Rehabilitation Counsellor - ANZSCO 272114
- Assessment Authorities: VETASSESS
Rehabilitation Counsellor assists physically, mentally and socially disadvantaged people to reintegrate into work and the community.
Rehabilitation counsellors may perform the following tasks:
- counsel clients adjusting to disability
- undertake comprehensive assessment of the client's vocational, social, medical, educational, personal and psychological needs in order to develop an individual rehabilitation plan
- plan, develop, implement and monitor individual client rehabilitation programmes, ensuring appropriate services are provided within these programmes
- refer clients for medical examinations and psychological or psychiatric evaluations
- use a variety of assessment tools, tests and strategies to assess a client's particular interests, abilities, skills, motivation, attitude, values and knowledge in order to establish life or vocational goals
- provide career development services to clients
- analyse and use labour market information when making decisions about a client's vocational choices
- arrange formal or on-the-job training for clients as part of their rehabilitation goals
- check a client's progress in training or employment phases of the rehabilitation programme
- evaluate the effectiveness of redeployment and recommend further action
- manage the placement of clients into suitable paid employment or back into the community after coordinating the client's required training
- negotiate and manage a gradual return or introduction to a job to ensure a smooth transition
- talk to insurance companies, medical practitioners, community organisations and other professionals to ensure all parties are consulted regarding the client's individual rehabilitation programme
- provide an information and advisory service to organisations that assist people with disability or social disadvantage.
This occupation belongs to Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) . STSOL consists of the list of the occupations which are high in demand in Australia. If you want to apply for Australia sponsored Permanent Residency (subclass 190) your occupation must be listed in the relevant STSOL list and you must have an invitation/sponsorship from the state government. This list is also a part of the Australia Point system. If eligible, you can live and work in Australia for an indefinite period of time.
If your occupation is on STSOL, you may be eligible to apply for the following visa subclasses:
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
- Training visa (subclass 407)
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) - State or Territory nominated
- Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482) - Short-term stream
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (Subclass 494)
Are you Eligible to Live and Work in Australia as a Rehabilitation Counsellor?
Rehabilitation Counsellor is classified as Group A occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group A occupations is to hold qualification(s) assessed at Australian Bachelor degree or higher degree with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment in the last five years.
According to Vetassess, Rehabilitation Counsellors assist physically, mentally and socially disadvantaged people to reintegrate into work and the community (ANZSCO). Highly relevant fields of study include Rehabilitation Counselling / Rehabilitation Studies / Rehabilitation Science; Behavioural Science; Psychology.
If you wish to check your eligibility to migrate permanently to Australia as a Rehabilitation Counsellor, please fill out the below assessment form. The assessment is free. After submitting the form, a registered migration consultant will look into the information and advise you of the outcome of the assessment via your email address.
