Young Parents Support Worker

Young Parents Support Worker

Full Time

37 Hours

Southampton

Starting at £25,974, progressing to £26,474

Enhanced DBS Required

Reference: TWO
1229628

Drivers Licence:
Desirable but not essential

Night Working:
No

Weekend Working:
Yes

Lone Working:
Yes

At Two Saints, we are proud of our values and our mission: to provide people with homes and specialist support so they feel valued and secure, and ready to take their next steps.

We’re seeking compassionate, adaptable people to join our Southampton Young Parents service as a Young Parents Support Worker. You’ll bring a passion for supporting young people to build confidence, develop essential life skills, and recognise their own strengths and support needs through positive, meaningful interactions. You'll also help to guide our young parents to positively learn and grow as new mothers and fathers and have a strong oversight and awareness of safeguarding children and newborns.

As the ideal candidate, your ability to connect with people will help them build trust, resilience, and a sense of possibility for their future. You’ll understand safeguarding, work proactively within our policies, and contribute to a strong, collaborative team environment.

Our Young Parents Support Worker roles are support‑based, focused on guidance, encouragement, and empowering clients to achieve their goals. The work can be challenging, but also truly rewarding - made even more so by the supportive, values‑driven team you’ll be part of.

• A genuine interest and concern for homelessness and related issues
• Ability to positively contribute to a team
• Deal promptly and effectively with challenging situations/crises in a calm manner
• Strong communication skills, clear verbal and written English
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word
• Confident with Lone Working

• Experience of managing a caseload of clients
• Understanding of risk assessment and person‑centred, outcomes‑based delivery
• Awareness of the support needs of people experiencing homelessness or those with complex needs
• Knowledge of voluntary and statutory agencies, housing regulations and the benefits system
• Experience working with pregnant young people, children or newborns would be desirable but not essential

For full role details please see the attached

Job Description for the role of Young Parents Support Worker

Two Saints is committed to safeguarding and safer recruitment, using pre‑employment checks such as Enhanced DBS, Overseas Police Checks (where appropriate), Reference Checks and CV gap querying upon appointment to the role.