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Do you want to help us unlock potential with young people and their communities?
Do you love a challenge?
You must be committed to creating a fun environment and willing to research, share and deliver engaging activities for young people aged 11 plus. Do you have good listening skills, a positive outlook and are willing to try new things and learn from experience? If yes, then this is a fantastic post that will encourage you to recognise your own potential and help shape your future prospects.
About the job
Location: Okehampton Youth Centre, Room 13
Employment type: Fixed Term One Year
Hours of work: 10 hours per week - 2 evening sessions
Positions available: 1
Salary: JNC scale points 3 to 4, actual salary £5,640.00 - £5,725.00
Deadline for application: Sunday 9th July 2023
Interview Date: Thursday 20th July 2023 - in the evening
Job Ref: DYS240
If you’d like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Mike St John Cooper on 07764326411.
What is the role
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Working evening sessions at Room 13 - Okehampton Youth Centre
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Learning about workplace policy and procedures
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Working collaboratively with Peer Educators across Devon
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Promoting the voice and influence of young people
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Creating and having fun
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Helping young people achieve accreditation certificates
About You:
16 to 21 and interested in gaining youth work skills
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Communicating with people – including people you don’t know
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Working well together – supporting your team
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Creative and skilful - having ideas and trying new things
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Organised and thoughtful - positive work ethic
Space is continually striving to be an inclusive organisation. Equality, diversity and inclusion are threads that run through all our work, and should run through all our relationships with colleagues, partners and all those we work with. We go beyond the approach described by the Equality Act 2010 and choose to take an anti-oppressive approach to our work and how we behave as an organisation.
We encourage applications for this role from all backgrounds in respect of ethnicity, age, disability, gender, sexuality, religion and socio-economic background.
What We Offer
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Annual leave: 6 weeks for the first 5 years then increased to 7 weeks (pro-rata’d for part-time roles)
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Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays
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Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year
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Employee assistance programme 24/7
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Free on-site parking
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Casual dress code
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Social occasions
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Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities
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Enhanced sick pay
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Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat
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Value-driven culture
How to Apply
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Download and complete the supporting statement below
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Return your completed supporting statement, along with your CV to recruitment@spacepsm.org Or post to: 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 7EH
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Interviews may be conducted by phone / video / online - method to be advised and dependent on the individual and Covid restrictions in force at interview date - details will be given at offer of interview
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Unless specified when sending through your completed application, we do not normally acknowledge receipt of applications