Nationality Scottish | Occupation Policy manager | |
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Born 1957 Lennoxtown, Scotland | ||
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Tam Baillie (born 1957) is a Scottish youth worker and policy manager who is currently serving his second term as Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People.
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- Inspiring talks tam baillie
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- Early life and education
- Early career
- Policy work
- Commissioner
- References
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Early life and education
Baillie was born in 1957 in Lennoxtown, Scotland. He was educated at the Queen Mary Primary, Glasgow; then Linwood High School, and John Neilson High School, Paisley. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a BA in psychology.
Early career
In the mid-1970s, Baillie began work in a community library in Ibrox as part of a job creation programme. He later worked with social services in Nottingham and Liverpool, with a role attempting to provide young people with alternatives to custody.
In 1986 he was the manager of "Stopover", a direct access hostel for young people in Glasgow. He managed "The Big Step", a social inclusion project in Glasgow.
Policy work
Baillie worked as the Director of Policy for Barnardo's from 2003 to 2009, having been the assistant director before this.
Commissioner
Bailie's nomination was approved by Scottish Parliament on 22 April 2009, after an interview process which included children and young people as well as Members of the Scottish Parliament.
On 10 February 2011 he was reappointed for a second term, to serve until May 2017.
