Please Note: 2025 Training Price Increase to help cover the rising cost of virtual delivery infrastructure ~10%: $365

$330/person

January 2025

January 20, 21 & 23
9:00 - 3:00 pm (EST)

$365/person

February 2025

February 17, 18 & 20
9:00 - 3:00 pm (EST)

March 2025

March 3, 4, 6, 10 & 11
9:00 - 3:00 pm (EST)

16 Hr. CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches & Peer Advocates

 
 

Participants must have access to both audio and video connection. This RCU Zoom/Virtual Training is approved by NYCB through 12/2024 for CRPA and CARC Initial Certifications. It is also approved by ASAP NYS for Social Work CE’s and by OASAS for CASAC, CPP and CPS Renewal CE’s.

A 2022 CCAR Ethics Participant Manual is required for this class. Order yours now.

Cancellation Policy

Every three years CRPA and CARC Certifications must be Renewed! See RCU’s Renewal Training.


Course Description:
Maintaining the integrity and professionalism of the Recovery Coach and Peer Advocate professions is a key priority of NYCB (New York Certification Board) and OASAS (Office of Addiction Services and Supports).

As the profession evolves it is critical that those supporting others in their recovery follow a set of professional standards and principles. This workshop presents a comprehensive introduction to the ethical considerations for recovery coaches/peer advocates and satisfies the Ethics Competency requirements for CRPA and CARC Certifications.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand what ethics are and why ethics are so important when performing recovery coach services

  • Learn how to stay in your lane as a recovery coach

  • Understand the decision-making process

  • Develop guidelines for making ethical decisions

  • Practice and apply the new learning to your everyday work as a recovery coach


RECOVERY COACH UNIVERSITY TRAINING TEAM:
Lisa Nichols
, MS Ed, CRPA, CPS, RCP, RCPF
Erin Pownall Burns, MSW, CARC, RCP, RCPF
Deirdre Rauch; Coordinator, Queen
Lori Drescher, CARC, RCP, RCPF, Member-MINT, Founder-RCU
Amanda Toal, AAS, CARC, RCP, RCPF
Not in Photo:
Keith Greer, LCSW, PCC, PRC (not in photo)
Sandy Rivers, MA, Master CASAC, Member-MINT
Lisa Marie Ardner, MA, Master CASAC, CARC, CTP

Wonderful trainers! Great participation! I would totally recommend this training for anyone in coaching, specifically recovery related. RCU gets a 10/10 from me!
— Shauna T., NYC
This was a truly enlightening and informative course and the trainers are phenomenal facilitators. They created such a safe space for learning and acceptance.
— Tara S., , Wantagh, NY

The trainers presented the complex field of ethics as it relates to recovery coaching in an engaging and exploratory way. Before taking the training, I did not realize just how nuanced balancing ethical considerations can be.
— Kenneth McKerrow, Feb. 2022