Payments For Placements at University of Denver's School of Social Work
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Megan Doyle
3 years ago
Thank you for advocating for this!
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Cecil S Kelly
3 years ago
Being paid for my field work would do literal wonders for the current state of my life and my fridge
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Strother Gaines
3 years ago
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It is more expensive to obtain an MSW at DU than it is to obtain an MBA, this can entirely be attributed to the fact that we pay for hourly credits for free labor. At the absolute *very least* we should be compensated for our work.
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Matthew DeCarlo
3 years ago
Payments for placements now!!
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Katie Sheng
3 years ago
Fellow MSW Student at USC - Compensation is so important for the wellbeing of students and the equity of social work programs!
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Sarah Wochele
3 years ago
Recent grad here! Paying for our placements instead of being paid for them caused me to burn out repeatedly while at DU. It also caused me to take out more money in loans then I originally wanted to and now must pay pack. This is on top of the fact that we are paying thousands of dollars for placement credits, only to labor for free. Throughout my time at DU, I worked 2 jobs to help pay the rent, all while dedicating multiple days a week to unpaid labor. The stress I was under contributed to me wanting to quit the programs multiple times. By the time I was nearing graduation I was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition, which I feel the stress of my unpaid placements contributed to. GSSW talks a big game about DEI, but perpetuates narratives of normalcy around social workers being burned out and under paid. There are many barriers to enter the field of social work, and unpaid placements is one of them!
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Anonymous
3 years ago
they should be getting paid!
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Sasha Silberman
3 years ago
Thank you for organizing this extremely important initiative.
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Mackenzie Hopkins
3 years ago
I get paid for my placement and would love to see others get paid for theirs.
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Naomi Levison
3 years ago
Compensation for work is a basic human right. By doing so, GSSW would enhance accessibility of social work as a profession
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Katherine Connolly
3 years ago
GSSW students contribute greatly to the broader Denver community through their field internships. They deserve to be compensated for the financial burden of working 900 unpaid hours. I fully support the convening of a task force so that GSSW admin can put forth effort into working on this issue with transparency and collaboration.
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Ashley McPhee
3 years ago
I agree wholeheartedly, and honestly, as bad as things are, I'd even settle for just not having to pay for the internship credits. That's the most mind-boggling part. Why am I paying to work for free?
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Hannah Ginn
3 years ago
Our labor is valuable, and we deserve to be compensated for it.
Thank you for advocating for this!
Being paid for my field work would do literal wonders for the current state of my life and my fridge
It is more expensive to obtain an MSW at DU than it is to obtain an MBA, this can entirely be attributed to the fact that we pay for hourly credits for free labor. At the absolute *very least* we should be compensated for our work.
Payments for placements now!!
Fellow MSW Student at USC - Compensation is so important for the wellbeing of students and the equity of social work programs!
Recent grad here! Paying for our placements instead of being paid for them caused me to burn out repeatedly while at DU. It also caused me to take out more money in loans then I originally wanted to and now must pay pack. This is on top of the fact that we are paying thousands of dollars for placement credits, only to labor for free. Throughout my time at DU, I worked 2 jobs to help pay the rent, all while dedicating multiple days a week to unpaid labor. The stress I was under contributed to me wanting to quit the programs multiple times. By the time I was nearing graduation I was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition, which I feel the stress of my unpaid placements contributed to. GSSW talks a big game about DEI, but perpetuates narratives of normalcy around social workers being burned out and under paid. There are many barriers to enter the field of social work, and unpaid placements is one of them!
they should be getting paid!
Thank you for organizing this extremely important initiative.
I get paid for my placement and would love to see others get paid for theirs.
Compensation for work is a basic human right. By doing so, GSSW would enhance accessibility of social work as a profession
GSSW students contribute greatly to the broader Denver community through their field internships. They deserve to be compensated for the financial burden of working 900 unpaid hours. I fully support the convening of a task force so that GSSW admin can put forth effort into working on this issue with transparency and collaboration.
I agree wholeheartedly, and honestly, as bad as things are, I'd even settle for just not having to pay for the internship credits. That's the most mind-boggling part. Why am I paying to work for free?
Our labor is valuable, and we deserve to be compensated for it.