Council members
As an organisation we are run by a Council, which is made up of a Chair and Council members. The Chair is always a lay member.
The rest of Council membership reflects a wide range of interests in the field of social care:
Education and Training Employers General Public Professional Associations Service Users Trade Unions Voluntary Sector
The Council makes sure that we drive up standards in the social care sector to deliver the highest quality services to vulnerable people in society who depend on social care.
Members are appointed by the Welsh Assembly Government and are responsible for governing the Care Council. This involves providing leadership, setting policy and ensuring it meets its objectives. They also check that the Care Council is using public funds effectively and achieve value for money.
Chair
Arwel Ellis Owen
Arwel Ellis Owen lives in Creigiau, Cardiff, and is married with four children.
Born in Llansannan, Clwyd, he was educated at Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle and the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth, where he graduated in International Politics. Awarded the Guardian Fellowship at Nuffield College Oxford, Arwel is also a Churchill Fellow and a Fellow of the University of Aberystwyth.
He joined the BBC from college becoming Editor of News and Current Affairs for BBC Wales before working on Newsnight and Panorama. He was appointed Head of Programmes for BBC Northern Ireland where he spent five years before setting up his own independent media company, Cambrensis Communications.
He is currently the Vice President of the National Library of Wales and a member of the Council of the University of Wales. A former Chair of Derwen, a leading post production facility house, Arwel was also Chair of Bafta Cymru and the International Film School Wales.
Arwel trains journalists, business people and elected representatives through his media work with Cambrensis and the Thomson Foundation. His client base includes leading UK companies as well as clients in the Middle East, India, Russia and South Africa.
