Social Policy Research Interests
- Disabled and/or chronically ill children, young adults and their families
- Personalisation in adult social care
- Family carers
- Qualitative research methods, particularly methods facilitating communication with people with limited speech or who use alternative modes of communication
Social Policy Research Projects
- Personalisation and carers: the roles of carers in assessment, support planning and managing personal budgets
- Transition to adult services and adulthood for young people with autistic spectrum conditions
Social Policy Advisory Positions
- Member, Eurocarers: European Organisation on Informal Care
- Co-ordinator, Carers Special Interest Group, University of York
- Member of the Editorial Board - Child and Family Social Work
- Member of the Editorial Board - Qualitative Social Work
Wendy Mitchell's Recent Conference Presentations
Wendy Mitchell's Publications
2012
Parents' accounts: factors considered when deciding how far to involve their son/daughter with learning disabilities in choice-making, (forthcoming)
Mitchell, W., Children and Youth Services Review.
Updated Review of Risk and Adult Social Care in England, 2012
Mitchell, W., Baxter, K. and Glendinning, C., JRF Programme Paper.
2011
Making choices about medical interventions: the experiences of disabled young people with degenerative conditions, (forthcoming)
Mitchell, W., Health Expectations.
Perspectives of disabled young people with degenerative conditions on making choices with parents and peers, (forthcoming)
Mitchell, W., Qualitative Social Work.
Making choices in my life: listening to the ideas and experiences of young people in the UK who communicate non-verbally, 2011
Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., Children and Youth Services Review, 33, 4, 521-527.
Choice and change: how disabled young people with degenerative conditions and their parents make choices about care and services, 2011
Mitchell, W., Maddison, J. and Beresford, B., Research Works, 2011-05, Social Policy Research Unit.
2010
'I know how I feel': listening to young people with life-limiting conditions who have learning and communication impairments, 2010
Mitchell, W., Qualitative Social Work, 9, 2, 185-203.
2009
Working with children with learning disabilities and/or who communicate non-verbally: research experiences and their implications for social work education, increased participation and social inclusion, 2009
Mitchell, W., Franklin, A., Greco, V. and Bell, M., Social Work Education, 28, 3, 309-324.
An exemplary scheme? An evaluation of the Integrated Children's System, 2009
Shaw, I., Bell, M., Sinclair, I., Sloper, P., Mitchell, W., Dyson, P., Clayden, J. and Rafferty, J., British Journal of Social Work, 39, 4, 613-626.
2008
The role played by grandparents in family support and learning: considerations for mainstream and special schools, 2008
Mitchell, W., Support for Learning, 23, 3, 126-135.
Risk and adult social care: Identification, management and new policies. What does UK research evidence tell us?, 2008
Mitchell, W. and Glendinning, C., Health, Risk and Society, 10, 3, 297-315.
I'm okay, you're okay?: Reflections on the well-being and ethical requirements of researchers and research participants in conducting qualitative fieldwork interviews, 2008
Mitchell, W. and Irvine, A., International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 7, 4, 31-44.
Evaluation of the Pilot Programme of the Integrated Children's System: The disability study, 2008
Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., Social Policy Research Unit.
The Integrated Children's System and disabled children, 2008
Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., Research Works, 2008-1, Social Policy Research Unit.
The Integrated Children's System and disabled children, 2008
Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., Child and Family Social Work, 13, 3, 274-285.
The Integrated Children's System and disabled children: parents' and practitioners' initial experiences and evaluations, 2008
Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., Care Matters: Transforming Lives - Improving Outcomes Conference, 7-9 July 2008, Keble College, Oxford, UK: Digest of Papers, pp. 216-19.
2007
The role of grandparents in intergenerational support for families with disabled children: a review of the literature, 2007
Mitchell, W., Child and Family Social Work, 12, 1, 94-101.
A Review of the Research Evidence Surrounding Risk Perceptions, Risk Management Strategies and their Consequences in Adult Social Care for Different Groups of Service Users, 2007
Mitchell, W. and Glendinning, C., Social Policy Research Unit.
2006
Care and support needs of children and young people with cancer and their parents, 2006
Mitchell, W., Clarke, S. and Sloper, P., Psycho-Oncology, 15, 9, 805-16.
2005
Psychosocial support services for children and young people with cancer and their families, 2005
Clarke, S., Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., Research Works, 2005-01, Social Policy Research Unit.
Survey of psychosocial support provided by UK paediatric oncology centres, 2005
Mitchell, W., Clarke, S. and Sloper, P., Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90, 8, 796-800.
2004
Introduction: young people, risk and leisure - an overview , 2004
Bunton, R., Green, E. and Mitchell, W., pp.1-24 in Mitchell, W., Bunton, R. and Green, E. (eds.) Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing Identities in Everyday Life, Palgrave Macmillan.
Care and Support Needs of Children and Young People with Cancer and Leukaemia and Their Families, 2004
Clarke, S., Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., Social Policy Research Unit.
Risk, motherhood and children's play spaces: the importance of young mothers' experiences and risk management strategies, 2004
Mitchell, W., pp.180-202 in Mitchell, W., Bunton, R. and Green, E. (eds.) Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing Identities in Everyday Life, Palgrave Macmillan.
Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing identities in everday life, 2004
Mitchell, W., Bunton, R. and Green, E. (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan.
2003
Participation and partnerships in research: listening to the ideas and experiences of a parent-carer, 2003
Lister, S., Mitchell, W., Sloper, P. and Roberts, K., International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 6, 2, 159-166.
Quality indicators: disabled children's and parents' prioritisations and experiences of quality criteria when using different types of support services, 2003
Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., British Journal of Social Work, 33, 8, 1063-80.
2002
Sharing value, 2002
Clarke, S., Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., PMLD Link: the bulletin of news and information for everyone working with people with profound and multiple learning difficulties , 14, 3, 11-13 .
“I don't know what I'd do without our Mam”, Motherhood, identity and support networks , 2002
Mitchell, W. and Green, E., The Sociological Review, 50, 1, 1-22.
Information that informs rather than alienates families with disabled children: developing a model of good practice, 2002
Mitchell, W. and Sloper, P., Health and Social Care in the Community, 10, 2, 74-81.
Contact
Social Policy Research Unit
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5DD
Telephone: 01904 321971
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