Rehabilitation or Mental Counselors

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mentally, emotionally, and physically disabled. It is their job to help them become self-sufficient and physical disable. They work with patients to help them become self-sufficient and productive. Counselors often work closely with their patients’ doctors and family. Counselor may work in private practice, for school, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

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

·        Interview and observe patients to determine problems 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 counselor should take a challenging high school curriculum.

A bachelor’s degree 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 examination and work for about two years in a supervise clinical setting.

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