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 youth support worker.

About the job

Location: Exmouth and Ottery Youth Centre

Employment type: Permanent

Hours of work: 7 hours per week (2 evenings)

Positions available: 1

Salary: JNC: unqualified scale pt 5 - 6 (£23,496 - £23,825) pro rata; or qualified scale pt 7 - 10 (£24,121 - £26,341) pro rata

Deadline for application: Sunday22nd September 2024

Interview Date: Tuesday 1st October- in the evening

Job Ref: DYS282

 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 Youth Support Worker to work at our youth centre in Exmouth and Ottery Youth Centre. The work will be part-time, permanent, 7 hours per week, and will include working 2 evenings per week and occasional weekends. Come and join a team of youth workers delivering high quality youth work. Learn new skills - training and support will be provided.

Recruiting for attitude and seeking candidates with a passion to work with young people and help them to unlock their potential. The role is fun, challenging and rewarding.

What is the role

• Supporting youth work in a variety of settings

• Being collaborative and a team player 

• Supporting the design  and delivery of the youth work curriculum and programmes

• Planning, evaluating and evidencing of youth work

About You:  

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

• Creativity and solution focused thinking

• Respectful with excellent empathy and kindness

• Ability to be adaptable and reachout when you need help and support

• High commitment to continuous professional practice

• Prepared to reflect and learn from experiences

• 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