Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire County Council's aim is to make Staffordshire an even better place to live, work, visit and invest and is responsible for all the major public services within the county.
The authority is the biggest employer in Staffordshire with more than 30,000 staff. These range from teachers and engineers to scientists and social workers who provide Staffordshire's population of around 800,000 people with vital services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
These services include the local education service, with over 400 schools, libraries, social services, fostering and adoption, trading standards, highways, planning, waste disposal and many, many more.
The Council consults widely with its stakeholders to produce a 'Strategic Plan', which plans its action for the years ahead.
Politically there are 62 County Councillors who are elected every four years. They work closely with the council's officers to drive the overall strategy of the authority. It is delivered by employees working in four major directorates who are responsible for the full range of services paid for with your council tax. These directorates are:
• Children and Lifelong Learning
• Development Services
• Social Care and Health
• Resources
They are supported by the Chief Executive's Office. Ron Hilton is the officer in overall charge of the County Council and works with the elected members and the leader John Taylor to ensure it runs properly for the benefit of Staffordshire's council tax payers.
As well as working with members the council also works in partnership with organisations such as district and parish councils, police, fire and health authorities to help improve the prosperity, health, safety and environment of the whole county.
• Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Authority
• Staffordshire Police Authority
• Staffordshire Parish Councils Association
Discover Staffordshire
Staffordshire really does have it all - from busy, bustling towns to beautiful open spaces and parklands, multi-starred restaurants to quaint little coffee shops, bright and exciting theme parks to stately homes. Whatever you're looking for, you're sure to find it close by.
Set right at the heart of the country, Staffordshire is within easy reach of Birmingham and Manchester, and London is just a couple of hours away.
Staffordshire has so much to offer as a place to work and enjoy life. Bring an open mind and you're sure to be surprised and impressed by a region where the future is brighter than ever before.
Click on the following links to find out more about what it's like to live and work here.
Links to:
• Entertainment
• Heritage
• Housing
• Leisure
• Lifelong Learning
• Shopping
• Transport
About the Council
Staffordshire County Council serves a population of around 800,000, delivering a wide range of vital services to all the communities that make up our county - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We are at the heart of daily life, providing services that touch everyone - from the flow of traffic on the county's roads to the quality of our schools, from officiating at marriages to supporting older people in their own homes.
It takes a large and diverse team to enable us to succeed in our aim of making Staffordshire a great place in which to live and work. We are the county's largest employer with a team of more than 30,000 staff equipped with a wide variety of individual skills and abilities. Everyone is a vital member of the team, whatever their role, and we are actively committed to equality and diversity, ensuring that employment and services are fully accessible to all.
Our organisation is composed of four Directorates - Chief Executive's Office, Social Care & Health, Children & Lifelong Learning, and Development Services. For a potential employee, there are hundreds of different career options on offer and you will find we are dedicated to your development and individual success within our team framework. We want you to achieve all you are capable of while enjoying a good work/life balance. People really are the heart of our organisation and it's people who make all the difference.
We never forget that the focus of our activities and organisation are the communities of Staffordshire. To this end, we are currently undergoing exciting organisational change to modernise the way we work, and to ensure that we are efficiently and effectively delivering first-class services within a changing county.
Our Vision for the people of Staffordshire is:
"To make Staffordshire a great place to live, work, visit and invest."
Our Mission for the Council and our staff is:
"For Staffordshire County Council to become a leading Council."
Our new Corporate Strategy includes a set of six aims which reflect issues of importance to Staffordshire people. They provide a focus to drive the work of all our employees:
• To improve social care and health.
• To develop a learning County.
• To create a safe and attractive environment.
• To promote economic success.
• Focusing on people and communities.
• Being a well-managed and inclusive Council.
To improve social care and health.
• To develop a learning County.
• To create a safe and attractive environment.
• To promote economic success.
• Focusing on people and communities.
• Being a well-managed and inclusive Council.
We are determined to achieve these aims and are committed to delivering real improvement in the quality of life for the people of Staffordshire.