MWRAP Peer Recovery Specialist

NADAP Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

NADAP, Inc. delivers person-centered recovery support to pregnant and postpartum individuals, empowering clients to build recovery skills and navigate barriers to stability and wellness.

Through lived experience, the specialist fosters trust and helps advance long-term recovery within the community. Responsibilities include face-to-face services, accompanying clients to appointments, educating on harm reduction, coordinating with Maternal Wraparound staff, and participating in outreach.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• NYS Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) or CRPA-P with minimum 1 year of relevant experience, or CASAC-T with hours toward credential completed.
• Lived recovery experience required/preferred for CASAC-T.
• Bilingual Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual face-to-face services in clients' homes, community, or agency office.
• Accompany clients to health, medical, and social service appointments and advocate for services.
• Provide strength-based rehabilitative and recovery-oriented services; motivate clients to attain recovery and educate on harm reduction.
• Serve as a role model, mentor, and advocate to prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery.
• Support clients in identifying goals and develop person-centered recovery plans.
• Coordinate services through collaboration with other staff and collateral contacts.
• Utilize a trauma-informed approach and promote self-determination and dignity.
• Participate in community outreach and engagement activities.
• Become a Narcan responder and dispenser after training; train clients in Narcan usage.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lived recovery experience

Spanish language (desirable)

Education

High School Diploma or GED

NYS CRPA/CRPA-P or CASAC-T credential

Job description

Description

Position Summary

The Recovery Specialist delivers person-centered, hands-on recovery support to pregnant and postpartum individuals. The Specialist empowers clients to build recovery skills, strengthen motivation, navigate challenges that affect their stability and wellness, and overcome barriers to achieving self-sufficiency. Drawing on lived experience, the Specialist fosters trust, offers hope, and reinforces a foundation for long-term stability. Through this partnership, the Specialist helps promote healthy pregnancies, strengthen family stability, and advance long-term recovery within the community.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual face-to-face services in the clients' homes, their community, or agency office. Accompany clients to behavioral health, medical, and social service appointments, advocate for appropriate services and care, and assist in reducing barriers to accessing care.
• Provide strength-based rehabilitative and recovery-oriented services. Motivate clients to attain and maintain recovery. Educate clients on harm reduction techniques. Facilitate recovery-oriented discussions with clients.
• Serve as a role model, mentor, and advocate to help prevent relapse and promote long-term recovery. Share personal experiences to foster a sense of hope and recovery with clients.
• Support clients in identifying goals, strengths, and personal interests, and develop and implement person-centered recovery plans relevant to the needs of the clients.
• Ensure coordination of services through collaboration and consultation with other Maternal Wraparound staff, providers, and collateral contacts.
• Utilize a trauma-informed approach to promote clients' right to self-determination and provide services in a manner that emphasizes clients' safety, respect, and dignity. Promote self-advocacy.
• Participate in community outreach and engagement activities, including presentations and community meetings.
• Become a Narcan responder and dispenser by attending training and becoming certified in dispensation of Narcan. Train clients in the use of Narcan and provide kits and guidance on proper procedures of use.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Salary

$50,000/year

Company Overview

NADAP, Inc. is a multiservice non-profit agency dedicated to helping people with medical, behavioral health and social service needs to become sufficient. NADAP's services include health insurance enrollment, assessment, care coordination, case management, professional training, job preparation and placement services. At NADAP, we believe in creating an environment where every individual is treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to ensuring that all employees and applicants have an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. Visit us at www.nadap.org.

Program Overview

NADAP's Health Home Care Coordination (HHCC) program works in partnership with medical and behavioral health providers to align services that promote access to care and enhance health outcomes for Medicaid recipients. The HHCC program focuses on the healthcare needs and preferences of each person served and provides extra support to help clients find access to medical, mental health, substance use disorder, and social services to improve their health and other life areas that impact their wellbeing. The HHCC program works in the community and meet clients at their home, at their doctor's office, or other venues as needed.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• NYS Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) or Certified Recovery Peer Advocate - Provisional (CRPA-P) with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience, or NYS Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Trainee (CASAC-T) with 5,000 of the required 6,000 hours for CASAC credential completed (must be exam-ready with all but 1,000 or less work experience hours left to complete)
• Lived experience with substance use recovery for CRPA.
• Lived experience in substance use recovery preferred for CASAC-T.

Criteria that would be desirable but not required

• Bachelor's or Associate's Degree
• Experience working with pregnant or postpartum individuals highly preferred
• Bilingual Spanish is a plus