Rehabilitation or Mental Health
Counselors
Duties and Responsibilities:
Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the
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 physical tests.
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 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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