Peer Support Specialist

MSCCN; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

City Union Mission in Kansas City, Missouri seeks a Peer Support Specialist to guide clients from crisis toward Christ-centered recovery through structured accountability, spiritual formation, and life-skill development. This role mentors individuals, builds resilience, and fosters dignity within a calm, safe center.

You will welcome volunteers, model servant leadership, and support meals and daily routines.

Qualifications

• Belief in Jesus Christ and ability to articulate Gospel opportunities.
• Biblical character and lifestyle consistent with faith.
• Member in good standing of a Protestant church.
• Commitment to serving the poor and homeless.
• Sobriety and freedom from substances.

Responsibilities

• Model Christ-like care and hospitality in every interaction.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and clear expectations during shifts.
• Engage with clients with presence while maintaining accountability.
• Foster mealtime and fellowship environments and servant leadership.
• Welcome and orient volunteers and interns with clarity.
• Maintain a safe, calm environment focused on dignity.

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 recovery programs at the Christian Life Center and New Life Center exist to lead men, women, and families from crisis to Christ-centered healing through structured accountability, spiritual formation, life-skill development, and measurable progression toward independent, stable living and meaningful integration into the community.

The Peer Support Specialist ensures dignified care and support for all clients. This role is a mentor in recovery that uses lived experience to guide, support and encourage individuals to set personal goals, navigate the internal center community and build resilience plus self sufficiency.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Intentionally and strategically seek to exemplify Jesus Christ, be prepared to share the Gospel and provide spiritual support at each point of care; showing the love of Christ and hospitality through each interaction.


• Provide leadership, mentorship, and shepherding to clients 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 the center and spiritual events, meals, and daily routines with clarity and oversight


• Maintain a safe, calm, and structured environment for clients, visitors, and volunteers with a focus on engagement, overseeing safety and dignity, and upholding clear expectations

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

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.