Youth Support Worker

3 weeks ago


Okehampton, United Kingdom DYS Space Ltd Full time

**DYS261**: Youth Support Worker

**Location**: Okehampton

**Employment Type**: Permanent

**Hours**: 7 hours per week (2 evenings)

**Salary**: JNC: unqualified scale pt 5 - 6, qualified scale pt 7 - 10 (£23,496 - £26,341 FTE)

**Interview Date**: Monday 26th February 2024 - in the evening

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 Okehampton. 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.

**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

**Who we’re looking for**

**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

**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
- Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat
- Value-driven culture

**How to apply**

At SPACE, we work with young people and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare is a priority at all times. As part of our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, all of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply. Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre-employment screening process which will include:

- An identity check (photo ID)
- Receipt of satisfactory references cover for 3 years to current
- Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
- A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £12.18-£13.65 per hour

Expected hours: 7 per week

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: DYS261



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