Discipline of Rehabilitation Counselling
Goal-focused
Rehabilitation counsellors work with individuals experiencing Rehabilitation counsellors work with individuals experiencing injury, disability and/or social disadvantage. They help these people achieve their occupational, personal and social goals.
To do so, rehabilitation counsellors work with individual strengths and facilitate change in the individual and their community or work environment.
Rehabilitation today
Rehabilitation counsellors provide counselling, evaluation, job-related and other rehabilitation services. They work with a range of other professionals such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists, doctors and nurses to case manage clients.
One of the drivers of the growth of rehabilitation services is that advances in medical technology mean that people now survive catastrophic accidents but with an
ongoing need for assistance. Society has a responsibility to help these people integrate back into society and it is here that rehabilitation counselors play a significant role.
Multiple options
Rehabilitation counsellors usually respond to the long-term effects of disabilities such as spinal cord and brain injuries, severe burns and amputation. They also deal with more social/psychological disabilities such as substance abuse, post traumatic stress and psychiatric illness.
Insurance companies employ rehabilitation counsellors to help people with less severe injuries get back to work. Demand for rehabilitation counsellors is high; most students find work before graduation.
Save time, do more
You can complete our combined BHS/Master’s
program in four rather than five years. The master’s gives you the right to practise while the generalist BHS qualification lets you move through the health sector in a variety of goals.