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www.abplgroup.com - Asian Voice 25th January 2014
Keith Vazwith MP
Keith Vaz MP date? My personal and professional life have always been closely intertwined, as such it is my wife Kamla who has been the greatest inspiration to me by providing guidance when I was tired, succour when I was needy, and trusted me when I was doubtful.
Dev Dadral
Dev Dadral came to the UK in 1960 and completed his education here. Soon thereafter he entered the employment world in Local Authority Social Services Departments. Dev worked in a number of Local Authorities up and down the country, and with people of all ages. He left the service in 1990 after having been a Director of Social Services in a London Borough. Following this he started Swiis Care, which provides skilled professionals for hospitals, charities and local authorities and helps to place foster children with carers. 1. Please tell me about your current position? I am currently the owner and Chairman of Swiis International Limited. Swiis is a qualitative provider of a range of services which provide support and care to communities across the health, adult social care and fostering arenas. Within my remit as owner and Chairman of Swiis I oversee the qualitative and regulatory standards of our organisation to ensure that the children and adults we provide care towards receive a service which considerably exceeds common industry expectations. 2. What are your proudest
achievements? Whilst I am immensely proud of the business I have established and the loyal workforce within it, my proudest achievements relate to my personal circumstances. I am immensely proud to have been fortunate enough to spend 31 years with my loving wife Kamla, and even more fortunate to have had the benefit of building a loving, respectful and considerate family from amongst our children. 3. What inspires you? My greatest inspiration is my parents who came to the UK as immigrants, who loved, cared and protected me as a child, and worked diligently throughout their lives to ensure that
they gave me the opportunity to be both intellectually independent through the education they provided for me, and respectful and considerate of the society in which I prospered. 4. What has been the biggest obstacle in your career? Whilst creating and maintaining successful business will always over time throw challenges and difficulties in the path of growth, I have always endeavoured to see such matters as opportunities to be overcome rather than obstacles to block my intended pathway. 5. Who has been the biggest influence on your career to
6. What is the best aspect about your current role? I take great pride in the outstanding services we provide within our organisation which genuinely improve the lives of others. I am particularly proud of the impact that our Foster Care service has had on the lives of Looked after Children and Young people across the United Kingdom. This is validated by our ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted accreditations and by the incredible achievements of the children themselves. 7. And the worst? Whilst not the worst, but certainly one of the most challenging aspects of my current role is that the societal need for our services continues to be greater than our capacity to deliver care. We are attempting to
address this by expanding our service and operation thrice fold over the coming months. 8. What are your long term goals? My long term objective is to provide a breath of service which has the capability to remove the ongoing and increasing needs of both vulnerable children and vulnerable adults. 9. If you were Prime Minister, what one aspect would you change? I would implement policies which simplify both the fostering and particularly the adoption processes to ensure that children were able to be placed in secure, safe and loving homes at far earlier opportunities than they are at present. Whilst these policy changes are under consistent review it is, I believe, imperative that these are fast tracked for the overall good of both the existing, and coming generations. 10. If you were marooned on a desert island, which historical figure would you like to spend your time with and why? Mahatma Gandhi. Whom I would choose for both his philosophical and intellectual companionship, and as we are on a desert island because I understand that he was a considerable talented cook.