Youth Worker – Social Prescribing; IOW

• Salary:
  Band C £26,167 to £28,410 (FTE, pro-rata for part-time)
• Hours:
  
  18 hours per week, Monday-Friday (days/times are negotiable, but Wednesday is compulsory)
• Role type:
  Permanent
• Place of work:
  Isle of Wight (1 Wednesday a month in Southampton for team meetings)
• Role Screening:
  Enhanced DBS – Child and Adult Barred List
• Essential Driver?:
  No – But must be able to travel to community locations and St Mary’s Hospital easily
• Closing Date:
  Monday, 26th October 2026 (We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient applications are received)
• Interview Date: W/C Monday 26th October 2026

Are you passionate about helping to make a difference to children and young people? We're looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Youth Worker to join us at No Limits

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.

We’re lookingforan experienced and enthusiastic Youth Worker to join us at No Limits, who are the leading youth services charity in Southampton, supporting children and young people in the city and across Hampshire. The No Limits Emergency Department and Social Prescribing team, work across seven main hospitals in Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester, Basingstoke, The Isle of Wight, Bournemouth and Poole and we are currently looking for a Youth Worker to join the Isle of Wight team as a community-based social prescriber.

Our growing team of Youth Workers are caring, collaborative and courageous professionals, committed to empowering children and young people to achieve positive changes in their lives. Our unique service delivery model aims to support all children and young people. Our Youth Workers support young people who have attended ED in crisis, whether that is through violent crime or mental health crisis to help them to start thinking about change.

The successful applicant for this particular role will provide direct support to children and young people in the community by helping them to connect with specialist support and other community services through Social Prescribing. To apply for this post, you must have a passion for supporting children and young people, be a strong communicator and have experience of working with children and young people.

As a Youth Worker, you will provide information, advice, and guidance to children, young people and their families who have been discharged from the emergency department, where social prescribing will be optimised to help them connect with community support and improve emotional wellbeing.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Engage…