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While you are in your new career as a Counselor, you will primarily work alongside administrative staff at whatever facility in which you choose to work. In your career as a Counselor, you will fulfill duties such as completing screening, assessments and counseling services, utilizing emergency procedures in areas such as crisis management, maintaining caseload paperwork and more.
To become a Counselor, you will typically need, at minimum, a Bachelors degree. As far as certifications go, the most common one that Counselors hold is the Pastoral Counseling Certification, which requires over two years of work experience. The breakdown of education levels had by Counselors across the United States can be found below.
Diplomas, High School Diplomas, Certificates, Doctors and Licenses make up the remaining 12% of Counselor education across the United States.
Skills and qualities that a Counselor should obtain include (but are not limited to) crisis intervention, compassion, communication, conflict resolution and problem solving.
By 2028, this career is expected to grow 8% and produce an additional 27,200 job opportunities across the United States. While the average salary for a Counselor is currently over $42,000, coming out to over $20 per hour, you could earn more than that based on the amount of experience you have and the state you live in. With that being said, you could make up to $60,000 per year.
As a Counselor, you can work in a few different practice settings:
Some of the benefits of having a career as a Counselor include constantly learning new things, caring for others, job growth, and room for advancement.
By using the HealthcareMatch job board to quickly find your next unique job opportunity, you could stand out among the 32,000+ other Counselors across the United States by saying that you found us first!