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Youth Support Worker

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Posting date: 20 November 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: JNC: unqualified scale pt 5 - 6 (£24,786.00 - £25,115.00), qualified scale pt 7 - 10 (£25,411.00 - £27,631.00)
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 07 December 2025
Location: Barnstaple, Devon
Remote working: On-site only
Company: DYS Space Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: DYS310

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Summary

Location: Barnstaple Youth Centre

Employment type: Permanent

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

Positions available: 1

Salary: J JNC: unqualified scale pt 5 - 6 (£24,786.00 - £25,115.00), qualified scale pt 7 - 10 (£25,411.00 - £27,631.00)

Deadline for application: 7th December 2025

Interview Date: 16th December 2025 (Evening)

Job Ref: DYS310

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 Barnstaple. 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

How to Apply
Please read the job description and apply by completing our application form, 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 Ruby Bailey (Locality Manager) on 07738268663 or for more information please visit www.spaceyouthservices.org

To apply for this post please download and complete the attached application form 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: 7th December. The interview will be held at Barnstaple Youth Centre (Georgies) on 16th December in the evening.

Safeguarding Statement and Pre-Employment Checks
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)

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