Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)

****Certified Recovery Peer Advocate certification (CRPA), or CRPA-P REQUIRED***
 Candidates in process of gaining certification will be considered if they receive certification within 6 months of service

Our Mission:

Since 1967, Odyssey House has gone beyond helping individuals beat drugs and alcohol. We help rebuild lives. There’s more to recovery than just getting clean. We help individuals get healthy again, too, with medical and dental care, fitness programs, support for mental health and more. Individuals can stay with their children while in treatment, while learning new life skills, so they can stay together and repair other broken relationships in their lives. We provide educational and work skill trainings, outpatient services and available housing assistance, so individuals can step back into real life with a real future.

If that sounds different than other treatment programs, you’re right. Because Odyssey is where recovery gets real.

In addition to competitive salaries, Odyssey House offers:

• A 35-hour work week (as opposed to a 40-hour work week)
• Vacation Plan and Holiday Schedule
• Life Insurance
• Medical Insurance (Two Plans)
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Additional Insurance Coverages (hospitalization, accidental, critical illness coverage)
• Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account/Health Reimbursement Account
• 403(b) Plan
• Corporate Counseling Associates (CCA) EAP benefit
• Ability Assist Counseling Services (through The Hartford)
• Commuter Benefits
• Educational Assistance Programs
• Special shopping discounts through ADP Marketplace and PlumBenefits
• RUFit?! Fitness Program
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Assistance 
• Optum Financial Service through ConnectYourCare
• Benefit Advocacy Center through Gallagher

Salary Range: $37,856.00-45,000.00

MAJOR FUNCTIONS: 

The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) is responsible for providing community-based recovery services to an assigned caseload of clients engaged in treatment in the Certified Outpatient program or for Home and Community Based Services from Health Home. The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) is responsible for conducting outreach, advocacy, and developing sober social and support activities. 

The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) documents all provided services in a manner that is compliant with regulatory and funding agents. The Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) delivers services to the participants on-site and in the community.  

SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Contributes to the development of the ethical framework for delivery of recovery services and conducts all recovery coaching activities within this framework. 
• Contributes to the development of a community resource book. 
• Assists the participants in completing a Wellness Plan. 
• Provides guidance, support and recovery coaching for participants in accordance with Wellness Plan and engages in recovery activities and support services. 
• Conducts services, engagement and outreach activities in the community. 
• Organizes community-based pro-social activities and events. 
• Maintain weekly contact with each participant for at least one half hour. 
• Attends monthly Recovery Coach support group. 
• Helps to facilitate Peer to Peer recovery support groups. 
• Maintains weekly Recovery Coach contact log. 
• Conducts educational presentations for providers of local recovery support services. 
• Conducts educational presentations to groups of prospective Recovery Coaches. 
• Conducts educational presentation to groups of prospective participants. 
• Eligible to serve on Consumer Advisory Board and project steering committee.    

REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION/TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES 

1. High School Diploma or G.E.D required.
2. Connecticut for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) certification required.
3. Certified Recovery Peer Advocate certification (CRPA), or CRPA-P  required.
4. Ability to deliver culturally competent services to a diverse client population in an urban setting. 
5. Bi-lingual in Spanish/English highly desired but not required.
6. Must be willing to work in a community based setting.  
7. Familiarity with the projects ethical framework for recovery services and the Recovery Self-Assessment and Planning Guide. 
8. A minimum of six months of community based recovery with at least six consecutive months of abstinence at the time of enrollment required.

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.