Rehabilitation or Mental Health counselors

Rehabilitation or Mental Health counselors

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Rehabilitation or mental health counselors work with the mental, emotionally, and physical 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 in private practice, for school, industry, or in hospital or residential health care settings. Counselors often:

·     Works with patients who abuse alcohol are addicted to drugs.

·     Interview and observe patients to determine problem areas.

·     Conduct personality aptitude, achievement, and psychological tests.

·     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, psychology, or sociology is the minimum requirement for level counseling jobs, but master’s degree is required for most. To become licensed by a state, counselors must pass written and oral examination’s and works for about two years in a supervised clinical setting.

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