Rehabilitation Counselors

Human Services
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.

What a rehabilitation counselor does

Become a rehabilitation counselor

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good rehabilitation counselor

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Talking to others.
  • Looking for ways to help people.
  • Understanding people's reactions.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Wage information is not available. Average annual earnings data is currently unavailable.

Rehabilitation Counselor job outlook

  • There are 4,515 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 543 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

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Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

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