Introducing International Social Work, a new publication
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Sue Lawrence, who is course director for the Masters in Comparative European Social Studies, is one of the editors of a newly published volume entitled ‘Introducing International Social Work’. Professor Karen Lyons from LondonMet together with Graeme Simpson and Nathalie Huegler are co-editors.
This book guides the reader through the international development of social work and discusses how aspects of globalisation are making it an increasingly international activity and profession. Individual chapters locate the UK population historically and currently as a multicultural community and explore the international issues that social workers in the UK confront in their daily practice with children and families, people with mental health issues and older people. This text helps students meet the academic benchmarks and national occupational standards that require them to locate social work practice in a European and international context.
About the Authors
Sue Lawrence has been a social work educator since 1991 and is currently Principal Lecturer in Social Work at London Metropolitan University. She has been actively involved in European social work research, networks and exchanges throughout her career and has been a Course Director of the MA Comparative European Social Studies (MACESS) since it began in 1994. Dr. Karen Lyons is Honorary Professor of International Social Work at London Metropolitan University, following a considerable period in social work education. She has been involved in a number of European exchange programmes and European research and was the British representative on the Board of IASSW (2000-2004). She has experience as a visiting lecturer abroad, including in countries where social work education has recently been (re)established.
