Peer Support Specialist

• The Legacy Foundation Christine Stamper Center for Help & Hope, located in Mohave Country, is the only emergency shelter for families in the Tri-State area.
• Our shelter in Bullhead City provides day resources as well as temporary shelter for male, female, veterans, and families.
• Clients are offered hot meals, shower facilities, a wellness clinic, laundry area, hygiene supplies and access to computers to aid in obtaining work.
• We also offer seasonal amenities for those that need them and are not willing or unable to stay in our shelter.
• The shelter is staffed with compassionate employees and volunteers who strive to walk alongside those experiencing homelessness on their path to permanently improve their lives.

Job summary

The Peer Support Specialist supports others experiencing homelessness within the shelter setting. Serves as a role model, mentor, advocate, and motivator to individuals in order to help them work towards housing along with connections to resources and promote long-term stability. Provides outreach and support as needed. Addresses barriers with clients and their families preventing homelessness.

Job duties

• 1.
• Provides peer support to service recipients for every phase of their stay in the shelter and day services.
• 2.
• Be a model by demonstrating that exiting from homelessness is possible.
• 3.
• Assist persons to identify their personal interests, goals, strengths and weaknesses.
• 4.
• Assist and coach clients to develop their own plan for ending their homelessness.
• 5.
• Promote self-advocacy by assisting clients to have their voices heard; their needs, goals and objectives established as the focal point of wrap around services.
• 6.
• Provides initial outreach and follow up to participants of the shelter and day services.
• 7.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, as needed.
• 8.
• Provides support to the individual as specified in the service plan.
• 9.
• Is available to drive clients to appointments as necessary.
• 10.
• Maintains logs, reports and records in appropriate files and database of all activity in case.
• 11.
• Participates in case file preparation, as needed for each client referred, ensuring all relevant documents are updated and included.