Principal Officer, Youth Justice and Welfare, National Children’s Bureau.

Di Hart worked for many years as a childcare social worker and manager before taking up a practice development post at the National Children’s Bureau. She has a particular interest in children in secure settings. Recent work has included a review of the use of physical restraint in secure children’s homes and a study of young people’s participation within the youth justice system. Di is the author of ‘Into the Breach: the enforcement of statutory orders in the youth justice system’ published by the Prison Reform Trust.