Certified Recovery Peer Advocate​/CRPA

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Job Title:

Certified Recovery Peer Advocate / CRPA

Part-Time(22hrs)

The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate / CRPA provides non-clinical, person-centered recovery support services to individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment. The CRPA uses lived recovery experience, professional training, and peer support skills to engage participants, promote hope, support recovery goals, reduce barriers to treatment, and connect individuals to community-based recovery resources. The CRPA works as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team while maintaining appropriate peer boundaries, confidentiality, cultural humility, and ethical standards.

• Provide individual and group peer recovery support services to participants in or seeking recovery from substance use disorders.
• Use lived experience appropriately to promote hope, engagement, self-advocacy, and recovery-oriented decision-making.
• Assist participants in identifying recovery goals, strengths, natural supports, and community resources.
• Support participants with treatment engagement, appointment attendance, retention in care, and re‑engagement after missed visits.
• Help participants develop wellness and recovery plans, relapse prevention strategies, coping skills, and life skills.
• Provide outreach, warm handoffs, and linkage to recovery supports, mutual aid groups, harm reduction services, housing resources, benefits, employment supports, medical care, and other community services.
• Support participants transitioning from inpatient, detox, residential, criminal justice, hospital, emergency department, or community settings into outpatient care.
• Participate in case conferences, team meetings, supervision, and care coordination activities as appropriate.
• Document peer services accurately, timely, and in accordance with agency policy, OASAS standards, Medicaid requirements, and program procedures.
• Maintain professional boundaries and practice within the non-clinical peer role.
• Protect participant confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, agency policy, and applicable state and federal requirements.
• Promote a welcoming, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, harm-reduction-oriented, and recovery-focused environment.
• Participate in required trainings, supervision, quality improvement activities, and agency meetings.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Current Certified Recovery Peer Advocate / CRPA credential in New York State, or CRPA-Provisional with the ability to obtain full certification within an agency-approved timeframe.
• High school diploma, high school equivalency diploma, or higher.
• Personal lived experience with substance use recovery and the ability to use that experience appropriately in a professional peer support role.
• Knowledge of recovery principles, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, person-centered services, and community-based supports.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, advocacy, and documentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinicians, medical staff, case managers, administrative staff, participants, families, and community partners.
• Commitment to serving individuals from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, gender, sexual orientation, and recovery pathway backgrounds.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, professional boundaries, and ethical standards.
• Basic computer skills and ability to use electronic health record systems.
• Ability to work a flexible part-time schedule, including some evenings or weekends if needed.

• Experience working in an OASAS-licensed treatment program, outpatient substance use disorder program, recovery center, harm reduction program, shelter,…