Rate My Professor Eden Bailey

Eden Bailey is a Lecturer in Social Work at the University of New England, based in the School of Health within the Faculty of Medicine and Health. Her primary contributions are in teaching and coordinating key units in the social work curriculum for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Eden Bailey coordinates BSW Fieldwork 1 (HSSW310), the first fieldwork placement unit for Bachelor of Social Work students. In this unit, students complete 500 hours of social work field education supervised by experienced practitioners. They translate theory into real-world practice, engage with diverse clients, and apply social work theory while reflecting on their practice. A three-day mandatory intensive school prepares students for placement activities. Learning outcomes include applying foundational skills to form a social work identity in accordance with AASW standards, demonstrating culturally responsive engagement from an intersectional lens, critically evaluating social work knowledge bases including theoretical, research, and lived experience knowledge, analyzing contextual influences on human experience, strengthening relationships through verbal, written, and digital communication skills, and engaging in supervisory relationships for ongoing professional development.

She also coordinates BSW Fieldwork 2 (HSSW411), the second placement with another 500 hours at graduating level. Students critically evaluate their practice framework per AASW Code of Ethics and Practice Standards, implement culturally responsive frameworks from a critical intersectional lens, integrate theories, modalities, lived experience and research in practice, analyze human experiences within global, environmental, organisational, legal and political contexts, apply effective assessment and interpersonal skills responsive to service users, and demonstrate reflective and reflexive skills identifying professional development and self-care needs.

For Master of Social Work (Qualifying) students, Eden Bailey coordinates Fieldwork 1 (HSSW450) and Fieldwork 2 (HSSW550), which parallel the BSW units at advanced levels, emphasizing autonomy, sophisticated communication, and critical synthesis of knowledge in complex practice contexts through 500-hour placements and intensive schools.

In addition, she coordinates Social Work in Practice One (HSSW111), introducing foundational strategies during a mandatory intensive school. Students practice effective communication, teamwork, problem-solving, critical-thinking and reflexive skills through a social work lens, while developing awareness of their role addressing culture, identity, discrimination, cross-cultural issues and cultural humility.