Dr Sally Holland

Job Title: Linked WISERD Researcher

Institution: Cardiff University

Email: Hollands1@cf.ac.uk

Telephone: 029 2087 6910

Role: Leads on the Knowing Localities in Context Project on Safeguarding Children and Young People in Local Communities

 

Biography 

Sally Holland is a senior lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. 

Research Interests

 Sally’s research interests are primarily in the fields of social work, children and families and child welfare.

Current Research

October 2008-Oct 2011 Wales Institute Of Social And Economic Research, Data And Methods (WISERD).

Principal investigator for one of qualitative localities projects: Safeguarding children and young people in local communities: a neighbourhood study.  

October 2008-October 2012 ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Case PhD studentship in partnership with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. (Hayley Collicott)

April 2010-April 2011 Scourfield, Bullock, Featherstone, Holland, Tolman, A feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of a training intervention to improve the engagement of fathers in the child protection system (Wales office of Research and Development).

Oct 2009-March 2011 Forrester, Copello and Holland ‘An Evaluation of the “Option 2” Intensive Family Preservation Service’ (AERC)

April-2009-June 2010. Floris, Holland and Renold. ‘Learning from experience: informing preventative policies and practice by analysing critical moments in care leavers’ life histories’. (Wales Office of Research and Development in Health and Social Care) 

Click here to view Sally’s official Cardiff University bio page.

Recent Publications

Books

Holland S, 2010 Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice, 2nd edition, (Sage, London) (Available here)

Journals

Baynes P, Holland S, 2012, ‘Social work with violent men: a child protection field study in an English local authority’ Child Abuse Review 21(1) pp 53-65 (Available here)

Rees A, Holland S, Pithouse A, 2012, ‘Food in Foster Families: care, communication and conflict’ Children and Society 26(2) pp 100-111 (Available here)

Holland S, Tannock S, Collicot H, 2011, ‘Everybody’s business? A research review of the informal safeguarding of other people’s children in the UK’ Children and Society 25(5) pp 406-416 (Available here)

Holland S, Burgess S, Grogan-Kaylor A, Delva J, 2011, ‘Understanding neighbourhoods, communities and environments: new approaches for social work research’ British Journal of Social Work 41(4) pp 689-707 (Available here)

Byrne E, Holland S, Jerzembek G, 2010, ’A pilot study on the impact of a home-based parenting intervention: Parents Plus’ Child Care in Practice 16(2) pp 111-127 (Available here)

Holland S, Renold E, Ross NJ, Hillman A, 2010, ’Power, agency and participatory agendas: A critical exploration of young people’s engagement in participative qualitative research’ Childhood 17(3) pp 360-375 (Available here)

Thomas J, Holland S, 2010, ‘Representing children’s identities in core assessments’ British Journal of Social Work 40(8) pp 2617-2633 (Available here)

Holland S, 2010, ‘Looked after children and the ethic of care’, British Journal of Social Work 40(6) pp 1664-1680 (Available here)

Drakeford M, Scourfield J, Holland S, Davies A, 2009, ‘Welsh children’s views on government and participation’ Childhood 16(2) pp 247-264 (Available here)

Holland S, 2009, ‘Listening to children in care: a review of methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding looked after children’s perspectives’ Children and Society 23(3) pp 226-235 (Available here)

Ross NJ, Renold E, Holland S, Hillman A, 2009, ‘Moving stories: Using mobile methods to explore the everyday lives of young people in public care’ Qualitative Research 9(5) pp 605-623 (Available here)

Willis R, Holland S, 2009, ‘Life Story Work: Reflections on the experience by looked after young people’ Adoption and Fostering 33 (4) pp 44-52 (Available here) 

Reports

Holland S, Tannock S, Evans R, 2011, ‘Safeguarding children and young people in local communities: A WISERD Local Knowledge in Context project’ WISERD/RRS/005 (Available here)