Role Terms
Salary: Pay Grade C - £24,546.49 to £26,294.81
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday with occasional evenings and weekends evenings. Happy to discuss flexible working.
Role type: Fixed term until 31 March 2026
Place of work: Based 3 days in CAMHS Southampton and 2 days at No Limits base / in the community
Closing Date: Monday 22nd September 2025
Interview Date: Wednesday 1st October
Job Description
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We're looking for a Social Prescriber to join our team
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
As a Social Prescriber, you will work closely with CAMHS regarding the emotional wellbeing and mental health needs of children and young people, providing a link between the voluntary sector and CAMHS.
Operating three days per week at the Southampton CAMHS Wellbeing Hub, you will triage referrals and gather essential information to facilitate assessments and ongoing support for children and young people both within CAMHS and back into the community.
For referrals which would benefit from community-based support, you will spend two days per week working within a social prescribing capacity in the community, connecting young people to local services and offering support to engage with those services.
Social prescribing aims to forge connections to community groups, educational opportunities, employment resources, and statutory services for practical and emotional support.
Your key responsibilities will include:
* To work alongside CAMHS and other statutory/voluntary organisations in the Wellbeing Hub providing telephone triage and reviews for all incoming CAMHS referrals and CAMHS patients
* To act as the first point of contact through referral and signposting for young people to the appropriate service, internally and externally, based on their needs.
* To provide an assessment / review to determine the young person’s requirements for help and support and what services might be best placed to provide this.
* To provide, or signpost to, brief interventions for a range of healthy behaviours such as physical activity, smoking cessation, healthy eating, emotional health and wellbeing, health related school attendance issues, sexual health, behaviours and relationships and other lifestyle related matters.
* To engage with referral agencies, MHST’s, student welfare services, youth and community services, primary health services, mental health services, youth offending teams and community police officers to share information about, and promote referrals to, the service.
* To build effective working relationships with statutory services and third sector agencies to provide a holistic, person centred approach to service delivery
* Provide quality up to date information, advice and support which taps into personal, health and social development in a variety of local settings/environments.
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:
* Proven experience of working in a range of settings and environments with children and young people with a range of levels of need and risk, with an ability to effectively manage your own wellbeing.
* Experience of assessing risk and implementing safety procedures when thinking about children and young people’s emotional and mental wellbeing or those at risk of violence or exploitation.
* Experience of case holding clients and maintaining individual client files.
* Experience of successfully engaging young people with challenging behaviours and/or complex needs, young people who may be reluctant to discuss their needs or be angry or confused.
* Knowledge of a range of issues, including risk behaviours, substance misuse, mental health, self-harm, family dysfunction, gangs, county lines
* Able to build trusting relationships with young people, enabling them to develop new skills and make their own informed choices.
* Demonstrate effective organisational skills and good time management skills.
* Demonstrate the ability to work and communicate effectively as part of a large multidisciplinary team.
You may also have:
* A Mental Health, Youth Work, Social Work, or equivalent qualification at level 4, or equivalent experience.
* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team and of collaborative work with internal and external colleagues which delivered improved outcomes for children.
* Knowledge and experience of developing and maintaining contacts with other agencies/organisations.
* Demonstrate the ability to produce reports, maintain records, statistics and receipts.
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 daysper 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!
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 Hayley Young, our Head of Crisis, Prevention & Intervention on hayley.young@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, 22nd September 2025. 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.
We reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the published closing date if we receive sufficient suitable candidates, so you should submit your application form asap.
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