Meet the Team...

Hazel Ratcliffe the Director & Founder of the company has worked in Social & Health care for over thirty years. As a Qualified Nurse, Psychotherapist & Social Worker. She has been involved in working with most client groups, but more intensively with people with Learning Disabilities, Mental health & Dementia. With a reputation for delivering exceptional training and coaching services to improve the qulaity of support that people receive. She has created a number of innovative training packages which are person centred in their thinking, which is designed to encourage exploration, creative participation and intends to bring the best out of even the most reluctant delegate! She is committed to providing training, consultancy or support that is relevant to the individual. There is an opportunity throughout the process to review, amend and develop according to the service needs.
Linden Atkins is a Registered Nurse and Training Consultant with a well established background in the care sector. She has worked both in nursing home management and within the community. Linden has a passion for dementia care which has resulted from her experience of caring for people with dementia both within her professional and personal life. It is for this reason that she has become an Alzheimer’s Society Approved Trainer. Linden delivers training on many aspects of dementia care, her latest workshops are ‘Caring for Younger People who have Dementia’ and ‘Dementia – Intimacy and Sexuality’. Her aim is to promote the best possible standards of care for people who have dementia.
Chris Barson founded Positive About Autism in 2009. Prior to that Chris was External Training Manager for the National Autistic Society. Chris has a long involvement with disability and autism. After studying drama at the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff he started out as a drama tutor with Arts for Disabled People in Wales. Chris trained as a learning disabilities Nurse at University Hospital Wales. After qualifying Chris became a Community Nurse for people with learning disabilities. Moving from Community Nursing into a specialist setting, Chris gained experience in intensive support for people who present a severe challenge to services.