Rehabilitation
or Mental Health Counselors
Duties and Responsibilities:
Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with mentally,
emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their job to help patients develop
more faith in themselves. They work with patients to help them become
self-sufficient and productive. Counselors often work closely with their
patients’ doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for
schools, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings.
Counselors often:
·
Work
with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs.
·
Interview
and observe patients to determine problem areas.
·
Conduct
personality, aptitude, achievement, and psychological test.
·
Help
patients find and keep jobs.
Average Salary: $25,000 - $45,000
Educational Requirements:
Students interested in becoming counselors should take a
challenging high school curriculum.
A bachelor’s degree in education, psychology, or sociology is
the minimum requirement for low level counseling jobs, but a master’s degree is
required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must pass written
and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical
setting.
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