People

The People department provides support to people across the Borders. The department is divided into the following service areas.

Health and Social Care Integration

This service delivers the following functions:

  • locality teams
  • pccupational therapy
  • residential homes
  • day services
  • learning disability services
  • physical disability services
  • joint integrated mental health service
  • strategic commissioning

Children and Young People

This service delivers the following functions:

  • schools
  • integrated early years services
  • adoption and fostering
  • integrated locality services
  • looked after children
  • youth justice
  • residential child care
  • child protection

Social Work

This service delivers the following functions:

  • out of hours service
  • bordercare
  • criminal justice
  • mental Health
  • child and adult protection
Read our Social Work Statutory Services business plan Read our Children and Young People business plan Read our Health and Social Care Partnership business plan

People department

Address: Council Headquarters
Newtown St. Boswells
Melrose
TD6 0SA

Telephone: 0300 100 1800