Meet the team

Corporate Resources

The Directorate provides a range of support services to enable the Council to function effectively, including human resources, IT, legal services and finance. It also includes the Council's democratic services function which administers the various cabinet committee and council meetings through which elected members make decisions and scrutinise the work of the organisation. 

It is also responsible for developing the organisation's long-term strategies, performance management arrangements, coordinating the way we communicate with the public and running the C1V contact centre.

Environment and Housing

This directorate delivers a range of environmental services including cleansing and waste management, managing the highway network, maintaining our parks and public spaces, and overseeing the provision of public transport in the Vale. 

This directorate is also responsible for managing and maintaining the Council’s housing stock and providing a range of regulatory services, such as trading standards, in partnership with Cardiff and Bridgend Councils through the Shared Regulatory Services team. 

Learning and Skills

It is the responsibility of this directorate to provide everybody in the Vale of Glamorgan with opportunities for quality education, both in our schools and adult learning centres.

The Learning and Skills team also manage the Vale of Glamorgan's libraries, provide a wide ranging youth service, and support the delivery of arts projects across the county.

Social Services

This directorate is home to all of teams that work with people in the Vale who need support, care or protection. 

This includes children and their families, older people and adults or children with an illness or disability.

Our social services team works to safeguard the well-being of children and young people who are in need either within their families, or where this is not possible by providing good quality alternative care.

The directorate also provides support for adults who need help to live their lives as independently as possible. This support is provided on both a short term and more permanent basis.

Place

Our Place team is responsible for growing and sharing prosperity in the Vale of Glamorgan. The team shape the economic and physical growth of the region ensuring the economic foundations are in place for improving the lives of Vale of Glamorgan residents.

This includes discharging our statutory planning functions, while also leading our response to the climate emergency.

Place colleagues work to enhance the Vale’s town centres and neighbourhoods and collaborate with other areas of the Council and our regional partners to ensure the best possible return on investment for the Council and the people of the Vale of Glamorgan.