Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)

Job Description

Job Description

• 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 :

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 :

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

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.