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Job brief

We are seeking a driven and dynamic Rehabilitation Counselor to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will be adept in caring for and understanding difficulties faced by patients who have ongoing rehabilitation needs, a large part of the role involves dealing with patients in the community to help them live full, independent lives despite their illness or disability.

Responsibilities

  • Hold group and individual counseling sessions to help people facing illness and disability to rehabilitate through the sessions.
  • Evaluate and report on patients’ disabilities, lifestyles, abilities, and interests as well as consider their health and education.
  • Work alongside doctors, therapists, and other medical professionals to develop treatment plans suitable for each individual patient.
  • Ensure access to services for clients and patients, such as education, career training, and access to medical advice and medicine.
  • Provide assistance to employers to engage them with understanding the needs of employees with disabilities, whilst ensuring the employers are aware of any disability laws that apply in their country/territory.
  • Assist clients/patients with adjusting their strengths, whilst assisting them to further their goals and reach them.
  • Locate and manage physical resources which can include, access to wheelchairs, computer programs, and any other physical resource that will aid the client/patient to live a full and more independent life.
  • Implement a system to effectively manage and maintain client/patient records and use them to manage the progress of each person under their care.
  • Be a disability rights advocate and be passionate about helping disabled people live and integrate into a world and society where they can thrive and be accepted.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree or above in Rehabilitation Counselling or related field/sector
  • Counselors license for the country/state/city you wish to operate in
  • Minimum of 2,000 to 4,000 hours of supervised clinical working experience
  • Outstanding communication skills both written and verbal, able to effectively communicate with people from different backgrounds including, doctors, nurses, clients, and patients as well as stakeholders and external vendors such as employers and housing providers
  • Conduct their work with compassion, showing understanding to their clients/patients at all times without being condescending
  • Able to actively critically think, on their feet and make snap decisions on the welfare of the patient/client at any given moment
  • Able to take responsibility and accountability for their decisions
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to understand, and empathize with a wide variety of people and circumstances
  • Good listening skills, with the ability to listen, notarize and review conversation to make effective plans pertaining to said conversation
  • Excellent assessment and attention to detail skills, to enable effective diagnosis and planning of treatments for each client/patient
  • Patient, with a good bedside manner and confident but understanding personality

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