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. Counselor
often works closely with their patient’s doctors and family. Counselor 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, achievements, and psychological tests
© Help
patients find and keep jobs
Average
salary:
Educational
requirements
Student
interested in becoming counselors should take a challenging high school
curriculum
A
bachelor’s degree in educational, 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
examination and work for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.
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