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 Senior Youth Support Worker to work alongside youth workers from our charity to access community spaces where young people spend their time.

About the job

Location: Exeter Youth Centre, Space 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, EX2 7EH

Employment type: Permanent

Hours of work: 37 hours per week (Full time)

Positions available: 1

Salary: JNC unqualified scale pt 9 - 10(£25,664.00 - £26,341.00 FTE) , qualified scale pt 10 - 13 (£26,341.00 - £29,606.00 FTE)

Deadline for application: Tuesday 6th August 2024

Interview Date: Thursday 15th August 2024

Job Ref: DYS275

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 the right candidate to work with young people in their local youth centre and in their local communities. This post requires either an experienced youth worker or someone looking to change careers and work with young people as part of the youth work team. Transferable skills will be considered. Exeter Youth Centre is busy and vibrant. The successful candidate will enjoy the challenge of leading sessions alongside providing young people with individual packages of support.

What is the role

• Leading youth work in a variety of settings, including sessions using our Mobile Youth Centre Van

• Supporting the development of co workers and volunteers

• Codesigning and supporting the delivery of social action projects in the community

• Working with partners and stakeholders

• Planning, evaluating and evidencing of youth work

• Helping young people to develop skills and put their ideas into action

About You:  

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

• Leadership and confidence

• 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

• Own means of transport / driving licence to undertake the duties of the role is required

• 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 

• Own means of transport to undertake the duties of the role is required

 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

• Free on-site parking

• Casual dress code 

• Social occasions

• Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities

• Enhanced sick pay

• Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat

• Chromebook and work mobile 

• Value-driven culture