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Alma Armendariz

University of Texas at El Paso, Dept of Social Work

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University of Texas at El Paso, Dept of Social Work

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RE: Practicum hours over school breaks

Posted By Alma Armendariz Sep 12, 2023 16:06
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We do not allow it. This is due to our liability insurance running concurrent with class. We do have students that intern providing therapy to clients and those students will buy their own liability insurance and are considered volunteers for the winter break. I encourage students to take their winter ...

RE: Tevera Software for Field/Practicum Education

Posted By Alma Armendariz Jul 31, 2023 11:26
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I agree with the others who have posted. I have been using going on four years. I struggled but it is by far the best system we have used, The thing that would make it better would be for graduating students to continue using. Posting if they got their license, etc. That would help us gather data for ...

RE: Field Liaison Ratios

Posted By Alma Armendariz Jul 11, 2023 13:40
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The University of Texas at El Paso has both BSW and MSW programs. Our programs place about 75 MSW students in internships and about 50 BSW students every summer for Fall and Spring semesters. There are only two of us that are field liaisons for all of these students. We both also teach seminars, 3 sections ...

RE: Online and In person MSW Programs: pulse check regarding screening policies before entering field placement

Posted By Alma Armendariz Oct 03, 2022 11:11
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Hi! We only have in person program.  We have our College of Health Sciences Compliance Office who handles our "inpatient" facilities (hospitals, DOD, hospice, etc.). Students pay but our department reimburses. Some of our agencies (state, county, etc.) pay for background checks, UAs. Some agencies have ...

UTEP Job Announcement

Posted By Alma Armendariz Sep 28, 2022 12:36
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UTEP Job Announcement

Posted By Alma Armendariz Sep 28, 2022 12:36
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Great opportunity at UTEP Department of Social Work! Please use the link below and/or attachment to announce the position with your network. https://utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=153793 ------------------------------ Alma R. Armendariz, MSW Practicum Coordinator/Clinical ...

RE: Matching

Posted By Alma Armendariz Sep 01, 2022 13:11
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Wow. That's a lot of students. I am a small program so I am not sure my method would work. First of all I use Tevera and this is the first year I used the placement process. I have 150 students I place every Fall. In Tevera, they enter their Field Application. This tells us several things such as preference ...

RE: Field Experience and Seminar

Posted By Alma Armendariz Jul 28, 2022 09:58
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UTEP is similar to Lindsey's reply. We do have both programs requiring seminars to be concurrent with internships. ------------------------------ Alma R. Armendariz, MSW Practicum Coordinator/Clinical Instructor University of Texas at El Paso (915) 747-6595 El Paso, TX 79968 ----------------------- ...

RE: Diversity and Inclusion Trainings for Faculty

Posted By Alma Armendariz Jul 14, 2022 23:10
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https://umsystem.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwodu-rrT8qGtU6Pwp7jcUd7aNY_gbwlSSi Hope you can read this. ------------------------------ Alma R. Armendariz, MSW Practicum Coordinator/Clinical Instructor University of Texas at El Paso (915) 747-6595 El Paso, TX 79968 ------------------------------

RE: ADVANCED STANDING TIMELINES

Posted By Alma Armendariz Jul 14, 2022 22:57
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UTEP's timeline is 5 years but we give up to 21 hours as well. By the way, I too miss the listserve. ------------------------------ Alma R. Armendariz, MSW Practicum Coordinator/Clinical Instructor University of Texas at El Paso (915) 747-6595 El Paso, TX 79968 ------------------------------