Job title: Team Leader Portsmouth
Salary: £32,791 – £36,793 per annum (depending on skills, qualification and experience)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Motiv8 office in Portsmouth and in the local community
Reporting to: Head of Quality and Services
Purpose of the job:
To lead a highly motivated staff team that engages, challenges and supports young people and their families, meets the strategic priorities of the organisation and emerging needs. To work with the Head of Safeguarding and Compliance to ensure that delivery within the team is underpinned by robust safeguarding and effective operational policies and procedures. To performance management all aspects of work of specific programmes of work and to work collaboratively with the Leadership team to support business development.
What is the role?:
A Motiv8 Team Leader leads and supports a team of Youth Support Workers to deliver high-quality, targeted interventions for vulnerable and at-risk young people, ensuring effective case management, safeguarding, and positive outcomes, while overseeing assessments, action planning, and performance monitoring, building strong partnerships with external agencies, and providing staff supervision, guidance, and training, alongside managing workloads, maintaining accurate reporting, and driving service development to ensure the team consistently empowers young people to reduce risk, build resilience, and achieve sustained progress in their personal development, education, and future opportunities.
We are looking for 1 experienced Team Leader for our vibrant Portsmouth team. The team deliver a range of services from our dedicated young people’s centre’s, including young people’s mentoring support, targeted group work and community based provision such as youth hubs and detached street based provision. You will be part of a community team, offering a varied programme of activities and opportunities to support young people’s personal, social and emotional development.
What we are looking for:
- Passion for supporting and empowering young people
- Creativity and solution focused thinking
- Respectful, honesty and integrity
- Ability to be adaptive, approachable and flexible
- High commitment to continuous professional practice and to continually look for ways to improve
- Be able to learn from experiences
- Be able to work collaboratively
Motiv8 is committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate for the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
To apply for this role, please register your details and upload a CV and covering letter outlining the key evidence outlined in the application pack, onto our recruitment portal, which can be accessed by the link below.
For the full application pack please click here
The closing date for this role is midday on 3 July 2026
Interviews will take place on 14 or 15 July 2026
If you have any queries regarding this role, please contact Marina Tuck on marina.tuck@motiv8south.org.uk
