Joe Sempik
Biographic Data
| ID | 6180272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joe Sempik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joe |
| FAMILY NAME | Sempik |
| SIGNATURE | SEMPIK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Social Policy University of Birmingham Birmingham UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6531-468X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Young Carers Research, Practice and Policy
Many children, adolescents, teenagers, and young adults have caring responsibilities for parents and family members. These young carers and young adult carers are present in every country. Their responsibilities include domestic chores as well as intimate personal care and other forms of helping which are generally seen as the responsibility of adult professionals. First, this article provides an overview and critical perspective on young carers …
Caring in mind? Professionals’ awareness of young carers and young adult carers in Switzerland
Findings from international research emphasis the need of these young people to be identified and recognised. Therefore, a nationwide quantitative study of professionals' awareness was conducted in the Swiss context. Data were collected from professionals working in education, healthcare and social services. The study examined professionals' familiarity with the terms used to describe young people with caring responsibilities; their ability to id…
Counting Young Carers in Switzerland – A Study of Prevalence
An online survey of children in school grades 4–9 (mostly aged 10–15) was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of young carers in Switzerland using a 2‐stage stratified sampling approach. 4082 respondents were drawn from 230 schools. A total of 3991 respondents were included in the analysis and of these 307 (7.7%) were identified as young carers. The population estimate of prevalence was 7.9 per cent. This suggests that there are around…
Young Adult Carers
Research has shown that young people who care for parents and relatives (young carers and young adult carers) are at greater risk of mental and emotional difficulties and are more likely to do badly at school or college. To explore the difficulties faced by young adult carers (aged 14–25) in the UK , an online survey was conducted. Almost half (45%) of the 295 respondents reported having a mental health problem. The relationship between the exten…
Recruiting Adoptive Families
Journal Article Recruiting Adoptive Families: The Costs of Family Finding and the Failure of the Inter-Agency Fee Get access Julie Selwyn, Julie Selwyn Julie Selwyn is Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies, University of Bristol. She practised as a children's social worker before joining the University, where she has been involved in research on adoption and fostering for the last fifteen years. Joe Sempik is a Resear…
Advocates, Agnostics and Adversaries
The involvement of service users in the research process is becomingly increasingly required by many funders of research and is being seen as an indicator of quality in its own right. This paper provides original data from a study of social policy researchers’ views of service user involvement in research. It shows a diversity of stances which have been categorised here as belonging to Advocates, Agnostics and Adversaries of user involvement. The…
Quality Criteria for Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
This article reports some findings from an investigation of social policy researchers in the UK. The findings relate to the quality criteria that social policy researchers deem to be appropriate to quantitative research, qualitative research and mixed methods research. The data derive from an e‐survey of researchers which was followed up by semi‐structured interviews with a purposively selected sample from among those e‐survey respondents who agr…
The quality of research evidence in social policy
Social policy researchers' perceptions of the quality of published work were explored through an online questionnaire, discussion groups and telephone interviews. While there was general agreement on some criteria of quality, there was dissension on others. For example, there were different interpretations of the concepts of 'originality', 'significance' and 'rigour' and differing perceptions of their importance. Criteria of quality deemed to be …
The benefits of therapeutic horticulture for vulnerable groups
People, Land and Sustainability
Community gardens vary enormously in what they offer, according to local needs and circumstance. This article reports on research and experience from the USA. The context in which these findings are discussed is the implementation of Local Agenda 21 and sustainable development policies. In particular, emphasis is given to exploring the social dimension of sustainable development policies by linking issues of health, education, community developme…
Quality Criteria for Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
This article reports some findings from an investigation of social policy researchers in the UK. The findings relate to the quality criteria that social policy researchers deem to be appropriate to quantitative research, qualitative research and mixed methods research. The data derive from an e‐survey of researchers which was followed up by semi‐structured interviews with a purposively selected sample from among those e‐survey respondents who agr…
People, Land and Sustainability
Community gardens vary enormously in what they offer, according to local needs and circumstance. This article reports on research and experience from the USA. The context in which these findings are discussed is the implementation of Local Agenda 21 and sustainable development policies. In particular, emphasis is given to exploring the social dimension of sustainable development policies by linking issues of health, education, community developme…
Caring in mind? Professionals’ awareness of young carers and young adult carers in Switzerland
Findings from international research emphasis the need of these young people to be identified and recognised. Therefore, a nationwide quantitative study of professionals' awareness was conducted in the Swiss context. Data were collected from professionals working in education, healthcare and social services. The study examined professionals' familiarity with the terms used to describe young people with caring responsibilities; their ability to id…
Advocates, Agnostics and Adversaries
The involvement of service users in the research process is becomingly increasingly required by many funders of research and is being seen as an indicator of quality in its own right. This paper provides original data from a study of social policy researchers’ views of service user involvement in research. It shows a diversity of stances which have been categorised here as belonging to Advocates, Agnostics and Adversaries of user involvement. The…
Recruiting Adoptive Families
Journal Article Recruiting Adoptive Families: The Costs of Family Finding and the Failure of the Inter-Agency Fee Get access Julie Selwyn, Julie Selwyn Julie Selwyn is Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies, University of Bristol. She practised as a children's social worker before joining the University, where she has been involved in research on adoption and fostering for the last fifteen years. Joe Sempik is a Resear…
People, Land and Sustainability
Community gardens vary enormously in what they offer, according to local needs and circumstance. This article reports on research and experience from the USA. The context in which these findings are discussed is the implementation of Local Agenda 21 and sustainable development policies. In particular, emphasis is given to exploring the social dimension of sustainable development policies by linking issues of health, education, community developme…
The benefits of therapeutic horticulture for vulnerable groups
The quality of research evidence in social policy
Social policy researchers' perceptions of the quality of published work were explored through an online questionnaire, discussion groups and telephone interviews. While there was general agreement on some criteria of quality, there was dissension on others. For example, there were different interpretations of the concepts of 'originality', 'significance' and 'rigour' and differing perceptions of their importance. Criteria of quality deemed to be …
Quality Criteria for Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
This article reports some findings from an investigation of social policy researchers in the UK. The findings relate to the quality criteria that social policy researchers deem to be appropriate to quantitative research, qualitative research and mixed methods research. The data derive from an e‐survey of researchers which was followed up by semi‐structured interviews with a purposively selected sample from among those e‐survey respondents who agr…
Advocates, Agnostics and Adversaries
The involvement of service users in the research process is becomingly increasingly required by many funders of research and is being seen as an indicator of quality in its own right. This paper provides original data from a study of social policy researchers’ views of service user involvement in research. It shows a diversity of stances which have been categorised here as belonging to Advocates, Agnostics and Adversaries of user involvement. The…
Recruiting Adoptive Families
Journal Article Recruiting Adoptive Families: The Costs of Family Finding and the Failure of the Inter-Agency Fee Get access Julie Selwyn, Julie Selwyn Julie Selwyn is Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies, University of Bristol. She practised as a children's social worker before joining the University, where she has been involved in research on adoption and fostering for the last fifteen years. Joe Sempik is a Resear…
Counting Young Carers in Switzerland – A Study of Prevalence
An online survey of children in school grades 4–9 (mostly aged 10–15) was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of young carers in Switzerland using a 2‐stage stratified sampling approach. 4082 respondents were drawn from 230 schools. A total of 3991 respondents were included in the analysis and of these 307 (7.7%) were identified as young carers. The population estimate of prevalence was 7.9 per cent. This suggests that there are around…
Young Adult Carers
Research has shown that young people who care for parents and relatives (young carers and young adult carers) are at greater risk of mental and emotional difficulties and are more likely to do badly at school or college. To explore the difficulties faced by young adult carers (aged 14–25) in the UK , an online survey was conducted. Almost half (45%) of the 295 respondents reported having a mental health problem. The relationship between the exten…
Young Carers Research, Practice and Policy
Many children, adolescents, teenagers, and young adults have caring responsibilities for parents and family members. These young carers and young adult carers are present in every country. Their responsibilities include domestic chores as well as intimate personal care and other forms of helping which are generally seen as the responsibility of adult professionals. First, this article provides an overview and critical perspective on young carers …
Caring in mind? Professionals’ awareness of young carers and young adult carers in Switzerland
Findings from international research emphasis the need of these young people to be identified and recognised. Therefore, a nationwide quantitative study of professionals' awareness was conducted in the Swiss context. Data were collected from professionals working in education, healthcare and social services. The study examined professionals' familiarity with the terms used to describe young people with caring responsibilities; their ability to id…
Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Family Support in Illness (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Economics (2 works)