Jan is an experienced social worker and has worked in the third sector, the probation service, the police, government and the NSPCC. She is a member of the National Independent Safeguarding Board of Wales and a non-executive Director for an NHS Trust.
Jan led the development of the multi-agency risk assessment conference (MARAC), which makes adults and children who experience domestic and sexual violence and abuse safer. In 2015, Jan led a large scale DfE Improvement Programme on Serious Case Reviews. While Assistant Police & Crime Commissioner for South Wales Police, she also lead a review of CSE.