Do you love a challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for two Youth Support Workers to work at our youth centres in Newton Abbot and Totnes.

About the job

Location: 1 post at our Newton Abbot Centre / 1 post at our Totnes Centre

Employment type: Permanent

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

Positions available: 2

Salary: JNC: unqualified scale pt 5 - 6, qualified scale pt 7 - 10 (£23,496.00 - £26,341.00 - FTE)

Deadline for application: Sunday 14th April 2024

Interview Date: Monday 22nd April 2024 in the evening

Job Ref: DYS269

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 7 weeks after 5 years (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

• Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat

• Value-driven culture

• Free on-site parking

• Please read the job description and apply by completing our application form (below), describing your passion for this role even if you don’t feel you meet every point in the description.

• If you’d like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Simon Roberts on 07590639378 or for more information please visit www.spaceyouthservices.org.

• To apply for this post please download and complete the application form (below) and return this either via email as an MS Word document to recruitment@spacepsm.org or posting to DYS Space Ltd, 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 7EH

Deadline for applications: 14th April 2024. Interviews will be held on the evening of Monday 22nd April 2024.