Peer Support Specialist - Christian Life Center

City Union Mission; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental & Vision insurance

HSA/FSA options

Life Insurance

403b Retirement Match

PTO & Holidays

Store Discount

Job summary

City Union Mission seeks a Peer Support Specialist to mentor clients in recovery, guiding them toward personal goals, accountability, and sustainable independence within our Christ-centered programs.

This role serves as a compassionate leader, sharing encouragement, providing spiritual support, and helping residents navigate daily routines, meals, and community activities with dignity. Evening and overnight shifts are required, with some weekend work; shift differentials apply for late hours.

Qualifications

• Be a genuine believer in Jesus Christ with ability to clearly communicate the Gospel.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and shepherding to clients during shifts.
• Commitment to serving the poor and homeless in a Christian ministry.
• Maintain sobriety and uphold conduct in line with faith statement.

Responsibilities

• Exemplify Jesus Christ and share the Gospel with clients during care interactions.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and shepherding to clients on assigned shifts.
• Build relational connections and maintain accountability and structure with residents.
• Participate in mealtime and fellowship environments and model community values.
• Welcome and supervise volunteers and interns within daily routines and events.
• Maintain a safe, calm, structured environment upholding dignity and expectations.

Skills

Gospel sharing

Mentorship

Relationship building

Pastoral care

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.

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

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
• Shifts include evenings, overnights, and some weekends
• There is a $2/hour shift differential for hours worked between 3-11pm. *There is a $3/hour shift differential for hours worked between 11pm-7am.