities
• Population Healthcare
• Public Health
• Social Care Services

Find out more about Public Health services, reports, advice and priorities.

Cabinet Member

• Councillor Matthew Hicks, Leader of the Council
• Councillor Steve Wiles, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Public Protection
• Councillor Philip Faircloth-Mutton, Cabinet Member for Equality and Communities

Management

• Stuart Keeble, Director of Public Health