About

Les Glazier

MANAGING DIRECTOR

DipPFS

Les Glazier has been working in Financial Services for over 30 years since leaving full time education. He joined Lloyds Bank on a Management Development Scheme working for the bank for 7 years ahead of moving into Financial Services with various organisations such as Hogg Robinson Benefit Consultants and Allied Dunbar. He now has his own Practice which he started 15 years ago. Specialising in Advising in the Care Sector he was asked to join Swaay to oversee the day to day running of the business and its Finances.

Julian Dunn

STRATEGIC DIRECTOR

CQSW, CCETSW Teaching Award, Home Office-Accredited CBT Group Worker

Julian qualified as a Social Worker in 1989 and worked as a Probation Officer in Berkshire for 10 years. He also worked in London for the NSPCC within an offender management team alongside colleagues for the Nation Probation Service where he developed programs for working with young people displaying harmful sexual behaviour. Additionally he completed Home Office accredited training to work with adults that had offended sexually. He has been associated with the Swaay project since 1991 and with colleagues he helped develop the clinical therapeutic team which he managed since 2001 until being appointed Strategic Director. Julian maintains overall responsibility for the therapeutic program at Swaay as well as the Community Assessment Team undertaking assessments and intervention within the Thames Valley area and beyond.

Ged Berry

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Diploma in Youth & Community Work, NVQ 4 in Childcare, NVQ Assessor

After successfully completing a Diploma in Youth & Community Work Studies in the mid 1980’s Ged went on to work in Centre-Based and Detached Youth Work Projects for both Berkshire & Salford Education Authorities. He joined SWAAY in 1995, initially as Care Manager through to Head of SWAAY. After a change of ownership in 2011 he has since worked as the Operations Director & Responsible Individual. In both Youth & Social Work he has sought to maintain the participation and involvement of Children & Young People in decisions affecting their lives applying the principles of Openness and Equal Communication central to his work.

Sarah Snape

HEADMISTRESS

BA (Hons), PGCE, PGCE Special Education, NPQH

After gaining a BA Honours degree in Psychology and PGCE in Special Education, Sarah began her teaching career in East London before moving to a residential SEBD school in 1994. From there, she headed up a variety of special settings, including a behaviour support service, pupil referral units and a residential special school, all the while developing experience of teaching from Key Stages 1-4 and working closely with educational psychology services. Sarah has a particular interest in developing the social and emotional skills of pupils and believes every child and young person is entitled to a broad and balanced education and as many opportunities in life as possible – values she shares with SWAAY and which contributed to her appointment as SWAAY school headteacher in 2012.

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