Rehabilitation Counsellor
Support people through counselling and case management to reach their rehabilitation goals.
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- What's it like to be a Rehabilitation Counsellor?
- How to become a Rehabilitation Counsellor
- Rehabilitation Counsellor courses
- Latest Rehabilitation Counsellor jobs
- Top skills and experience for Rehabilitation Counsellors
- Rehabilitation Counsellor role reviews
What's it like to be a Rehabilitation Counsellor?
A Rehabilitation Counsellor is an allied health professional who supports people with disabilities, medical or health conditions or who are socially disadvantaged to reach their individual goals (e.g. returning to paid employment, living independently or attending an educational program).
Tasks and duties
- Provide counselling and case management to help disadvantaged people reach their individual rehabilitation goals.
- Assess and work with clients in relation to their career, study or employment options by providing information and resources in these areas.
- Assist the client, their family members and any professionals involved with the client with developing rehabilitation plans.
It is common for Rehabilitation Counsellors to work with either state or federally funded vocational rehabilitation providers, however some Rehabilitation Counsellors also work with private workplace rehabilitation providers.Some Rehabilitation Counsellors specialise in working with individuals who have particular conditions or disabilities, such as those with complex drug and alcohol abuse histories, refugees or people with mental health conditions.
How to become a Rehabilitation Counsellor
Rehabilitation Counsellors usually have bachelor’s degree-level qualifications in allied health or health science, and many have a postgraduate qualification in rehabilitation counselling.
- Complete an undergraduate degree in the field. This may be a degree in social work, health science or allied health.
- Complete a postgraduate degree in rehabilitation counselling accredited by the Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors (ASORC). These degrees will set you up with the required knowledge to help a wide variety of clients.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Rehabilitation Counsellor employers on SEEK are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas.
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Counselling
Vocational Counselling
Case Management
Allied Health
Psychology
ASORC Membership
Rcaa Membership
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Latest Rehabilitation Counsellor reviews
Oct 2018
Rehabilitation counselling is a good job, for motivated independent workers
Reviewer's Qualification
Master of Rehabilitation Counselling
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Vocational rehabilitation
The good things
There's a lot of variety, and flexibility if you can meet your daily billable hours.
The challenges
Meeting your billible hours can be a challenge if you don't have good time management skills.
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Oct 2018
Bring your resilience and a sense of humour
Reviewer's Qualification
Post Graduate Diploma of Rehabilitation Counselling
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Large (200+ employees)
Specialisation
Rehabilitation Counsellor
The good things
Can be rewarding working with motivated individuals to achieve a positive outcome. Can often be interesting clients with interesting stories.
The challenges
It’s often a requirement to manage difficult people and situations. Sometimes KPI’s and pressure to achieve an outcome are unrealistic. Cold calling for labour market research is a requirement of the ...
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