The Associate of Science degree program in Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Treatment prepares the students to help with the promotion of recovery, community integration, and improved quality of life for people living with psychiatric disabilities.
Psychosocial Rehabilitation professionals provide community-based support and services to people diagnosed with severe mental illnesses. Career opportunities are available in a variety of psychiatric rehabilitation and community mental health settings, such as residential, partial care and supported employment programs.
Application to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey needs to be made in the fall semester. Students will be contacted by the Office of Health Science Education once they have completed the minimum requirement of 20 credits of the required coursework at RVCC. The clinical coursework at Rutgers begins in January only and all RVCC coursework must be completed by the previous fall semester.
A student must be enrolled at RVCC in order to apply for the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Treatment portion of the program at Rutgers. These courses must be completed with a minimum GPA of 2.0 for a student to be recommended to the Psychosocial Rehabilitation portion of the program.