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

Mike Hennessey, Corporate Director for Adult and Community Services.

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 Sustainability and Transformation Plan (PDF, 1MB).

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 (PDF, 918KB) 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
• Early Help services
• Education and Learning
• Fostering and Adoption
• Health Improvement
• School Nursing
• Special Education Needs and Disabilities
• Youth Offending

Cabinet Member

Councillor Gordon Jones, Cabinet Member for Children's Services, Education and Skills.

Management

• Sue Cook, Executive Director of People’s Services
• Allan Cadzow, Corporate Director of Children and Young People

What we do

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

Our services

Corporate Services includes: 

• Corporate Programme Managment Office (PMO)
• Commercial
• Communications
• Finance
• Human Resources (HR)
• IT
• Performance and Information Management
• Property
• Governance, Legal & Assurance
• Internal Audit
• Coroner
• Registration Service
• Legal
• Information Governance
• Democratic Services
• Monitoring Officer

Cabinet Members

• Councillor Richard Smith, MVO, Cabinet Member for Finance and Assets
• Councillor Mary Evans, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Rural Affairs
• Councillor Matthew Hicks, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Infrastructure

Management

Chris Bally, 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, 660KB)
• Trading Standards
• Emergency Planning

Cabinet Member

Councillor Richard Rout, Cabinet Member for Environment and Public Protection.

Management

Mark Hardingham, Chief Fire Officer and Director of Fire and Public Protection.

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 and Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Infrastructure
• Councillor Mary Evans, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Rural Affairs
• Councillor Richard Rout, Cabinet Member for Environment and Public Protection
• Councillor Paul West, Cabinet Member for Ipswich, Communities and Waste

Management

Mark Ash, Executive Director of Growth, Highways and Infrastructure.

Our services

Public Health (PH) includes:

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

Cabinet Member

Councillor James Reeder, Cabinet Member for Health.

Management

• Sue Cook, Director of People’s Services
• Dr Amanda Jones, Director of Public Health