Rehabilitation counselor vs rehabilitation therapist

Differences between rehabilitation counselor and rehabilitation therapist duties and responsibilities

Rehabilitation counselor example responsibilities.

• Collaborate with institutions of higher learning and local organizations to help assign veterans achieve independent living and academic success.
• Develop and manage multidisciplinary rehabilitation center.
• Organize and implement individualized rehabilitation programs.
• Supervise CRC and LMHC students for practicum and internships at site.
• Provide individualized counseling to psychiatric patients, resulting in their social development.
• Interview, evaluate interests/aptitudes and transferable skills in order to optimize occupational exploration and customize formal training programs.
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Rehabilitation therapist example responsibilities.

• Provide PSR services to clients with mental illness in order to help them achieve the highest standard of living possible.
• Administer cognitive rehabilitation therapy to traumatic brain injure patients through exercises design to improve memory and other global functions.
• Maintain documentation of patients' participation and strength-base progress within group and individual therapy in accordance with regulatory standards.
• Write patient assessments, and develop patient rehabilitation programs that better monitor the patients progress by including individualize treatment goals/objectives.
• Implement management of assaultive behavior classes and CPR for staff, as well as proctoring new employees.
• Identify presenting/existing barriers that impede adequate social-functioning and goal-attainment with the purpose of connecting patients to adequate resources within a community.
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