University of Texas Students Holding Rally to Get Social Work Internship Hours Paid
KVUE • By Eric Pointer • April 11, 2023
“AUSTIN, Texas — A national effort to get social workers paid during their required field work hours is coming to Central Texas.
Students are required to get hundreds of field hours and, oftentimes, that work goes unpaid. As a way to combat this, a group of UT students are planning a walk-out and rally on campus to bring awareness to the issue.
The group is called UT Fed Up and they are joining the national ‘Payment For Placement’ movement.
Social workers help people with challenges in their lives for a wide range of situations including:
Child abuse victims removed from their homes
Families trying to adopt a child
People diagnosed with a deadly disease
Additionally, social workers typically work in hospitals, mental health facilities, government agencies and more.”
