
Profiles
Dr Bartosz Zaniewski
Lecturer in Social Work
School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Dr Bartosz Zaniewski is a social worker. He has worked with children and families in a safeguarding/child protection context in statutory and non- statutory services. Dr Bartosz Zaniewski has practiced as a front-line Child Protection Social Worker, Consultant Social Worker and Team Manager including managing a multi-disciplinary Edge of Care Team (Bridges). He also has worked with children in residential settings.
Dr Bartosz Zaniewski has a specific interest in Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) prevention and particularly the prevention of harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). He has worked directly with children, young people and families affected by CSA and HSB. He also has managed and supervised a team of social workers working in this field as well as provided consultations to other professionals. In addition, Bartosz was involved in developing community-based approaches to prevent Child Sexual Abuse.
Qualifications
PhD – research project: “Attachment Strategies among young people who engaged in harmful sexual behaviour”, University of Plymouth
MA - University of Warsaw, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Social Rehabilitation (IPSiR)
Professional membership
Social Work England
Roles on external bodies
Human Systems Journal reviewer
Journal of Sexual Aggression reviewer
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
SW403 - Ethics and Values in Practice BA
SW406 - Developing Professional Skills BA
SW702 - Professional Practice PGDip
Child Protection and Safeguarding Children
Family Law
Research
Research
Research interests
Harmful sexual behaviour
Child Sexual Abuse
Therapeutic social work
Trauma and attachment informed approach to social work
Safeguarding and Child ProtectionPublications
Publications
Zaniewski, B., Dallos, R., Stedmon, J., & Welbourne, P. (2022). Boys don’t cry: Trauma, trauma narrative and masculine practice among young male who engaged in harmful sexual behaviour. Human Systems, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/26344041221127693
Zaniewski B., Dallos R., Stedmon J., and Welbourne P., “An exploration of attachment and trauma in young men who have engaged in sexually harmful behaviours”, Journal of Sexual Aggression, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2019.1678688
Personal
Personal
Other academic activities
Keynote Address, “Children and Young People with Harmful Sexual Behaviour – underpinning knowledge and research findings”, Plymouth University Safeguarding Conference, 8th June 2011
Research Presentation, “Attachment Strategies among Young People who Engaged in Harmful Sexual Behaviour – Case Study”, NOTA International Conference, Cardiff, 23rd September 2013
Presentation, “Harmful Sexual Behaviour – underpinning knowledge, research finding and prevention”, All-Party Parliamentary Group – Harmful Sexual Behaviour, Westminster, 4th December 2013
Workshop, “Sibling sexual abuse”, Fostering Conference, Tavistock Clinic, London, March 2014.
Workshop, “Working with young people who engaged in harmful sexual behaviour”, Family Resources Conference, University of Gdansk, Poland, 16th April 2016
Research Presentation, “Attachment strategies among young people who exhibited Harmful Sexual Behaviour – development pathway considering intergenerational attachment dynamics in context of broader social discourses about roles, gender and masculine identity”, 10th EUSPR Conference, Ghent, 16-18 September 2019
Keynote Address, “Trauma, trauma narrative and attachment among young people who exhibited Harmful Sexual Behaviour”, NSPCC Together for Childhood online conference, Plymouth, 22-27 March 2021
Research Poster, "Attachment Strategies, Trauma, Masculinity and Harmful Sexual Behaviour", NOTA International Conference, Leeds, 4-6 May, 2022