Stefan Kleipoedszus

Stefan Kleipoedszus

  • 01202 962078
  • skleipoedszus at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Deputy Head of Department of Social Sciences and Social Work
  • Bournemouth Gateway Building BG501b, St Pauls Lane, Bournemouth, BH8 8GP
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Biography

Stefan Kleipoedszus qualified as a Social Pedagogue from the Leuphana University in Lüneburg (Germany) and has since than worked as a researcher for the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the University of London, a Social Worker in Child Protection Teams in the Southwest of England, a manager of statutory social work Teams and a Principal Social Worker before joining Bournemouth University in 2015. At Bournemouth University Stefan is a Program Leader of a Qualifying Social Work Program at Bournemouth University.

His research covers the reintegration of women prisoners into employment, prevent juvenile delinquency, Children’s Homes and Social Pedagogy. Currently Stefan who is also a PhD Candidate at Centre for Seldom Heard Voices: Marginalisation and Societal Integration at Bournemouth University is involved in research on Decision Making in Social Work, experiences of children in out-of-home-care and the early identification of Adverse Childhood Experiences using arts based methods. In current and previous research projects Stefan has applied qualitative and quantitative research methods and has in depth knowledge about the use of Qualitative Data Analysis Software (Atlas Ti, NVivo), SPSS, MATLAB and the statistical programming language R.

Research

Knowledge Strategies for making safeguarding decisions in Social Work

Who Listens? The experiences of being listened to for children in out of home care.

Trauma Informed Care. Professional Responses to Adverse Childhood Experiences.

Implementing Social Pedagogy in English Residential Child Care

Journal Articles

Chapters

  • Kleipoedszus, S. and Leanne, 2019. My Child was taken into care. In: Hughes, M., ed. A Guide to Statutory Social Work Interventions. The Lived Experience. London: Red Globe Press, 95-107.
  • Kleipoedszus, S., 2011. Communication and Conflict: An important part of social pedagogic relationships. In: Cameron, C. and Moss, P., eds. Social Pedagogy and Working with Children and Young People Where Care and Education Meet. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 125-140.

Reports

Films

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Law and Social Policy for Social Work with Children and Families
  • The Child’s Journey
  • Parenting Capacity for Social Work with Children and Families
  • Working with Risk and Complexity for Child and Family Social Workers
  • Models, Methods and Approaches for Social Work Intervention for Child and Family Social Work
  • Models, Methods and Approaches for Social Work Intervention (MA)

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Models, Methods and Approaches for Social Work Intervention (BA Hons)

Internal Responsibilities

  • Department Social Work and Social Sciences Global Engagement Lead, Global Engagement

Conference Presentations

  • Global Festival of Learning Europe, 16 Apr 2018, Berlin/ Germany

Qualifications

  • PGCE in Educational Practice (Bournemouth University, 2017)
  • MA in Social Pedagogy (Leuphana University Lüneburg, 2003)

Memberships

Networks

  • Network of European Schools of Social Work (SocNet98)