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Rehabilitation Counselor

Rehabilitation Counselor

  • Empower individuals to overcome challenges and achieve independence and success.
  • Make a meaningful impact by designing personalized rehabilitation programs.
  • Unique blend of counseling, training, and job placement for diverse needs.
💰 Earn $46K-$81K
📚 Master Degree

Overview

Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, aging, or the stress of daily life. Coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. Assess client needs and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement.

Scoop

Minimum Education

Master Degree

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

2 to 4 years

Job Openings

48,900 in Total

Earnings

$58,080 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Prepare and maintain records and case files, including documentation, such as clients' personal and eligibility information, services provided, narratives of client contacts, or relevant correspondence.
  • Confer with clients to discuss their options and goals so that rehabilitation programs and plans for accessing needed services can be developed.
  • Develop rehabilitation plans that fit clients' aptitudes, education levels, physical abilities, and career goals.
  • Locate barriers to client employment, such as inaccessible work sites, inflexible schedules, or transportation problems, and work with clients to develop strategies for overcoming these barriers.
  • Monitor and record clients' progress to ensure that goals and objectives are met.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Relating with or serving others
  • Thinking and problem solving

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Coordination
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Service Orientation

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Accomplishing things
  • Support
  • Achievement
  • Relationships
  • Personal relationships

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