Innovation in home visits and direct work in the light of Covid-19

Claudia Megele is the Assistant Direct of Cafcass and a Fellow of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), School for Social Care Research (SSCR). Claudia has published books and articles on relationship-based practice, online safeguarding, social media, technology and social work including her latest book ‘Social Media and Social Work’. Claudia has held various national roles and has led and advised various boards. Claudia was the National Chair of the Principal Children and Families Social Worker Network, member of the advisory board of the National Children's Bureau (NCB), Trustee at Mind, and the Chair of Tower Hamlets Police and Community Safety Board.

Dr Peter Buzzi is the Director of Research and Management Consultancy Centre and the Safeguarding Research Centre. He is the chair of Digital Practice Network and the national research lead carrying out a research on digital practice, digital professionalism and online safeguarding. He has extensively researched and published about digital well-being and safeguarding and relational practice in a digital context. See Dr. Buzzi's latest article in CCinform: “Safeguarding Children and Young People Online”.