Volunteer Opportunity: Domestic Abuse Peer Recovery Specialist

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Location: Virtual (Wind Haven Online Campus)
Commitment: Minimum 3-5 hours per week
Reports To: Wind Haven Healing Advisor

About the Role - Become the First Generation of Domestic Abuse Peer Recovery Specialists!

At Wind Haven Foundation, we believe that healed people help heal people. Our Certified Peer Recovery Specialists are survivors who have walked through the fire, found freedom, and are now ready to walk alongside others on their healing journey.

This is more than just a volunteer role-it’s sacred work. Survivor-led mentorship grounded in compassion, faith, and real-life lived experience. You’ll be part of our mission to revolutionize domestic abuse recovery by offering safety, strategy, and soul-deep support to those reclaiming their lives.

What Makes This Different

Most peer recovery certifications focus on addiction or generalized mental health. Ours is different-it's specific to domestic abuse recovery.

There’s no national standard or state certification for domestic abuse survivor peer support-we are that standard. Wind Haven’s certification is trauma-informed, faith-rooted, and survivor-built.

Required Qualifications

To be eligible for this role, you must:

• Be a survivor of domestic abuse, intimate partner violence, or coercive control

• Successfully complete our Wind Haven’s 6-Month Domestic Abuse Survivor Recovery Program

• Demonstrate emotional readiness and stability to support others (evaluated during the interview process)

• Commit to ongoing spiritual, emotional, and personal growth

• Be at least 21 years old

Role Responsibilities

• Offer one-on-one or group peer support (virtually) to survivors in early recovery through mentorship, encouragement, and lived-experience guidance

• Help survivors navigate Wind Haven’s programs, healing tools, and online recovery campus with clarity and compassion

• Support the mission through organic outreach-this includes sharing about the recovery program in your community, on social media, or within safe survivor spaces as appropriate (always trauma-informed and consent-based)

• Attend monthly supervision sessions and continuing education opportunities to grow in leadership, deepen your skills, and stay aligned with Wind Haven’s model

• Uphold confidentiality, maintain ethical standards, and embody Wind Haven’s values in all peer interactions

• Immediately report any red flags, safety concerns, or crisis situations to your supervisor-peer mentors don't carry it alone; you’re part of a team

Ideal Traits

We’re looking for volunteers who are:

• Growth-minded - You’ve done the work, and you’re not done growing

• Faith-filled but not judgmental - Grounded in grace, guided by Scripture, and not afraid to sit in the mess with someone

• Authentic - You know how to tell your story with truth and dignity, and you use it to lift others

• Stable and self-aware - You understand your triggers, have healthy boundaries, and know when to pause or refer

• Collaborative - You thrive in community, receive feedback with humility, and bring your strengths to the table

Role Responsibilities

• Offer one-on-one or group peer support (virtually) to survivors in early recovery

• Help others navigate Wind Haven’s programs, tools, and recovery resources

• Attend monthly supervision sessions and continuing education opportunities

• Uphold confidentiality, follow Wind Haven’s values, and operate with integrity and compassion

• Immediately report any red flags, safety concerns, or crisis situations to your supervisor

What This Role Is NOT

This is not therapy. This is not crisis intervention.

Peer Recovery Specialists are mentors, not clinicians. You’re not here to fix. You’re here to walk beside. To show what healing looks like with skin on.

If you feel called to walk alongside others as a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist, here’s how to get started:

1. Apply to Volunteer
Begin by submitting your interest through our volunteer application.
Visit VolunteerMatch.org and search for "Wind Haven Foundation" to find our listing. Selected applicants will be contacted directly.

Please note:
We do not conduct interviews for this position. Selection is based solely on your application and on a first come, first served basis.
We are currently accepting 25 participants total for the next cohort.

2. Complete a Federal Background Check
Once your application is accepted, you’ll be asked to submit a federal background check, which includes fingerprinting through the FBI.
Applicants are responsible for the fingerprinting fee (approximately $18).
Email your completed background check to: windhaven@windhavenfoundation.org
Subject line:Peer Recovery Application

3. Enroll in the Crisis to Clarity Recovery Program
Upon acceptance and background check approval, you’ll be enrolled in Wind Haven’s 6-month Crisis to Clarity Domestic Abuse Survivor Recovery Program.
Completion of this program-including coursework, peer engagement, and personal reflection-is required to serve as a Peer Recovery Specialist.

"He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others." - 2 Corinthians 1:4 (ESV)

Note: Wind Haven is a faith-based foundation rooted in Christian values and led by spiritual principles. While we do not discriminate based on religion, belief system, or spiritual background, we do seek volunteers who are spiritually grounded and open to supporting others through a faith-informed lens.