If you ever thought about becoming a Special Care Counsellor, this article will help you learn about this profession who is little known. I wrote this article for people who want to become a Special Care Counsellor like me. This article will give you the information that you need about this profession and will answer some of your questions.
Being a special care counsellor requires empathy, patience and active listening. You need to be passionate and to care about the well-being of others. You work with diverse clienteles who often vulnerable. You help people who struggle with mental health, addiction or intellectual/physical disabilities. You are an agent of change.
A special care counsellor supports individuals with social, emotional, behavioral, physical or cognitive difficulties. They promote autonomy and social integration through rehabilitation activities.
On a typical day a special care counsellor accompanies people with adaptation difficulties throughout the day; this is called shared experience. They observe the person's behavior and create an intervention plan. For example, a special care counsellor working in a school can help a student who is having an anxiety attack.
Special care counsellors can work in many places, such as schools, youth centers, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and community organizations.
In order to become a special care counsellor, you will need to do a 3-year DCS in Special Care Counselling.
A special care counsellor usually make between $25 and $36 per hour. The average annual salary is $55,000-$60,00.
To enhance their skills, special care counsellors can participate in workshops on behaviour management, crisis intervention or mental health with the QASCC.
The greatest risk is probably compassion fatigue and burnout. There is also high risks of physical violence. Psychological distress is common.
The chances are low, this profession requires a great deal of empathy and human interaction. One must be able to adapt and be imaginative, each day is different.
Special care counsellors usually retire around the age of 65, some continue working part-time and transition to consulting to retire fully at 70.
This is my first year in the program, I would like to work with children or with First Nations people. I might go to university to learn more about psychology.
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