Council departments

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Council departments

The various departments of the council are divided into directorates. Each director has responsibilities for overseeing a cluster of areas.

The council's leadership structure (238kb pdf)

Directorates, responsibilities and contact details

The table below gives details of the council's leadership structure, contact details and responsibilities.

Directorate	Position and contact details	Responsibilities
Chief Executive	Chief Executive Steve Rumbelow chief.executive@rochdale.gov.uk	Find out about the Chief Executive and his responsibilities
Adult Directorate	Director of Adult Services Sally McIvor sally.mcivor@rochdale.gov.uk	Adult Social Care Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Adults Board (RBSAB) Prevention Commissioning Market development Integrated commissioning Mental Health Act Disabled facilities grants/home improvement agency
Children's Directorate	Director of Children's Services Gail Hopper gail.hopper@rochdale.gov.uk	Children's Services Directorate responsibilities Schools Children’s social care Early help and prevention School improvement/school services Local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) Youth offending team Emergency duty team (EDT) Special educational needs/disability Joint commissioning
Economy Directorate	Director of Economy John Searle john.searle@rochdale.gov.uk	Physical regeneration Renewable energy/sustainability Property Jobs/skills/ economic growth Planning Building control
Resources Directorate	Director of Resources Neil Thornton neil.thornton@rochdale.gov.uk	Director of Resources and the role of the Chief Finance Officer Finance Procurement/STaR client Revenues and benefits Legal Governance Risk Insurance Democratic Human resources Occupational development Payroll Health and safety
Neighbourhoods Directorate	Director of Neighbourhoods Mark Widdup mark.widdup@rochdale.gov.uk	Environmental management Facilities management Highways Street lighting client Strategic housing and RBH client Community safety Welfare reform Townships Customers and communities Communications Events Coroner and registrars Information and communications technology (ICT) Business and intelligence
Public Health Directorate	Director of Public Health Andrea Fallon andrea.fallon@rochdale.gov.uk	Health protection Health improvement Healthcare/public health Wellbeing commissioning Public protection Link4Life client Voluntary sector

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