Meet the team
We’re surrounded by some of the leading experts in our sector – people that share the same values and strive to make every day better for the young people we support.
Read through the profiles of our Senior Management Team, all here to support you whether you’re a commissioning looking to place, or are starting Your Chapter of working life with us.
Jane Worsley
CEO
With over three decades of experience in health and social care, I began my career at 17 as a Support Worker in a Children’s Home before training as a Nurse and Midwife. I opened my first care home while raising a young family and went on to hold senior leadership roles, including Regional Manager, Regional Director, and Deputy CEO of a major Health and Social Care Charity in the North West, overseeing growth from 120 to 630 services over 14 years. More recently, I served as COO of Advanced Childcare and Managing Director at Outcomes First Group, where I led operations across more than 200 schools and children’s homes nationwide.
Ian Oatley
Finance Director
Ian brings a wealth of financial strategic expertise to the Your Chapter team. In addition to his experience in residential care, education and fostering, Ian’s career has spanned a diverse range of industries and sectors, manufacturers and services and his skill set traverses every aspect of finance, from corporate finance, planning, control and analysis to system integrations and finance process innovation and optimisation.
Amanda Cooke
Operations Director
With close to 20 years’ experience of working in residential care settings, Amanda has previously managed several children’s home for children who have experience neglect, sexual trauma child sexual exploitation. Amanda has solid experience of supporting young people who have experienced abuse, working with leading social care organisations when employed as a residential care worker, advancing her career to the roles of Home Manager, Operations Manager and Regional Manager/RI.
Cerasela Raducanescu
Education Director
Cerasela has over 20 years’ experience in leadership and teaching in mainstream and independent schools across all ages (11-18 years) and abilities. Before joining Your Chapter in 2018, she was a Lead Teacher of Science and Technology, Head of Science Faculty, Key Stage 3 and 4 Science Coordinator and Teacher of Chemistry and Physics. Cerasela’s vision has always been to establish a productive, nurturing and highly professional environment to promote a secure foundation from which to achieve high standards.
Sheraz Rattoo
Head of Property
Sheraz is responsible for developing and maintaining the company’s property portfolio to provide high quality homes for the children in our care, as well as our fleet services. Sheraz also overseas our new residential home and school build refurbishments, and is also the health and safety advisor for the organisation.
Sam Cullum
Head of HR
Sam is a Chartered HR professional (FCIPD) with extensive experience leading HR and payroll functions within fast-paced, purpose-driven organisations. Coming from an education background, she has worked closely with operational teams throughout her career to deliver commercially aligned people solutions that support both day-to-day performance and long-term organisational growth. She has significant experience across the full employee lifecycle, including organisational design, complex employee relations, payroll operations, and driving large-scale change initiatives.
She takes a practical, hands-on approach to HR, focusing on solutions that are both effective and sustainable in real-world environments. She is passionate about building strong, values-led workplace cultures where people feel engaged, supported, and able to perform at their best. She places a strong emphasis on improving employee experience, strengthening leadership capability, and ensuring that people strategies translate into meaningful outcomes for both employees and the wider business.
Rebecca Speakman
Head of Commissioning
Rebecca brings extensive experience across the children’s and social care sector, combining a strong background in frontline support with strategic commissioning leadership. Starting her career as a Residential Support Worker at Birtenshaw, she progressed to managing placement teams at Compass Fostering and holding key commissioning roles at Manchester City Council. Most recently, she spent over four years as the Senior Commissioning Manager for Children’s Services at Salford City Council, driving impactful service delivery and strengthening partner relationships.
In her role as Head of Commissioning, Rebecca leads our strategic commissioning programme for young people, driving innovation and delivering high-quality outcomes. Her deep sector insight, spanning grassroots care to local authority commissioning, ensures a comprehensive approach to service delivery, framework management, referral systems, and partner collaboration.
Laura Duckett
Regional Manager
Laura has over 20 years of experience in residential childcare. She began as a teaching assistant for deaf and blind young people, later moving into care homes supporting children with emotional, social, and behavioural needs. Specialising in child exploitation, Laura has held roles including deputy manager, registered manager, and now assistant regional manager at HIVE, which supports children who’ve experienced sexual trauma. She’s led homes to achieve both GOOD and OUTSTANDING Ofsted ratings and currently oversees a portfolio with a 100% success rate in quality gradings.
John Ryan
Regional Manager
Taz Saeed
Regional Manager
Taz brings over 24 years of experience in residential childcare, having worked across a diverse range of homes. For the past 17 years, he has served as a registered manager, during which he has developed extensive expertise, practical skills and in-depth knowledge in the field. His wealth of experience is a significant asset to the team, particularly in supporting and guiding staff in applying strategies for working with young people.
Taz has consistently demonstrated confidence and competence in his work with young people, successfully managing numerous homes that have achieved Outstanding ratings from Ofsted. His proven track record reflects a long-standing commitment to excellence in residential care. Now serving as a Regional Manager and Responsible Individual (RI), Taz continues to show strong dedication to improving standards across all homes under his leadership. He plays a key role in mentoring and developing managers to achieve Good and Outstanding outcomes, driven by his enduring passion for supporting young people.
Sally Croft
Assistant Regional Manager
Sally began working for your chapter in February 2025. Sally has worked in the residential sector since 2015 within a variety of roles including carer, registered manager, independent person, and Ofsted inspector. Sally has a level 3 qualification in children in residential care and a level 5 in leadership and management in children in residential care. Sally is self-motivated and a hardworking individual who is dedicated to working with children within the care setting.
