Interested in a career as a Rehabilitation Counsellor?
Rehabilitation Counselling is a challenging yet rewarding career choice that makes a difference to people's lives. To become a Rehabilitation Counsellor and Full Member of ASORC you will need to complete an undergraduate (Bachelor) degree in Rehabilitation Counselling or undertake an undergraduate (Bachelor) degree in psychology or behavourial sciences and a postgraduate degree in Rehabilitation Counselling.
Find out more about this unique Allied Health profession
University Student Placements
Current student placements are listed in the Careers in Rehabilitation website. Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) member organisations across Australia are always looking for committed and talented students to undertake a student placement.
ASORC Trevor Hawkins Student Prize
Every year ASORC awards the ASORC Trevor Hawkins Prize to students in ASORC accredited University courses. The prize recognises excellence in Rehabilitation Counselling studies and raises awareness of the importance of being a member of a professional body. The prize has a total value of $1000, which includes one year of ASORC membership.
Student Prize Recipients
- 2022 Tamika Francis
- 2021 Ramsha Akhtar
- 2020 Bebe Berryman
- 2020 Tischa-Leah Biddle
- 2020 Ramsha Akhtar
- 2019 Tammy Vermeer
- 2019 Douglas Mai
- 2018 Alexandra Birch
- 2018 Miguel Perfecto
- 2018 Lauren Morgan
- 2017 Tischa-Leah Biddle
- 2017 Cecilia Baloglu
- 2016 Michelle Le Marne
- 2016 Jason Anderson
- 2016 Anne-Marie Dean
- 2016 Adam Park
- 2016 Carlo Giacco
- 2015 Yanming Soh
- 2015 Janitza Caruana
- 2015 Nadia Howells
- 2015 Zac Watkins
- 2015 Natalie Taylor
- 2014 Karen Penning
- 2014 Irene Mok
- 2014 Mark Gowland
- 2014 Carly Harrison
- 2014 Russell Marks
- 2013 Yihong Fang
- 2013 Pat Yin Lai
- 2013 Kathleen Armstrong
- 2013 Cheree Arkey
- 2012 Christine Greaves
- 2012 Michelle Fitzgerald
- 2012 Megan Martin
- 2011 Nicole Marchisone
- 2011 Tomas Pedro Reginaldo
- 2011 Connie Di Gioia
- 2010 Phillip Brosgarth
- 2010 Katrina Rawcliffe
- 2010 Patricia O'Dwyer-Klunyk
- 2010 Cheryl Pomeroy
- 2010 Michelle Daniell
- 2010 Betsy Hamilton
- 2010 Paul Sullivan
- 2010 Lana Docker
- 2009 Rosemary Stevens
- 2009 Deborah Howard
- 2009 Zoe Sanders
- 2009 Ashley Da Costa
- 2009 Belinda Hitchman
- 2008 Lorna Edwards
- 2008 Eric Encarnacion
- 2008 Sucheta Velankar
- 2008 Lisa Corten
- 2008 Anka Jugovic
- 2008 Tracey Anne Warke
- 2007 Laura Heasman
- 2007 Kerrin O'Rourke
- 2007 Christopher McCallum
- 2007 Diana Fontanot
- 2007 Naomi Wheeler
- 2007 Rebecca McMahon
- 2006 Jane Morris
- 2006 David Wallace
- 2006 Roger Small
- 2006 Donna Kerr