Do you want to help us unlock potential with young people and their communities?

Do you love a challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and inspiring Senior Youth Support Worker in charge.

About the job

Location: East Devon - base Exmouth Youth Centre, The Hive at The Kennaway Centre, 10-12 Victoria Rd, Exmouth EX8 1DL

Employment type: 2 Years Fixed Term

Hours of work: 37 hours per week - Full Time (evenings and occasional weekend work)

Positions available: 1

Salary: JNC unqualified scale pt 12-13 (£28,501 - £29,606 FTE), qualified scale pt 14-17 (£30,750 - £33,141 FTE)

Deadline for application: Sunday 8th September 2024

Interview Date: Tuesday 17th September 2024

Job Ref: DYS280

SPACE  is an ambitious and innovative charity, driven by our values and seeking to support even more young people by developing current and new services.  Our employees strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others. We value everyone's contribution and create safe spaces for exploration and growth.

Do you want to help us unlock potential with young people and their communities?  Do you love a challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and inspiring senior youth support worker in charge. You will have the opportunity to lead open access youth work from our Exmouth and Ottery St Mary youth centres. You will support the youth manager by helping to achieve the local management plan targets, Space strategic objectives, by developing new staff and volunteers and planning creative and educational programmes. You will also work with young people in their local communities, engaging them in street based activities, building positive relationships and identifying their needs. You will support individual young people, help them set personal goals and have the opportunity to share their concerns. You will represent your team at partnership meetings and will work very closely with peers from a variety of locations..

What is the role

• Leading youth work in a variety of settings

• Supporting the development of co workers

• Designing and delivering creative curriculum content and programmes

• Working with partners and stakeholder

• Planning, evaluating and evidencing of youth work

• Working some evenings and weekends

About You:  

• Experienced youth worker or confident that you have the transferable skills required for the demands of the post

• Passion for supporting and advocating for the rights of young people

• Creativity and solution focused thinking

• Respectful with excellent empathy and kindness

• Ability to multitask, set priorities and reachout when you need help and support

• High commitment to continuous professional practice

• A reflective practitioner 

• Space is an inclusive and learning organisation. Our employees should strive to achieve the best they can and must be committed to seeing the best in others 

As part of our ambitions to improve equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under any of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act (2010), which include race, age, disability, gender, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.

 What We Offer

• Annual leave: 6 weeks for the first 5 years then increased to 7 weeks (pro-rata’d for part-time roles)

• Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays

• Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year

• Employee assistance programme 24/7

• Casual dress code 

• Social occasions

• Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities

• Enhanced sick pay

• Chromebook and work mobile 

• Value-driven culture