Claudia Megele is Assistant Director of Cafcass. She was previously Chair of the Child and Family Principal Social Worker Network, Head of Quality Assurance at two local authorities, and prior to that was Senior Lecturer and PQ/CPD Programme Leader at Middlesex University. Claudia has also served in a number of public and third sector posts and organisations including: member of the advisory board of the National Children's Bureau (NCB), Trustee at Mind, and the Chair and Vice-Chair of Tower Hamlets Police and Community Safety Board.