Michael Pifke, M.A.

Main areas of work

• Social work
• Methods of social work
• Conversation and counselling
• Systemic and solution-focussed theory and practice
• Child and youth welfare, educational assistance
• Digitalisation in the context of child and youth welfare

• Academic assistant at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences
• 4/2019 – 6/2022 Substitute lecturer for the professorship for sociological, socio-psychological and social work basics of social work at the FH Potsdam
• Systemic supervisor/coach (DGSv & SG): umsichten.com
• Design of numerous workshops and training seminars on topics including systemic and solution-focused practice, self-care, methods of social work, social pedagogical casework, digitalisation in the context of child and youth services
• 2016 – 3/2019 Consultant and lecturer at the Social Pedagogical Training Institute Berlin-Brandenburg; organisation and moderation of congresses and specialist events, process support and project management, lecturer at numerous training seminars and workshops
• 2013 – 2015 Academic assistant at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
• Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the FH Potsdam, at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the FU Berlin and at the Medical School Berlin; main topics: Communication theory, dialogue management/counselling, case work, field of action educational support, etc.
• 2008 – 2016 Worked as a social worker/social pedagogue in outpatient educational support and in counselling so-called high-conflict parents
• Studied Social Work (BA) at the FH Potsdam and Social Work with a focus on Education and Counselling (MA) at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin