287 - Peer Recovery Specialist
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COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC
Buffalo, NY, US
Summary
This position provides person-centered peer recovery services, including advocacy, resource connection, and support for individuals with substance use disorders. The role involves developing care plans, modeling coping skills, and maintaining accurate clinical records within an electronic medical system.
Job Description
Job DetailsJob Location: Buffalo, NY 14209Salary Range: $30,000.00 - $33,000.00 Salary/yearJOB SUMMARY (PART-TIME)
This position provides person-centered, strength-focused services in the office and a community-based setting providing peer recovery services. Provides peer-to-peer support, advocacy, resource information, and self-help services. Assists persons diagnosed with substance use disorders access community services.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Primary Responsibilities:
Connects patients to formal recovery support programs and existing social and other support services.
Engage with individuals who are considering entering treatment programs.
Encourages patients to attend treatment or other healthcare services.
Assist patients develop care plans.
Guide patients in self-monitoring their progress.
Model effective coping skills.
Support patients in advocating for themselves to obtain effective services.
Assures the provision of consistent, non-judgmental, person-centered services that are strength-based and develop assets.
Educate patients about various modes of recovery.
Maintains accurate, up-to-date records of all contacts and collects statistical data.
Complete data entry reports when required.
Utilize an Electronic Medical Record.
Completes all training(s) required.
Additional duties as assigned.
QualificationsQUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or equivalent
New York State Certified Peer Recovery Advocate Certification (CRPA or CRPA-P)
Experience with individuals with mental illness and/or substance use conditions.
Prior experience with peer support services is preferred.
Skills and Abilities:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common clinical documents.
Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the treatment staff and supervisors.
Ability to effectively present information to clients, treatment team, and management.
Ability to understand basic mathematic problems.
Ability to define problems, collect data, and draw valid conclusions.
Knowledge of the basic principles, practices, and techniques used in medicated assisted treatment clinics.
Must be comprehensive in carrying out treatment plan goals and document appropriate client interactions.
Understand the principles of medical confidentiality.
Physical Demands:
Ability to speak Spanish (bilingual) when delivering services is desired
Must have observation skills, mental alertness, and emotional stability.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Community Action Organization of Western New York, (CAO) is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization based at 45 Jewett Avenue, Buffalo, NY. The CAO is a community-based, citizen-driven organization founded in 1965 as part of our nation’s “war on poverty” and provides essential health & human services, educational and training programs to the poor, low-income citizens of Erie County, NY. The CAO serves the community through their network of more than 50 locations throughout Erie County. Through this network, CAO runs more than 50 children and family, crisis and emergency, neighborhood, employment and training, housing and development, drug and community technology programs and services. Our mission is to promote opportunities for low-income families and individuals to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency through advocacy, partnerships and services.
Each year we help more than 21,000 individuals and 9,000 families gain access to programs or services that might otherwise have not been available. The CAO also operates four resource centers in the city of Buffalo; the JFK Community Center, the Edward Saunders Community Center, the Pratt-Willert Community Center and the CAO Alphonso “Rafi” Greene Jr. Masten Resource Center. In addition, we operate a community resource center in Angola, NY. St. Martin Village, a 60 unit low-income housing complex at the site of what was once the German Roman Catholic Orphanage, is a recent addition to the CAO, and a community resource site which opened in 2012. We also initiated the Home Improvement Resource Program (HIRP) in 2012 and to date have provided millions of dollars in home improvement and weatherization resources to the community. In 2016, we also expanded our Head Start program to include three sites located within Niagara County.
Founded
1965
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Buffalo, New York
Community Action Organization of Western New York, (CAO) is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization based at 45 Jewett Avenue, Buffalo, NY. The CAO is a community-based, citizen-driven organization founded in 1965 as part of our nation’s “war on poverty” and provides essential health & human services, educational and training programs to the poor, low-income citizens of Erie County, NY. The CAO serves the community through their network of more than 50 locations throughout Erie County. Through this network, CAO runs more than 50 children and family, crisis and emergency, neighborhood, employment and training, housing and development, drug and community technology programs and services. Our mission is to promote opportunities for low-income families and individuals to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency through advocacy, partnerships and services.
Each year we help more than 21,000 individuals and 9,000 families gain access to programs or services that might otherwise have not been available. The CAO also operates four resource centers in the city of Buffalo; the JFK Community Center, the Edward Saunders Community Center, the Pratt-Willert Community Center and the CAO Alphonso “Rafi” Greene Jr. Masten Resource Center. In addition, we operate a community resource center in Angola, NY. St. Martin Village, a 60 unit low-income housing complex at the site of what was once the German Roman Catholic Orphanage, is a recent addition to the CAO, and a community resource site which opened in 2012. We also initiated the Home Improvement Resource Program (HIRP) in 2012 and to date have provided millions of dollars in home improvement and weatherization resources to the community. In 2016, we also expanded our Head Start program to include three sites located within Niagara County.
Founded
1965
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Buffalo, New York
