Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA)

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title : Certified Peer Recovery Advocate (CRPA)

Department : Center for Healing

Reports To : Director of Admissions

Job Location : 190 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012

FLSA : Exempt

Job Status : Temp to Full-Time

Availability : Monday-Friday, 6 : 15am-1 : 45pm, rotating hours from 7 : 00am-3 : 00pm, as required

Requirements : CRPA, CRPA-P

Benefits : Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Flexible Spending Account, 403b Retirement Plan, Worker’s Compensation, Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Holidays, Personal Time Off, Vacation Leave, Sick Leave, Competitive Remuneration.

About Greenwich House

Founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country, Greenwich House today offers a variety of programs and approaches that continue to provide thousands of New Yorkers with health and wellness support, education, personal enrichment, skills building and cultural experiences.

Position Summary

The CRPA will serve as a dynamic bridge between referral sources and those who wish to enter treatment, offering peer support, advocacy, and resource linkage. The role focuses on fostering positive peer interactions and engaging individuals to enter treatment, who without this support, would not expansion of access to treatment. The CRPA will utilize lived experience and community insight to facilitate engagement, education and access to treatment. CRPA will also serve as part of the Greenwich House at Home program, which dual certifies CRPAs as home health aides, with goal of reducing on site visits.

Responsibilities

Peer Engagement & Support :

• Act as a trusted peer liaison, facilitating conversations and interactions between referrals and the unhoused community.
• Provide empathetic support and share relevant resources, using a trauma-informed approach.
• Assist in reducing barriers to intake and admission.

Resource Coordination :

Community Outreach & Education :

Crisis Management :

Collaboration & Reporting :

Qualifications

Experience & Background :

Skills & Competencies :

Personal Attributes :

Additional Information :

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, a successful candidate must be able to perform satisfactorily each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified candidates with disabilities to perform these duties.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Greenwich House is strongly committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all individuals. All employment decisions and administration of all personnel policies are without regard to an applicant or employee’s actual or perceived race, religion, sex, age, national origin, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or affectation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), predisposing genetic characteristic, genetic information, pregnancy, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, alienage, military or veteran’s status, physical or mental disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking offense and sex offenses, marital status, partnership status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. For more information regarding Greenwich House and our EEO statement, please visit https : / / www.greenwichhouse.org / about /