ABOUT US
Meet The Team
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About Us
At Excel Care the physical and emotional well-being of our children and young people is at the core of what we provide in supporting them to grow, develop and have their best lives.
When a young person arrives, often with a number of emotional and behavioural difficulties, we offer the best in the field care and therapeutic support.
It is these values and core beliefs that are encapsulated in our Therapeutic Model that support our vision of enabling each young person to develop and maintain healthy relationships building upon the skills to manage their emotions whilst processing any previous trauma.
Meet The Team
Ian Scragg - Chief Executive Officer and Clinical Director
Ian is a BACP Accredited and Registered Psychotherapist having become accredited in 2009. In addition to this he is also an Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Psychotherapist. He has over 20 years’ experience of working in several settings which have included the public, private and voluntary sector. This has included holding a Regional Clinician role overseeing the Assessment and Therapy for Looked after Children within a group of six residential homes alongside offering regular clinical consultations for carers and managers. Ian has also held the position of Clinical Lead, overseeing over 50 residential children’s residential homes.
Ian has also held positions within a Forensic Therapeutic Community as Senior Therapist, Therapy Manager and Head of Assessment. These positions have included providing individual and group therapy, clinical supervision and direct line management. Additionally, he also has a private practice that includes providing individual therapy and clinical supervision to adults and young people. Ian was also a trained lead reviewer through the Community of Communities Network responsible for reviewing Therapeutic Communities both within the adult and young person field. Additionally, he has been a national trainer for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) involved in delivering Therapeutic Community Accredited Training. His main therapeutic approaches are within the modalities of Humanistic, Psychodynamic and Cognitive Behavioural approaches through a Trauma and Attachment lens. Ian is also a qualified clinical supervisor and has provided supervision and consultancy to a range of therapeutic services.
Qualifications Completed:
Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Studies (Level 7) – Chester University
Masters level modules (Level 7) in Group Work and Cognitive Behavioural Counselling - Chester University
Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision - Chester University
EMDR Psychotherapy Parts 1, 2 and 3 - Training Accredited by EMDR UK/Europe
Certificate in Counselling Children and Young People - Temenos
Diploma in Counselling - Stoke on Trent College
Certificate in Counselling - Stoke on Trent College
Level 5 in Leadership and Management – Chartered Management Institute
Katie Barrow - Chief Operations Officer
Katie has extensive experience within residential care, at all operational levels. Katie has worked in various therapeutic provisions. Katie has vast experience managing therapeutic provisions specialising in Autism, Emotional and Behavioural difficulties, sexually harmful behaviours and has been rated as an OUTSTANDING manager by OFSTED previously. Katie has been a registered manager for a number of years, learning all aspects of operational and back office management within the residential sector, including the referrals process, and opening new provisions.
Katie has a bachelor of honours degree in Sociology and Criminology and extensive training in the field of residential care. Katie will furthermore be the safeguarding lead for the company, having completed a recent delegated safeguarding lead training course in the capital.
Katie has great vision for children and young people who are looked after and likes to be involved in the journey. Katie will oversee operations, training and development of all staff and direct line management of registered managers within the company.
Qualifications Completed:
BA honours Sociology and Criminology 2009
Level 3 NVQ children and young people 2012
Level 5 Diploma Leadership and Management, children and young people 2014
Level 5 Designated Safeguarding Lead course 2019
GMAP sexually harmful behaviour 3-day course
Therapeutic Parenting 2020
PACE training 2020
PTLLs Training Course 2020
Contact Us
The Office, 5 Rockside, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4PG referrals@excelgroupltd.co.uk | Tel: 01782 516575