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 a hospital or residential health care settings.
Counselors often:
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Work with patients who abuse or are addicted to
drugs.
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Interview and observe patients to determine
problem areas.
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Conduct personality, aptitude, achievement, and physiological
test.
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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, psychologist, or sociology
is the minimum re quitrent 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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