We are responsible for the delivery of a range of mandatory statutory duties including key functions such as adult social care, education, children's safeguarding, public health, highways, waste management, libraries and trading standards.
The council:
- has a total of 64 elected members representing the residents of Derbyshire
- supports 420 schools to offer the best education
- provides safe, stable homes for children in our care
- deals with concerns about child safety and wellbeing
- supports older and disabled people to live independently at home
- deals with requests for adult social care assessments, advice and information
- runs 43 council-run libraries and a mobile library service
- supports residents' financial wellbeing by providing welfare rights services and managing the Derbyshire Discretionary Fund
Our Place department:
- runs 9 household waste recycling centres and disposes of more than 400,000 tonnes of waste each year
- maintains nearly 3,400 miles of roads, just over 1,200 highway bridges and nearly 2,800 miles of pavements and footways each year
- looks after nearly 2,800 miles of rights of way footpaths, about 280 miles of cycle ways and greenways and about 90,200 street lights
Our adult social care and health department supports around 10,300 people on a longer-term basis including:
- 31% in residential or nursing homes
- 31% supported in their own homes
- 20% through direct payments where people choose and control their own support
- 18% in other community settings
Our children's services department supports around 1,600 children with a child in need plan and around 800 children on a child protection plan as well as their families. Just over 1,000 children are in care, of which:
- 62% are with foster carers
- 16% are in a children's home
- 8% are in semi-independent living placements
- 14% are in other placement types
We will continue to fulfil our statutory duties and we've identified 3 outcomes in this plan to focus on delivering results within available resources, ensuring better outcomes for local people and value for money.