Youth Worker

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We are looking for dedicated and engaging **Youth Worker - Information & Advice** to join our Advice and Wellbeing Hub.

**About 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 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 equity, diversity and inclusion 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.

If invited to interview, please let us know if we can support you at interview with any reasonable adjustments, such as flexible working, access arrangements or a suitable place to pray.

**Your Role**

If you're looking for an opportunity where every day is different, and you have the ability to make a real, positive difference to children and young people - then this is the role for you

We are looking for dedicated and engaging **Youth Worker Information & Advice** to join our Advice and Wellbeing Hub team, who cover open-access drop-in sessions at our Advice Centre in Southampton, appointments and remote support, providing quality, accurate and appropriate information, advice and support to children and young people under 26 years. You will be supporting children and young people on any topic, everything from emotional wellbeing and mental health, through to benefits and money advice.

You will be using your skills to engage with the children and young people, and build trusting and supportive relationships, to empower them to achieve their full potential.

Working within the Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) model, you will be part of a dedicated youth worker team who cover open-access drop-in sessions, providing quality, accurate and appropriate information, advice and support to children and young people under 26 years. Additionally, you will support children and young people outside of the drop-in sessions, through appointments and remote support.

Our Advice and Wellbeing Hub - including our busy, vibrant and dynamic Advice Centre - is a safe and friendly one-stop-shop, supporting children and young people on any topic, including: emotional wellbeing and mental health, housing and homelessness, parenting, healthy relationships, substance use, domestic abuse, exploitation, sexual health, offending and crime, looking for work, independent living skills, engaging with education, benefits and money advice.

You will be using your skills as a youth worker to engage children and young people, and build trusting and supportive relationships. Our positive relationships with children and young people are at the heart of all the work we do and key to empowering them to achieve their full potential.

**Staff Benefits**
**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.

**Interested?.. We’d love to hear from you**

**Role Terms**

**Salary**: Band C - £23, 831.54 to £25,528.94 (Full Time Equivalent - pro-rata for part-time)
**Hours**: 37 hours per week, this includes occasional flexible cover on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and Saturday mornings
**Place of Work**: No Limits Advice Centre, 13 High Street, Southampton, SO14 2DF - there may also be a need to work at other No Limits locations depending on business needs
**Contract**: Permanent
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