Certified Recovery Peer Advocate

About the role

The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate I (CRPA I) functions as a member of an individual's treatment team to assist with the outreach, support and coordination of care for eligible service recipients. The CRPA I will serve as a role model and/or health coach for clients. The CRPA I is also responsible for assisting with the promotion of the Agency and its programs in the community, and will work with existing agency personnel and a variety of outside agencies to provide education on the existence of drug and alcohol use prevention services.

Responsibilities

• Provide outreach to clients in order to facilitate their engagement in services and offer additional supports so they can successfully participate in Medication-Assisted Treatment and mobile services in the community.
• Provide health coaching and recovery support, especially on issues of self-advocacy, wellness self-management, medication adherence, smoking cessation, entitlements, and daily living activities.
• Provide transportation for and accompany clients to medical and/or other appointments to facilitate their engagement and follow through as needed.
• Provide concrete service delivery to clients i.e., benefits/enrollments as per program needs.
• Maintains documents, records, statistics, and other related reports in an organized, timely and accurate manner as per policy and procedure.
• Coordinates care planning with other providers of services/resources to ensure goal directed, collaborative care, including care transitions.
• Acts as a resource/consultant to all team members on issues related to substance abuse. Provides telephonic as well as face to face outreach, engagement and service planning in the field.
• Acts as a linkage to community services including medical, behavioral, residential, entitlement and any other needed services per interdisciplinary care plan.
• Monitors overall service delivery to clients to ensure coordination and continuity; advocates with service providers/resources as needed.
• Provides crisis intervention and follow-up.
• Act as liaison between the Agency and the communities it serves.
• Represent the Agency in a professional and knowledgeable manner.
• Assist in the promotion of the Agency through information and education about its services to the communities we serve.
• Provide direct outreach to courts, attorneys, hospitals, probation, parole, DSS, CPS, DDP, PCPs, schools and various other community groups with direct referral back to the Agency and its programs.
• Report and work under the direction of the director