Hiring: Peer Support Specialist (Men's Program) Company: Nonprofit Connect Location: Kansas City, MO Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 18:05:29 Target Skills & Keywords : Make, Rust About the job Required Skills: •Community Members’ Well-Being: The Peer Support Specialist will build positive mentoring relationships with community members in both the residences and main office. The foundation of this relationship is trust, which requires staff to ensure clients’ confidentiality and safety. •Community Building: In partnership with the Peer Support Team and all staff members of JTNL, the Peer Support Specialist will actively support community building efforts by co-coordinating social events and skill building workshops. •Peer Support Services: The Peer Support Specialist will provide individual recovery support to clients by setting a positive example, helping clients set and achieve their recovery goals, and encouraging clients to attend recovery meetings. They facilitate access to local community-based resources as needed. •Oversee Peer Support Groups: The Peer Support Specialist will create content for groups, create the group schedule, and lead groups. They will also recruit, train, and directly supervise volunteer group leaders. They will ensure that there is at least one Peer Support Group per week in the residences and one at the main office. They will track group attendance and make that document available to other staff members for reporting purposes. •First Stop Services: Assist clients on a walk-in basis with essential needs, build relationship upon engagement, and help client navigate immediate and/or long-term resources. •Professionalism: The Peer Support Specialist will respond to their voicemails, texts, emails, and messages in Teams in a timely manner. When there is an issue with a client, they address it in private, showing them respect and protecting their confidentiality. The Peer Support Specialist should set healthy boundaries with community members. •Program Evaluations: The Peer Support Specialist will conduct evaluations with the Peer Support Team. They will also create a process for collecting feedback from Peer Support Group participants. This feedback will be used to improve service delivery. •Teamwork: This person will collaborate with House Managers, Case Managers, and the Employment Specialist to help clients achieve their goals. In order to successfully lead groups, they will partner with other staff members and community partners. It is important that they work well with others, communicate clearly, and take on a fair share of the workload. Qualifications: •Personal experience with recovery required; personal experience wi Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!