Council departments

The Corporate Management Team, led by the Chief Executive, oversees the day-to-day operation of the council's services. The Council’s Corporate Structure is made up of five Directorates which are responsible for the following service areas:

Chief Executives

  • Chief Executive, Leader and Cabinet support
  • Corporate policy and partnership
  • Corporate strategy
  • Democratic and Electoral services
  • Digital services
  • Employee wellbeing
  • Health & Safety (corporate)
  • Health Wellbeing
  • Legal services
  • Marketing and Media
  • Occupational Health Services
  • People management and performance
  • Performance management
  • Registration services
  • Translation services
  • Workforce Learning & Development

Education and Leisure

  • Adult community learning
  • ALN Process & Provision
  • Cultural services
  • Education & Child Psychology
  • Elective Home Education
  • Environmental protection
  • Gypsy Traveller, Multilingual Learning & Support
  • Learner inclusion
  • Licensing
  • Modernising Education Programme (MEP)
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Public protection
  • School improvement and learner progress
  • School Safeguarding & Attendance
  • School services – catering, music, admissions and governance
  • Sport and leisure
  • Support services for supporting learner behaviour
  • Welsh in Education
  • Youth support service

Corporate Services 

  • Accountancy and financial management
  • Creditor payments
  • Corporate procurement
  • Internal audit
  • Payroll control
  • Pensions administration
  • Revenues & Housing Benefits Services
  • Revenue services
  • Risk management
  • Treasury management and pension investments

Social services and Housing

  • Adult safeguarding
  • Care and support
  • Carmarthenshire Home standards+
  • Corporate Parenting and child welfare
  • Early Years childcare, play and education
  • Family support
  • Fostering and adoption support services
  • Home care
  • Housing repairs and maintenance
  • Independent living
  • Integrated services
  • Mental health and learning disability services
  • Older people and physical disability services
  • Safeguarding children and young people
  • Transition arrangements and support for children and young people with complex needs

Place, Infrastructure and Economic Development

  • Building control
  • Built heritage
  • Cleaning Services
  • Economic Development
  • Emergency planning
  • Engineering design
  • Environmental and planning enforcement
  • Fleet Management
  • Flood & coastal protection
  • Highway infrastructure management
  • Natural Environment and Sustainability
  • Passenger Transport
  • Planning and conservation
  • Property/architectural design and maintenance
  • Property design
  • Public rights of way
  • Regeneration
  • Street cleansing, litter and grounds maintenance
  • Sustainable drainage
  • Traffic management, road safety and car parking
  • Waste management and recycling