Christ-Centered Shelter Shift Lead & Peer Support

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Inc.; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental and Vision insurance

HSA options

Life Insurance

403b match

Paid holidays

PTO + extra days off

Store discounts

Free meals

Night shift differential

Job summary

City Union Mission seeks a Peer Support Specialist to guide the emergency shelter operations by modeling Christ-centered hospitality and overseeing day, evening, and night shifts. You will be responsible for the center's atmosphere and the well-being of every client and family unit in the building.

The role emphasizes providing leadership, relational engagement, and accountability, while ensuring safety, cleanliness, and accurate occupancy reporting in a faith-based setting.

Qualifications

• City Union Mission requires faith in Jesus Christ and public testimony, sound Biblical character, church membership, adherence to the mission faith statement, commitment to serving the poor and homeless, sobriety.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, mentorship, and shepherding to clients during shifts; reinforce structure, dignity, and clear expectations.
• Engage relationally with clients and maintain accountability and structure.
• Participate in mealtime and fellowship environments; model healthy interaction and servant leadership.
• Welcome, orient, and support volunteers and interns; integrate them into chapel, meals, and daily routines with clarity and oversight.
• Take ownership of shift operations including safety, cleanliness, task completion, and center flow.
• Assist in managing real-time capacity and occupancy; ensure rooms and beds are utilized; address intake barriers.
• Provide accurate verbal and written observations of client behavior, needs, and incidents to leadership.
• Monitor and support hygiene, shower, and laundry routines.

Job description

Who We Are:

For over 100 years, City Union Mission has offered hope to men, women and children experiencing huge challenges. Homelessness. Addiction. Poverty. We start by extending a welcoming hand and helping to meet their immediate needs – food, shelter, clothing. From there, we offer them a new foundation for their lives through Christ – and life-changing programs that move them toward physical, emotional and spiritual wholeness.

Job Summary:

Our emergency shelter mission is to serve by providing immediate, short-term, and dignified refuge for individuals and families in crisis – protecting life, meeting basic needs, sharing the Gospel at each point of care, and creating a clear bridge to appropriate next steps.

The Peer Support Specialist models Christ-centered hospitality while leading the day, evening, and night operations of the emergency shelter, is responsible for the overall environment of the center and the well-being of every client and family unit in the building, and upholds a culture that shares the Gospel at each point of care.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Provide leadership, mentorship, and shepherding to clients and family units during assigned shifts: reinforce structure, dignity, and clear expectations
Spend intentional time relationally engaged with clients: prioritize presence while maintaining accountability and structure
Participate in and coordinate mealtime and fellowship environments: model healthy interaction, reinforce community expectations, and demonstrate servant leadership
Welcome, orient, and support volunteers and interns: integrate them into chapel, meals, and daily routines with clarity and oversight
Take ownership of shift operations including safety, cleanliness, task completion, and overall center flow
Assist in managing real-time capacity and occupancy; ensure rooms and beds are utilized appropriately, census is accurate, and intake barriers are addressed
Provide accurate, timely verbal and written observations of client behavior, needs, and incidents to leadership
Monitor and support hygiene, shower, and laundry routines
Qualifications:

City Union Mission Requirements:

To be a genuine believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, as evidenced by your personal testimony and your ability to clearly communicate the Gospel whenever opportunities arise.
To possess sound Biblical character and refrain from engaging in an immoral lifestyle that could undermine or disrupt your testimony as a follower of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
To be a member in good standing of a recognized Protestant, evangelical church.
Agree and abide within the City Union Mission faith statement.
To be genuinely committed to serving the poor and homeless, as expressed in the mission statement of City Union Mission.
To be sober-minded, free from the influence of alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, or any substance that could cloud judgment or distract from a Christian-principled ministry.
Employee Benefits:

95% of the premium covered for Health Insurance
Dental and Vision insurance at a discounted rate
Health Reimbursement Account for employees who have other health insurance
Life Insurance
403b Retirement Account match
FSA & HSA options
11 paid holidays per year + over 3 weeks of PTO + opportunity to earn additional days off
Discount at City Thrift stores
Paid 30-minute lunch break; free breakfast/lunch/dinner available
*There is a $3/hour shift differential for hours worked between 11pm-7am.

For more information, or to apply now, you must go to the website below. Please DO NOT email your resume to us as we only accept applications through our website.

https://cityunionmission.isolvedhire.com/jobs/1860602-638038.html