Peer Recovery Advocate - CES

Position Summary

The Peer Recovery Advocate will provide strengths-based guidance and substance use recovery supports to clients. The Peer Recovery Advocate will help clients resolve barriers to achieving goals using their current strengths and support staff work to improve client wellness. The Peer Recovery Advocate will work with clients on site and in the community connecting them to pre-employment resources and other services that support recovery

Essential Functions

• Facilitate recovery oriented groups and organize social activities on site and in the community.
• Participate in outreach to clients at risk for relapse. Promote self-advocacy and identify community resources that support clients' goals and interests.
• Support OASAS outreach efforts for client enrollment, leverage established partnerships with treatment and recovery related organization to generate new referrals to CES. Provide copies of promotional materials and referral forms, and conduct presentations on our services as needed.
• Work with interdisciplinary team to create the Relapse Prevention Plan and support clients recovery. Attend team meetings and collaborate with staff members to ensure client needs are met.
• Recruit and screen clients for program eligibility and enrollment. Review all I9 documentation for accuracy. Clients should be assessed for job readiness and scheduled to return for intake with VCM they meet criteria.
• Assists clients to identify goals, strengths, and personal interests helpful in recovery.
• Escort clients to appointments, self-help groups or to resources in the community.
• Utilize resources to help clients stop using substances or reduce the risk associated with addictive behaviors.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Education & Experience

Formal Education: High School

Experience: 1 Year

Criteria that would be desirable but not required:

• Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.
• Certificate: Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA), New York State, Current.

Minimum Knowledge:

• Requires thorough knowledge of a specialized or technical field. May compile objective and measurable data and produce reports. May require operating knowledge of manufacturing or computer equipment, OR may require broad knowledge in clerical or service areas.

Updating of Knowledge:

• The knowledge required to perform this job once learned has frequent changes, but the changes are relatively minor.

Additional Comments on Knowledge, Education, and Experience:

• Hold a High School(HS)/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma.
• Completed 46 hours of required training (advocacy, mentoring and education, recovery and wellness, and ethical responsibility); Completed at least 250 hours of related volunteer or work experience.
• At least 6 months of abstinence and a minimum of 6 months community based recovery.
• Computer literate.
• Comfortable acting as a leader and able to model recovery behaviors.
• Ability to maintain appropriate professional boundaries with staff and clients.
• Good interpersonal skills and enthusiastic about recovery.
• Familiar with Motivational Interviewing and Strengths-Based Best Practices.
• Preference to someone who has passed the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium (IC-RC) exam.

Client / Customer Service and Relationship Management

Communications- Daily:

• Verbal communications
• Written communications
• Conducting meetings / leading group discussions
• Participating in meetings
• Consulting to others

Occasional Communications:

• Making formal presentations and speeches

Teamwork and Collaboration

• This job works informally with other individuals as part of a departmental or related department team. Is not part of a formal work team.

Responsibility for Change, Innovation, Overall Improvement, and/or Effectiveness

• Problem SolvingLGenerally Defined- Information may need to be clarified in order to proceed.
• Guidance Decisions are based on standard written or oral instruction. Decisions and actions are regularly and frequently reviewed.

Working Environment

• Stress Load: Occasional exposure to these stresses (less than 20% of the time).
• Workload Volatility: The workload required to perform this job requires infrequent changes, but when changes occur they tend to be minor.
• Manual Skills: Some portions (10 - 50%) of daily assignments involve application of manual skills requiring motor coordination in combination with finger dexterity, e.g., typing, handwriting, or machine operations.
• Physical Effort: Duties involve little or no (less than 10%) exertion of physical effort.
• Physical Environment: Generally pleasant working conditions.
• Work Schedule: Work is performed during regular business hours.
• Occupational Risks: Nature of duties performed presents little or no (less than 10%) potential for job-related accidental injury.
• Ergonomics Risks: Nature of duties performed presents little or no (less than 10%) potential for job-related musculoskeletal disorders.
• Safety: Responsible for adhering to all safety policies and procedures of NADAP.
• Required Travel: Significant portions (more than 50%) of daily assignments require travel to other NADAP offices or client locations via car, train, subway, or bus.

Organizational Impact

Confidentiality Client history or status, physical/emotional assessment, or clinical data:

• This job requires use and analysis of this type of information.

Client billing, financial status, insurance coverage:

• This job requires use and analysis of this type of information.

NADAP's corporate financial, marketing, or business strategies.

• This job does not require access to this type of information.

Personal data on employees:

• This job does not require access to this type of information.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• None.

Salary $49,000/year

About Us:

NADAP, Inc. is a multiservice non-profit agency dedicated to helping people with medical, behavioral health and social service needs to become sufficient. NADAP programs assist disadvantaged populations in New York City and Nassau County. NADAP's services include health insurance enrollment, assessment, care coordination, case management, professional training, job preparation and placement services. At NADAP, we believe in creating an environment where every individual is treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to ensuring that all employees and applicants have an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Visit us at www.nadap.org.