Also called: VA Vet Center counselor
Counselor at a community Vet Center who helps combat veterans and families readjust to civilian life.
Vet Center counselors work in small storefront offices, not hospitals, running individual and group counseling, often with a dog in the room. Many counselors are combat veterans. They also serve families of service members who died on duty.
Federal GS pay; estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in counseling or social work plus license.
Ways in: Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Counseling, Social Work, Psychology.
Growing faster than average. VA has expanded Vet Centers and mobile units.
Low risk for 10 years. Helping combat veterans readjust takes trust that AI can't replace.
Classes: AP Psychology, Sociology, US history.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1014.
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