Meet SA Woman Member, Kate Holland.

Business/Organisation: Department for Correctional Services
Job Role: Principal Advisor, Women

Tell us a bit about you:

As Principal Advisor for Women, my work at the Department is to inform strategy and policy for women who come into contact with the criminal justice system and are either in custody or have a community corrections order in South Australia. I work with the women in custody and community, with service providers and other stakeholders, as well as the staff of the Department, to ensure that the work that we do is gender supportive and supports women to move away from the system towards engaged and productive lives in community.

Tell us a bit about your organisation/role:

The department’s objective is to improve community outcomes through efforts to reduce reoffending and provide for successful reintegration back into the community. This includes meaningful and targeted rehabilitation and education programs in addition to effective partnerships with other government departments, community-based organisations, volunteers and the private sector. Department initiatives are focused jointly on rehabilitative processes as well as targeting resources towards those offenders who present the highest threat to public safety.

What region of South Australia are you in?:
Adelaide

How can you best contact you:
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-holland-002aa317/

Let’s get to know you a little more:

What has been a lesson you learnt in your career or business that has stayed with you?
Relationships are key, and moving up is not always going to make you happy – sometimes sideways is even more fulfilling!

What is your favourite place in South Australia to visit?
The Barossa

Why is being part of SA Woman important to you?
Developing relationships as I am only a recent immigrant to SA from other parts of the world

What is a quote or mantra you live by?
be kind