Sally Holland

Sally Holland is a registered social worker, researcher, and teacher, who currently the Children's Commissioner for Wales since her appointment in 2015.[1]

Sally Holland
Holland in November 2015
NationalityScottish
EducationCardiff University
OccupationChildren's Commissioner for Wales

Early life

Holland was born in Scotland.[2]

She moved to Wales in 1992 and became an academic at Cardiff University. Her early career also included work as a registered social worker and she has experience in the statutory and voluntary sectors.[3]

Background

Holland worked as a Professor at the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, and established the Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) at Cardiff as its director until taking up the role as Children's Commissioner.[4]

Children's Commissioner

Holland was appointed as the next Children’s Commissioner for Wales in January 2015, and took up the role in April 2015. There was some controversy around the process through which Holland came to become Commissioner, after the Welsh Government initially interviewed for the role and was initially unable to appoint a suitable candidate from the shortlist. The Government was also criticised for failing to make Welsh language skills a desirable requirement for the role.[5] She succeeded incumbent Commissioner Keith Towler, who stepped down after seven years.[6]

Views

Prof Holland is a campaigner for a ban on smacking children and a member of the pressure group Academics for Equal Protection.[6]

gollark: Perhaps I need some actual SMTP protocol documentation.
gollark: Is it meant to re-EHLO after login or something?
gollark: Isn't DATA an utterly valid and okay SMTP command?
gollark: ```S:235 Authentication succeededC:MAIL FROM:<apioforum@gmx.com>S:250 Requested mail action okay, completedC:RCPT TO:<osmarks@protonmail.com>S:250 OKC:DATA S:500 Syntax error, command unrecognizedC:QUIT```This is very bizarre.
gollark: I pay nonzero amounts of money, sort of, indirectly, ish, slightly, for bloated JS on my phone.

References
  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-31004801
  2. "Sally Holland - The Children's Commissioner for Wales". Children’s Commissioner for Wales. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. "Sally Holland - The Children's Commissioner for Wales". Children’s Commissioner for Wales. 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. "Professor Sally Holland - Talking and Listening to Children". www.talkingandlisteningtochildren.co.uk. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. Deans, David (28 January 2015). "New Children's Commissioner for Wales announced as Professor Sally Holland". walesonline. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. "New children's commissioner named". BBC News. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.


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