Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract - For 1 year with potential of becoming permanent
Location: Exmouth & Ottery
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 our Exmouth & Ottery youth centres and 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. Our Youth Centres are busy and vibrant spaces.. The successful candidate will enjoy the challenge of leading sessions alongside providing young people with individual packages of support.
What is the role?
1. Leading youth work in a variety of settings
2. Supporting the development of co workers and volunteers
3. Codesigning and supporting the delivery of social action projects in the community
4. Working with partners and stakeholders
5. Planning, evaluating and evidencing of youth work
6. Helping young people to develop skills and put their ideas into action
Who we’re looking for
About You:
7. Experienced youth worker or confident that you have the transferable skills required for the demands of the post
8. Leadership and confidence
9. Passion for supporting and advocating for the rights of young people
10. Creativity and solution focused thinking
11. Respectful with excellent empathy and kindness
12. Ability to multitask, set priorities and reach out when you need help and support
13. High commitment to continuous professional practice
14. A reflective practitioner
15. A valid Driving License with a vehicle to drive to our different locations
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.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups to apply, as part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion principles.
What we offer
16. Annual leave: 6 weeks for the first 5 years then increased to 7 weeks (pro-rata’d for part-time roles)
17. Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays
18. Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year
19. Employee assistance programme 24/7
20. Casual dress code
21. Social occasions
22. Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities
23. Enhanced sick pay
24. Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat
25. Chromebook and work mobile
26. Value-driven culture
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:
27. An identity check (photo ID)
28. Receipt of satisfactory references cover for 3 years to current
29. Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
30. A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
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 Steve Brind on 07764 326431 or for more information please visit
To apply for this post please download and complete the attached application form on our website and return this either via email as an MS Word document to or posting to DYS Space Ltd, 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 7EH
The deadline for applications is 6th July 2025.