John Cran; Ll.B., Dip.S.W. (CQSW), Cert. S.W. Man., A1., V1., M.C.M.I.
John has a degree in Law (Glasgow University), a Diploma in Social Work (CQSW) (Glasgow University), a Certificate in Social Work Management (University of Stirling) and A1 and V1. He is a member of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development and of the Chartered Management Insitute. He has been an Associate Lecturer with both the Open University and the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care, a founding member of the Scottish Child Law Centre and of SCAFA, now Children in Scotland.
As a qualified professional service provision manager much of his work has been in complex social care settings working with young people in need. He has also worked with young people and adults with learning disabilities. He has worked in a several high profile projects which have attracted considerable public and professional interest and positive comment. For example four projects for which he has been responsible have been nominated for awards, two successfully. The quality of Oilean's work continues to be recognised nationally with the Centre achieving a Modern Apprenticeship Award in 2006, a SQA Star Award in 2007, and a National Training Award in 2008.
John is also a Director of All Over Beauty Ltd, a beauty threapist service www.all-over-beauty.co.uk a Director of A Life Explored Ltd a residential child care service for young people aged 14 - 18, www.alifeexplored.com and a board member of Scottish Mentoring Network, www.scottishmentoringnetwork.co.uk
Jean Brown: Dip. S.W. (CQSW), MCI Management 4, A.C.R.C.C. , D32, 33, 34, FCMI
Jean a qualified social worker with a management qualification, an Advanced Certificate in Residential Child Care and a qualified and experienced assessor and verifier in a wide range of SVQ awards. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. She has been an Associate Lecturer with Strathclyde University (Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care).
As a qualified service provision manager much of her work has been in complex social care settings working with young people in need, including secure care. She became involved with SVQs in care in 1991. While at the secure school she became an internal verifier and became actively involved in the development of training, assessment and verification for staff across a wide range of residential schools in the West of Scotland.
As part of the SVQ management committee she was responsible for the development of the strategic plan for the introduction and development of SVQs in care across a network of residential schools and the preparation for registration of the Social Care staff. This plan was the first serious attempt to introduce standards and quality assurance to a sector which has been publicly noted for its lack of training and standards. The plan involved standardizing access to training and assessment processes across four residential schools involving around 500 staff.
As part of her work she initiated and implemented a policy and procedure for the review of candidates who failed to meet the standard. This policy now contributes significantly to the completion of some Oilean candidates portfolios.
Jean is also a Director of All Over Beauty Ltd, a beauty therapist service www.all-over-beauty.co.uk and a Director of A Life Explored Ltd , www.alifeexplored.com
In view of her extensive experience and ongoing support we recently appointed Irene Stevens as a non-executive Director. The company will no doubt benefit from her input into our processes over the next few years.
Irene Stevens: B.A. (hons) Psychology, CQSW, M.Sc. Advanced SW Studies, TQFE, MCI Management 4, TQFE, D32, 33, 34, 35
Irene Stevens worked in a variety of social work field and residential settings in the statutory and voluntary sector throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She works for the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care (SIRCC), based in the Glasgow School of Social Work. She taught on the MA (Hons) programme with a particular focus on disadvantage, disability and residential childcare. She is currently research manager for SIRCC and co-editor of the SIRCC Journal. Her current research interests are childrens rights and the application of complexity theory to residential child care.
Irene assesses and verifies across the range of our awards. Irene has B.A. hons in Psychology, CQSW, M.Sc. in Advanced Social Work Studies, (specialising in Social Service Planning), T.Q.F.E., D32/33/34/35, Counselling Skills Certificate, MCI level 4 in Management. She is a Cognitive Skills tutor. She is currently studying for her doctorate and writes on Child Protection and Autism.
