Leader of the Council
Responsible for the Leadership of the Council
Specific individual responsibilities:
- Strategy and place leader for Cornwall
- Regional policy and external relations
- Relationship with HM Government
- Civic functions
- Human Resources
- Partnerships
- Levelling up and Equalities
- Communications and resident engagement
- Relationship with the voluntary and third sector
To lead on strategy formulation for the Council through Cabinet.
To chair the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Leadership Board.
Deputy Leader
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to:
- Resources (including billing, collection and recovery of local taxation)
- Financial forward planning and budgeting
- The effective use of resources and value for money
- Treasury Management
- Investment Programme
- Risk management and insurance
- Performance Management framework
- Fees and charges
- Property and Estate transformation
Portfolio holder for Adult Social Care and Health
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to adult social care and public health and wellbeing service in line with the Care Act 2014 and public health responsibilities as set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
This includes:
- Adult Social Care Services for adults of working age
- Adult social care services for older adults
- Services for carers
- Vulnerable adult safeguarding functions
- Public Health and Health Protection (including drug and alcohol services)
- Health and Well-Being Strategy
Promoting the best possible adult social services and seamless care in the community by working with and optimising all opportunities offered by other providers to further these aims.
Working in partnership through the Health and Well Being Board to promote early intervention and prevention and integrated care.
- To act as the lead Executive Member for the Health and Well-Being Board
- To provide executive member leadership on Health and Social Care integration
Portfolio holder for Children and Families
To undertake the responsibilities of the Lead Member for Children’s Services as set out in statutory guidance.
To enhance the Council's corporate parenting role; to protect and champion children’s rights and to promote opportunity for all children in Cornwall.
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to:
- Children’s Rights and involvement of young people in decision making
- Children’s Social Care
- Children’s Safeguarding
- Early Intervention Services for vulnerable children
- Early Years provision including Health Visiting
- Schools
- Special Educational Needs Provision
- Transitions for disabled young people
- Youth Offending
- Universal Youth provision and post 16 employment and training
- Adult Education
- Skills Agenda and relationships with FE and Universities.
Work in Partnership with the One Vision Board and Health and Well-Being Board to achieve better outcomes for children and families.
To lead on budget and policy development and implementation in relation to capital investment in educational infrastructure in schools.
Portfolio holder for Customers
Responsibility for leading on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to;
- Customer Services and Customer Experience
- Business Systems and digital strategy
- Digital inclusion
- Leisure Services
- Relationship with suppliers
- Corporate procurement and commercial services
- Facilities Management
- Governance and Assurance
To act as the lead Executive Member with responsibility for the shareholder oversight of the Council’s Companies
Portfolio holder for Economy
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to:
- Economic development and economic strategy
- Relationships with business community
- Town Vitality and Place Shaping
- Spaceport
- Energy Policy
- Anti-poverty strategy
- Employability and welfare
To act as the lead Executive Member with responsibility for working with the Local Enterprise Partnership and The Great South West.
Portfolio holder for Environment and Climate Change
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to the environment. This includes:
- Waterways, beaches and flood resilience
- Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and World Heritage Site
- Archaeology Service
- Fisheries and Agricultural Policy
- Maritime Services (Ports and Harbours)
- Climate Change
- Public Protection and Enforcement Services (Environmental Health, Trading Standards, Port Health, Parking Enforcement)
- Fire and Rescue Service
- Emergency Planning and business resilience
- Council Farms
To provide executive member leadership for the Environmental Growth Strategy and Climate Change Action Plan and to deliver better environmental outcomes through the Local Nature Partnership.
To provide overall liaison with Devon and Cornwall Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner and to promote effective blue light collaboration within Cornwall.
Portfolio holder for Neighbourhoods
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to
- Waste – collection, disposal and waste minimisation.
- Street cleaning
- Community safety
- Registrars
- Library and cultural services
- Community Networks and relationships with Town and Parish Councils
- Events and Licensing
- Parks and Open Spaces
- Public Rights of Way
- Cultural Services and Cornish Language
- Gypsy and Travellers
- Cemeteries and Crematorium
To deliver better outcomes for community safety with Partners through the Safer Cornwall Partnership providing executive member oversight of the Safer Communities Strategy
Portfolio holder for Planning and Housing
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to planning and transport including:
- The Local Plan and associated local planning guidance
- Neighbourhood Plans
- Development Control Service and Planning Enforcement
- Land registry and street naming
- Housing Strategy
- Housing delivery pipeline to deliver Local Plan housing targets
- Regeneration
- Direct Housing Development and investment
- Social Housing and Private Rented standards
- Homelessness Prevention and Housing Advice and Options Service
- Housing Adaptations for disabled people.
- Housing related support for vulnerable people
To act as the lead Executive Member with responsibility for working with the Strategic Housing Group.
Portfolio holder for Transport
To lead on budget and policy formulation and implementation in relation to planning and transport including:
- Highways
- Street Lighting
- The Local Transport Strategy
- School Transport
- Public Transport
- Ferries
- Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry
- Parking Strategy
To act as the lead Executive Member with responsibility for working with the Peninsula Subnational Transport Body.
