Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselor

Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their jobs 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 patient’s doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practices, for school, industry, or in hospitals or residential health care setting.

Counselors often:

·      Work with patients who abuse alcohol or are addicted to drugs

·      Interview and observe patients to determine problems areas

·      Conduct personality, aptitude, achievements, and psychological 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, physiology, or sociology is the minimum requirement for low level counselor jobs, but a master's degree is required for most. To become a licensed by state, counselors must pass written and oral examinations and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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