Departments in Wirral Council

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Please go to the relevant part of the website to find what you want:

Wirral Council is organised into the following areas.

Chief Executive

The Chief Executive of Wirral Council is Matthew Bennett.

People directorate

This Children, Families, Education, Adults Care, Health and Strategic Commissioning.

The Executive Director of People is Elizabeth Hartley. 

Children, Families and Education

Children’s Services deliver a wide range of specialist and targeted services for children.

The department includes:

  • Early Help and Prevention
  • Education
  • Children and Families
  • Modernisation and Support

The Interim Director of Children's Services is Anthony Kirk.

Adults' Care and Health and Strategic Commissioning

The health and care function has responsibility for development of integrated services with health and other partners. It is also responsible for commissioning and contract management of those services.

This includes:

  • Social care outcomes
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Public Health

The Director of Adults, Health and Strategic Commissioning is Sayyed Osman.

Place Directorate

This covers Neighbourhood and Regeneration and Place Services.

The Executive Director of Place role is currently vacant.

Neighbourhood Services

Neighbourhood Services will provide high quality, affordable services within budget – using the most appropriate model.

Neighbourhood Services includes:

  • Highways
  • Transport
  • Parks, Environment and Climate Change
  • Libraries, Leisure and Customer Engagement
  • Neighbourhood Safety and Transport

Regeneration and Place

This service includes:

  • Regeneration
  • Economic Growth
  • Asset Management and Investment
  • Housing
  • Planning and Building Control

Corporate Services

This includes:

  • Legal Services
  • Democratic Services
  • Electoral Services
  • Registrars
  • Licensing
  • HR and Organisational Design
  • Programme management office

The Director Corporate Services is Jason Gooding.

Finance

This includes:

  • Finance and Investment
  • Merseyside Pension Fund
  • Internal Audit and Risk
  • Procurement
  • Revenues, Benefits and Council Tax
  • ICT and Digital

The Interim Director of Finance is Daniel Kirwan.

Correspondence address

The correspondence address for the above departments is:

PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ