Rehabilitation or Mental Health Counselors

Rehabilitation or Mental

Health Counselors

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                           Duties and Responsibilities:

                             Rehabilitation or mental health counselor 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 hospitals or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

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

·        Interviews and observe patients to determine problems areas

·        Conduct personality, aptitude, achievements, and psychological tests.

·        Help patient 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 requirements 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 settings.

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