Role Terms
| Salary: | Band C – £24,546.49 to £26,294.81 (Full Time Equivalent, pro-rata for part-time and term-time) |
| Hours: | 18 hours per week – 3/4 days, Monday – Friday – Term-time |
| Role type: | Permanent |
| Place of work: | No Limits locations and schools / colleges across Southampton |
| Role Screening: | Enhanced DBS – Child and Adult Barred List |
| Closing Date: | 9.00am on Monday 2nd March 2026 |
| Interview Date: | Tuesday 10th March 2026 |
✨We’re looking for a dedicated youth worker, who will play a crucial role in delivering health and wellbeing drop-ins, and one-to-one support for young people.✨
Our Charity
No Limits is the leading youth services charity in Southampton, supporting children and young people in the city and across Hampshire.
At No Limits, it is important our staff and volunteers reflect, represent, and have experience of the challenges faced by the children and young people we support. We are proud of and appreciate our many staff and volunteers who use their own lived experience to support the children and young people they work with.
With this in mind, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in all aspects of our work and organisational culture – and when recruiting, it’s important to us that we continue diversifying our staff and volunteer teams, with children and young people at the centre of everything we do. You can learn more about our DEI approach here.
When we talk about talent, we value the transferrable skills and experiences you can bring to No Limits, whether through work (in the same or a different sector), volunteering, or personal experiences. To make sure we get the best talent on our team, we are open to and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of the community, including diverse ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and neurodiverse individuals.
Your Role
We’re looking for a Youth Worker to join our Early Help Team. This role will involve working directly with schools / colleges, and delivering health and wellbeing drop-ins, including providing one-to-one support for young people.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Deliver open-access drop-in and scheduled one-to-one sessions within secondary schools and colleges in Southampton
- Engage and build positive relationships with children and young people
- Act as an advocate for children and young people and refer them on to other relevant agencies and services, as appropriate, to ensure their needs are appropriately met
- Working within the Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) model, address the wider practical and social issues that may be affecting a young person’s wellbeing such as relationships, healthy behaviours, sexual health, housing, benefits, attendance and attainment in education
- Provide quality up-to-date information, advice and support which supports young people’s personal and social development
- Provide information and advice in a way that is understandable and accessible to children and young people and enables them to explore options, gain skills and resources, solve problems and make informed choices
- Deliver sessions to groups and individuals on range of healthy behaviours such as emotional health, self-esteem, smoking cessation, healthy eating, wellbeing, health related school attendance issues, sexual health behaviours and relationships and other lifestyle related matters
- Deliver interventions to meet the needs of the school or college population
- Use appropriate tools to measure children and young people’s wellbeing at set points along their journey with No Limits
Please see the job description for further details about the responsibilities of the role.
We are committed to making a difference in the lives of the children and young people we work with, and as such, you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the No Limits ethos. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people is paramount.
We particularly welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and those who have had experiences similar to the young people we aim to support. We are committed to creating a diverse environment where people can be their authentic selves, where their experiences and opinions are valued, and we are all open to learning from each other.
As part of our team, you’ll receive a comprehensive induction and access to learning and development opportunities relevant to your role, supporting your ongoing growth.
You’ll have the essentials of:
- Experience of working with children and young people youth work or relevant qualification
- Ability to build trusting and positive relationships with children and young people
- Experience and working knowledge of effective interventions with children and young people
- Ability to use IT to support your role, including the use of technology and Microsoft suite
- A commitment to personal growth, continuous development, and application of learning
You may also have:
- A Youth Work Level 3 qualification, or similar
- Experience of working with children and young people in an educational setting
- Lived experience of one or more areas that No Limits support children and young people
- Experience of engaging young people with challenging behaviours and/or complex needs
- Experience of case holding clients and maintaining client files
- Current knowledge of the issues affecting young people, mental health, relationships, substance use
- Experience of planning and delivering group sessions
Please let us know if we can support you with any reasonable adjustments at any point prior to, during or after the selection process, such as access arrangements, flexible working, or a suitable place to pray.
>>> Our Benefits 😄 (click to expand)
We are committed to being a great place to work, where people achieve and feel valued. In our People Survey, 98% of staff and 100% of volunteers said they were proud to tell people they work or volunteer for No Limits. We’re proud to offer some great benefits, on top of being able to make a meaningful contribution to the lives of local children and young people:
🏖️ 36 days annual leave (including public holidays)
🌱 Two additional wellbeing days per year – Supporting you to take additional time off for your wellbeing or development.
💰 Pension scheme – Supporting your future by matching your additional pension contributions up to 2%.
⛑️ Life assurance scheme – Giving you peace of mind with 2x annual salary cover for pension members.
💻 Hybrid and flexible working – Giving the flexibility to work in the best way for your role.
👩🏾🏫 Comprehensive induction and training offer – Including our online learning management system with hundreds of opportunities to support your development.
📞 Employee Assistance Programme – Providing you with counselling, financial, personal support and health and wellbeing services.
Find out more about our benefits here
We’d be happy to have an informal discussion and answer any immediate questions you might have. If you’d like an initial discussion please contact Emily Wyne, our Early Intervention & Transitions Operations Manager on emily.wyne@nolimitshelp.org.uk.
To apply, please complete an application form (see above) and upload using the portal below, before the closing date of 9am on Monday, 2nd March. Please contact people@nolimitshelp.org.uk if you need your application in an alternative format.
In the ‘Your Supporting Statement’ section of the application form, please include how your knowledge, skills and experience meet the ‘About you – knowledge, skills and experience’ section of the role description: link to JD
Please note that as we follow safer recruitment guidelines, we do not accept CVs, only completed applications.