Derbyshire County Council Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?The structure and friendliness of the employees What is the most stressful part about working at the company?If I had to choose anything it would be lowered resources as you would expect in the public sector.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Really fun environment to work in.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Structured and organised. Decisions can take a while.

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Driver / Handyman @Transport workshops .

Driver/Handy Person (Former Employee) - Derbyshire - 25 August 2023

Enjoyable job most of the time sometimes you maybe under pressure due to work loadMost of the time left to get on with your day with no issues management where good never had any problems with them.

Pros

Left alone no issues as long as the jobs got done

Cons

Wages are not the best.

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Insights into Derbyshire County Council

Based on 106 survey responses

What people like

Time and location flexibility
Ability to meet personal goals
Clear sense of purpose

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
Trust in colleagues
General feeling of work happiness

It’s ok

Care Worker (Current Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 22 August 2023

Shift patterns aren’t family friendly at all. Everyone is placed on a 3 week rolling rota of mornings 7-3 , lates 2-10 and nights 10pm- 7am. No give at all on this from management- Not ideal. Can be very physically demanding, with little to no support sometimes. Not much thanks from any senior management either- also no real career progression.

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Good setting for work experience

Library Assistant (Former Employee) - Sandiacre, Derbyshire - 13 July 2023

Brilliant co-workers at my work experience whom allowed me to reach my potential. I was able to use the library dewey decimal system and it was interesting seeing how a library runs internally.

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We were sold out to outside contractors and became numbers not people.

Library caretaker. (Former Employee) - Alfreton library - 12 July 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Friendly staff, good company benefits, I worked for the council for 11 years and received exelent training. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Time schedule for getting daily jobs done. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Can be a little itchy depending where you work but generally good. What is a typical day like for you at the company?Productive and fun if you have good work team.

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No career prospects

Teaching Assistant (Former Employee) - Derby - 3 June 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Flexible work zero contract work not permanent all year work.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Zero hour contracts not reliable work. Good for learning new skills but not good longer term.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Short term zero hour contracts which can end at short notice. Ger rid of zero hour contracts.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Students enjoyable to work with.

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Flexible attitude, supportive and friendly

Finance Assistant (Current Employee) - Matlock, Derbyshire - 23 May 2023

Respectful and caring attitude, supportive work environment and friendly people. Inclusive and treat everyone the same. Welcomed onto the team, really enjoying it.

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Great colleagues, supportive management

Residential Children's Support Worker (Former Employee) - High Peak, Derbyshire - 21 May 2023

Great varied job role, superb training opportunities. Colleagues great working in a challenging job. Work every other weekend, early shift or late shift.

Pros

Training oppurtunities

Cons

Odd shifts

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Hard work but good development opportunities

Social worker (Current Employee) - Derbyshire - 8 May 2023

The job is really hard but the people are good and derbyshire is a better LA than neighbouring ones for development and support so cannot complain at that. Reasonable pay

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G8 place to work

Yard Operative/Forklift Driver stores (Former Employee) - Ambergate, Derbyshire - 20 April 2023

One of the best jobs you could ever have nice people to work with from the top to the cleaners if I hadn't retired I would definitely still be there you could not wish for a better place to work excellent on site training with excellent teachers

Pros

Good clean place of work excellent

Cons

None

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Friendly workplace

Advanced Practitioner (Former Employee) - Matlock, Derbyshire - 12 April 2023

I worked as an advanced practitioner in Derbyshire County Council as a new recruit to work on a brand new project which requires collaboration with different colleagues. Most colleagues were friendly and supportive. The office locates in Matlock which is a lovely market town in the Peak District. The only down side I could think of is the unclear organisation structure sometimes you cannot reach out for someone you need because there is no clear directory of the other staff members' position, title and duty.

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Supportive management

Social Worker (Former Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 7 April 2023

Social work is a challenging and stressful job. When I was in the team in Derbyshire I always felt I had complete backing from my manager. Having worked elsewhere since and not had that experience I cannot stress how important it is. It’s for this reason I’ve chosen to return to Derbyshire. The camaraderie from colleagues is also essential and something else that Derbyshire has to offer !

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Excellent leadership

Finance Assistant (Former Employee) - Matlock, Derbyshire - 4 April 2023

Worked here on a temporary contract during the summer of Covid. Excellent leadership from the managers. A really calm and relaxed environment without diminishing the importance of what we were doing.

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Great team

Marketing Executive (Former Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 14 March 2023

Good support from head office and my local team, good benefits like pension and annual leave (as you would expect from a council,) chance for progression internally

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Teaching

Teacher (Current Employee) - Derbyshire - 11 March 2023

Working for DCC and being employed by a school are two different things. It’s hard to rate DCC directly against your role as a teacher as many of the ratings questions relate to the school itself and of course, every school is different.

Pros

Holidays, training, every day is different

Cons

Workload, stress, pressure

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Case Assessor- fixed term :(

Assessor (Former Employee) - Derbyshire - 1 March 2023

This department needs some involvement. No proper set standards. Alot made up as they go along. No growth in the department unless you want to be a Team Leader. Fixed term contracts, no job security. Very little support if service users verbally abuse you .The department is just too busy. Its a production line .Constantly micro managed - making sure you were hitting so many applications per day .Alot of unnecessary nit picking over small things . Very hierarchy feel.Very large staff turnover...someone would walk out ..then A temp in their place within days .Just a number - not valued .Left before my fixed term contract due to depression. Other staff members doing same job lovely . I'm glad they were supportive.

Pros

Wfh but even that grew grim

Cons

Lack of hands on management. Soulless office . Grim

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Stable

Teaching Assistant (Current Employee) - Chesterfield, Derbyshire - 16 February 2023

Stable job security. Great pension. Wages are well below the average for the job roles. Good sick pay and benefits. Good HR team. A lot of jobs expect extra work outside of your duties and working hours.

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Poor workplace, No respect to staff, poor money, short hours

Kitchen Assistant relief staff (Current Employee) - Derby, Derbyshire - 8 February 2023

No respect to staff, poor money, not enough hours for people, they cut the hours without asks us, they cuts the hours every single year before the summer holidays to pay us about an one hundredth £ less each.

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Great place to work

Business Services Assistant (Current Employee) - Derbyshire - 7 February 2023

Friendly professional environment. Supportive management and a good career prospect if a job suits your career aspirations. Fair pay and annual leave allocation.

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