Rehabilitation Or mental Health Counselors
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Duties and responsibility:
Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work With mental
health, 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 patient’s
doctors and family. Counselors may work in private practice, for schools,
Industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings.
Counselors Often :
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Work with patients who abuse alcohol 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 psychological
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 challenging high school curriculum.
A bachelor’s degree in education,
psychology, 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 examinations and work for about two years
in a supervised clinical setting.
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